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We performed a comparison between Amazon EKS and Docker based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Container Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Amazon EKS vs. Docker Report (Updated: May 2024).
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Pros
"We haven't faced any major issues in one and a half years of use.""The most valuable feature is the computing speed.""Initial setup is straightforward. It only takes 15 minutes to deploy.""Amazon EKS is very scalable.""Break down your application into small modules to improve resiliency""The product helps us to configure the new environment.""The stability is excellent.""Overall Amazon EKS is a good solution in the industry. The solution can support multi tendencies, and network isolations are the key factors."

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"The current version is quite good with our application.""The most valuable feature of Docker is that it provides a containerized environment. The isolation between the environments is beneficial. Additionally, the solution is easy to use.""The solution's most valuable feature is the Dockerfile, which makes the life of developers easy. Developers get a real understanding of container creation.""I have seen end-to-end performance with Docker. It's a great tool, and it's the most popular container service in the market.""Feature-wise, Docker is very user-friendly...The solution's initial setup process was straightforward.""Docker's containerization property is its main selling point.""Docker is very reliable. It's easy to scale, and it's very stable.""I am impressed with the product's independence. We can also deploy it anywhere."

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Cons
"The goal and idea behind microservices are to always be available and capable of handling any load, no matter how many requests come through...All of these services are great, but I also think it would be useful to have the same technology available in a miniature resource size, enabling the same applications and services to run on a small machine.""They should include some essential configuration features to it.""The solution could be improved by adding monitoring, filtering, and logging capabilities to its current CloudWatch features.""The overall stability of the product should be improved to prevent any loss of data.""They need to work on the Amazon plugins on the Kubernetes cluster.""Amazon EKS should improve its integration.""They should enhance the Jira integration.""Amazon EKS's vulnerability management of data could be improved."

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"The solution needs to be more scalable for local machines.""I want to see if new architectures have been incorporated in Docker or if we have to wait for another release.""The volumes for persistent storage could be more user friendly right out of the box.""The documentation could be improved.""The runtime and security could improve in Docker. Security is paramount in the cloud and important.""The security layer is very vulnerable, although they are working to improve the system hardening and email hardening.""Management can be improved with the necessary tools for orchestration.""One item that could be improved is the overall stability of Docker."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The solution is more expensive than other competitors and does not require a license."
  • "Cloud based pay-as-you-go pricing"
  • "My company paid for the license."
  • "Pricing is dependent upon instance type."
  • "The solution is quite costly and developers will start exploring other solutions or moving their workloads to other clouds if costs aren't reduced."
  • "The price could be cheaper. I would rate it as seven out of ten."
  • "Amazon EKS has fair pricing. It's better in terms of pricing than other platforms."
  • "I would like a cheaper version of it."
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  • "Docker is a free open-source solution. However, there is the Docker Enterprise which is a paid solution."
  • "There is a license needed to use Docker."
  • "We are using the open-source version of the solution."
  • "Docker is a free open-source solution."
  • "The current cost for us is nothing as an open source."
  • "This is an open-source solution, so there are no licensing costs."
  • "Docker is cost-effective and open-source."
  • "For commercial use, it's about $30 per month. The license itself isn't expensive, but if there are many users, the price becomes high."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The product's most valuable features are scalability, observability, and performance.
    Top Answer:The product pricing depends on the specific requirements. For instance, clients between $3000-$4000 per month might find the pricing reasonable, with clusters priced around $70 to $80 plus additional… more »
    Top Answer:The main thing to improve with Amazon EKS is the price. However, these services can be very expensive. For example, in countries like Turkey, the cost is too high. That's why we offer our cloud… more »
    Top Answer:We are using Docker to host applications.
    Top Answer:Since Docker is an open-source solution, it is free of cost.
    Top Answer:We are facing multiple issues with the solution's stability.
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    31
    Average Words per Review
    358
    Rating
    8.5
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    40
    Average Words per Review
    394
    Rating
    8.6
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    Also Known As
    Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service
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    Overview

    Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) is a fully managed Kubernetes service. Customers such as Intel, Snap, Intuit, GoDaddy, and Autodesk trust EKS to run their most sensitive and mission critical applications because of its security, reliability, and scalability.

    EKS is the best place to run Kubernetes for several reasons. First, you can choose to run your EKS clusters using AWS Fargate, which is serverless compute for containers. Fargate removes the need to provision and manage servers, lets you specify and pay for resources per application, and improves security through application isolation by design. Second, EKS is deeply integrated with services such as Amazon CloudWatch, Auto Scaling Groups, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), and Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), providing you a seamless experience to monitor, scale, and load-balance your applications. Third, EKS integrates with AWS App Mesh and provides a Kubernetes native experience to consume service mesh features and bring rich observability, traffic controls and security features to applications. Additionally, EKS provides a scalable and highly-available control plane that runs across multiple availability zones to eliminate a single point of failure.
    EKS runs upstream Kubernetes and is certified Kubernetes conformant so you can leverage all benefits of open source tooling from the community. You can also easily migrate any standard Kubernetes application to EKS without needing to refactor your code.

    Docker takes away repetitive, mundane configuration tasks and is used throughout the development lifecycle for fast, easy and portable application development – desktop and cloud. Docker’s comprehensive end to end platform includes UIs, CLIs, APIs and security that are engineered to work together across the entire application delivery lifecycle.

    Sample Customers
    GoDaddy, Pearson, FICO, Intuit, Verizon, Honeywell, Logicworks, RetailMeNot, LogMeIn, Conde Nast, mercari, Trainline, Axway
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    Top Industries
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    Computer Software Company32%
    Financial Services Firm21%
    Comms Service Provider21%
    Manufacturing Company11%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm20%
    Computer Software Company15%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Insurance Company7%
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    Financial Services Firm21%
    Energy/Utilities Company10%
    Non Profit10%
    Insurance Company7%
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    Computer Software Company19%
    Insurance Company11%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    University7%
    Company Size
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    Small Business38%
    Midsize Enterprise20%
    Large Enterprise43%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business16%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise73%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business36%
    Midsize Enterprise7%
    Large Enterprise57%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business22%
    Midsize Enterprise17%
    Large Enterprise61%
    Buyer's Guide
    Amazon EKS vs. Docker
    May 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Amazon EKS vs. Docker and other solutions. Updated: May 2024.
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    Amazon EKS is ranked 2nd in Container Management with 39 reviews while Docker is ranked 7th in Container Management with 40 reviews. Amazon EKS is rated 8.6, while Docker is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Amazon EKS writes "Supports multiple tools and has a straightforward setup process ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Docker writes "Easy to deploy with an impressive networking feature". Amazon EKS is most compared with Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform, VMware Tanzu Mission Control, Kubernetes, Linode and Komodor, whereas Docker is most compared with Mirantis Container Runtime, Rancher Labs, VMware Tanzu Mission Control and Nutanix Kubernetes Engine NKE. See our Amazon EKS vs. Docker report.

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