We compared Kubernetes and VMware Tanzu Mission Control based on our user's reviews in several parameters.
Users praise Kubernetes for its scalability, resource management, and ecosystem support. VMware Tanzu Mission Control stands out for its multi-cloud deployment and robust automation. Kubernetes users appreciate its efficiency, while VMware users value its security measures. Both offer reasonable pricing and excellent customer service, with room for improvement in resource management and platform enhancements.
Features: Kubernetes is valued for its scalability, resource management, load balancing, and monitoring capabilities. VMware Tanzu Mission Control, on the other hand, is praised for its management capabilities, multi-cloud deployment, user interface, security measures, and automation functionality.
Pricing and ROI: The setup costs for Kubernetes are manageable, allowing for easy deployment and configuration. The pricing is considered reasonable and transparent. In contrast, VMware Tanzu Mission Control has minimal and straightforward setup costs, with hassle-free and transparent licensing. It offers flexibility for various deployment scenarios., Kubernetes offers benefits such as streamlined operations, enhanced scalability, and decreased downtime, resulting in improved resource utilization, cost savings, and faster development. VMware Tanzu Mission Control enables effective VMware ecosystem management, improved efficiency, and streamlined operations.
Room for Improvement: Kubernetes could benefit from enhancements in resource allocation and management capabilities, simpler setup process, comprehensive documentation, and troubleshooting tools. On the other hand, VMware Tanzu Mission Control needs improvements in user interface, performance, documentation, training materials, and customization options.
Deployment and customer support: Comparing the user reviews, it appears that the duration required for establishing a new tech solution, like Kubernetes, is variable. However, for VMware Tanzu Mission Control, there is more consistency among users, with deployment and setup phases typically taking one week each., Kubernetes has received exceptional customer service feedback from users, highlighting prompt and knowledgeable support. VMware Tanzu Mission Control's customer service is also praised for its excellence, responsiveness, and efficient issue resolution.
The summary above is based on 47 interviews we conducted recently with Kubernetes and VMware Tanzu Mission Control users. To access the review's full transcripts, download our report.
"This product has a rich toolset from the community including CNI plug-ins, Helm packages, operators, dashboards, various integrations, etc."
"If you don't have resources, you can certainly add another worker node and expand the cluster."
"The implementation, and the way that they can, with a few clicks, load hundreds of machines without any trouble is very useful."
"The auto-repair function in Kubernetes is perfect. When something breaks, the auto-repair function automatically repairs it. If you are running the content in Kubernetes, you have a good set up. You do not need to do anything for the management of this. So, the automation of Kubernetes is number one."
"It is a stable and scalable product."
"The performance is good."
"Provision of a managed platform as a service."
"We use it for various large microservice-based architectures and web services. That's the ideal use case, but it's suitable for any kind of service that can be decomposed and needs to be scaled. Of course, it's much easier to deploy services that are stateless. It"
"A feature we find valuable is that other products can also be integrated with Mission Control. This means that we can see the status of specific clusters, as well as view the monitoring application logs all from one point."
"Defining security metrics has proven beneficial for customers in maintaining a safe environment."
"I have multiple Kubernetes environments within my environment. TMC gives me a single pane view, which is good for managing everything."
"The initial setup is easy."
"Tanzu Mission Control has quite a set of rich features when compared to OpenShift."
"The multi-tenancy with the VCD is great."
"The most valuable feature of VMware Tanzu Mission Control is the management functionality of the cluster life cycle. Additionally, the solution integrates well with other vendors, such as Velero for backups and Sonobuoy for compliance. Additionally, it works well in multi-cluster environments."
"The most popular feature of VMware Tanzu Mission Control is its graphical user interface for describing network policies on the Service Mesh, which is highly integrable with other tools commonly used in supply chains such as security."
"There are several areas where Kubernetes could improve."
"The setup and operation of the product should be simplified."
"The solution lacks some flexibility."
"The tool needs to improve its UI. The tool is very complex and basic."
"The Kubernetes dashboard can be improved. It is currently a mess. We were using Rancher earlier, and everyone was happy with the dashboard. Right now, we are using Kubernetes, and it's not working with Microsoft workstations. We still have problems with the dashboard. It's terrible."
"I think that the GUI dashboard in Kubernetes is very simple and that there are no great options."
"Security could be improved. It would be helpful if there were other security modules built into Kubernetes."
"Kubernetes is a bit complex, and there's a steep learning curve. At the same time, I cannot imagine how it could be easier. You need many add-ons to it, and the commercial releases of Kubernetes should address that."
"It is not easy to build a solution with containers. It has a graphical user interface, but you need to have a lot of knowledge of Linux and how to work in the command mode. Its support can also be improved. Currently, its biggest disadvantage is that it is a new product, and the clients prefer to go for a solution that has been in the market for a long time. There are not that many people who know this product."
"LYNX is a managed cluster solution that takes care of specific details within a cluster, such as sequences or services. I haven't seen this feature in Tanzu Mission Control."
"The disaster recovery feature could be improved to provide better tracking of issues. I would also like to see the introduction of a dashboard view, for even further integration of all the areas that Mission Control looks at."
"Cost is always a concern. Smaller companies might find the price a bigger issue."
"Having a unified dashboard to manage all infrastructure, whether it involves additional IT infrastructure or modern apps, would be highly advantageous"
"This product doesn't have a GUI. In order to use it properly, I need to connect it to a new GUI or build a GUI to manage it — it's pretty difficult."
"We want to see a new feature that helps build more security architecture like Zero Trust Security or shifting left in Kubernetes."
"The infrastructure is quite challenging."
Kubernetes is ranked 4th in Container Management with 68 reviews while VMware Tanzu Mission Control is ranked 3rd in Container Management with 12 reviews. Kubernetes is rated 8.6, while VMware Tanzu Mission Control is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Kubernetes writes "Container orchestrator that deploys our machine learning solutions". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware Tanzu Mission Control writes "Gives a single pane to manage multiple Kubernetes environments and has competitive pricing". Kubernetes is most compared with Amazon EKS, Nutanix Kubernetes Engine NKE, Google Kubernetes Engine, OpenShift Container Platform and HPE Ezmeral Container Platform, whereas VMware Tanzu Mission Control is most compared with Rancher Labs, OpenShift Container Platform, Nutanix Kubernetes Engine NKE, Amazon EKS and Docker. See our Kubernetes vs. VMware Tanzu Mission Control report.
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