We performed a comparison between Kubernetes and OpenShift Container Platform 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.
"The solution is easy to use."
"We use this solution for the hosting of micro-services. Kubernetes helps us to orchestrate all the containers hosting these micro-services."
"It's scalable."
"Kubernetes is a leading container orchestration solution, known for its simplicity and ease of use. Being open-source, it benefits from large community support, including enterprise support. Many companies offer their own version of Kubernetes, making it widely adopted and supported in the industry."
"The Desired State Configuration is a handy feature; we can deploy a certain number of pods, and the tool will ensure that the state is maintained in our desired configuration."
"The most valuable feature of Kubernetes is automation. It is the best tool for automation."
"With the use of our blueprint, my experience with the initial setup has been a ten out of ten where one is difficult and ten is easy."
"The most valuable features of Kubernetes are the integration with Docker and there is plenty of documentation available. We work with Docker as a container, and it is more integrated with Docker than VMware Tanzu."
"The initial setup process is easy."
"I think it's a pretty scalable tool...The solution's technical support has been pretty good."
"The banking transactions, inquiries, and account opening have been the most valuable."
"Some of the primary features we leverage in the platform have to do with how we manage the cluster configurations, the properties, and the auto-scalability. These are the features that definitely provide value in terms of reducing overhead for the developers."
"It’s user-friendly."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is its scalability on demand, which allows for potentially lower costs, and Built-in resiliency."
"Openshift is a very developer-friendly product."
"The stack in the software supply chain is one of the main reasons that we use OpenShift. When I came to this company, we bought hardware from IBM named Bluemix, and they used ICP, which stands for IBM Cloud Private."
"There is a feature called Terraform and, based on the reviews I have read, it could be improved."
"We would like to see more validation tools added to this solution, this would provide pre-deployment analysis that developers could use before publishing their infrastructure."
"It would be very interesting if they could introduce a template engine to set dynamic values in the deployment time. It would be ideal if it could be native in Kubernetes as it would be much easier."
"The solution could be more stable."
"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."
"The solution has some issues regarding availability during high loads. Worker nodes are sometimes unavailable, affecting the overall availability of the applications. This is a bug or underlying problem with the tool, and Azure and other providers are looking into improving this by releasing new versions of Kubernetes that fix some of the platform's issues."
"There are several areas where Kubernetes could improve."
"It's complex to manage and requires specialists."
"The initial setup can be hard."
"Things are there and the documentation is there, however, there still needs to be quick guides available."
"OpenShift Container Platform needs to work on integrations."
"We encounter difficulties while accessing the environment and managing the cluster. This particular area needs improvement."
"The setup process is not great."
"The complexity of the installation could be reduced. While we got the necessary support, the instructions could be clearer."
"My impression is that this solution is pretty expensive so I think the pricing plan could improve."
"We've encountered challenges when transitioning applications between these environments."
Kubernetes is ranked 4th in Container Management with 67 reviews while OpenShift Container Platform is ranked 1st in Container Management with 36 reviews. Kubernetes is rated 8.6, while OpenShift Container Platform is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Kubernetes writes "Container orchestrator that deploys our machine learning solutions". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OpenShift Container Platform writes "Provides automation that speeds up our process by 30% and helps us achieve zero downtime". Kubernetes is most compared with VMware Tanzu Mission Control, Amazon EKS, Nutanix Kubernetes Engine NKE, Google Kubernetes Engine and HPE Ezmeral Container Platform, whereas OpenShift Container Platform is most compared with Amazon EKS, VMware Tanzu Mission Control, Nutanix Kubernetes Engine NKE, Amazon Elastic Container Service and HPE Ezmeral Container Platform. See our Kubernetes vs. OpenShift Container Platform report.
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