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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
"The solution has very good basic features.""The most important aspect of Amazon EKS is that it is easy to set up and very easy to upgrade.""EKS provides autoscaling functionality.""Initial setup is straightforward. It only takes 15 minutes to deploy.""The most valuable feature is the computing speed.""Through Amazon EKS, we can have the blue-green deployment very easily.""Overall Amazon EKS is a good solution in the industry. The solution can support multi tendencies, and network isolations are the key factors.""It is a scalable solution."

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"Docker is easy to understand and follow. It provides good scalability to the application.""The solution's most valuable feature is having containers independent of the operating system or environment.""The most valuable feature of Docker is automation. When I deploy the solution I am confident it will work anywhere. It is reliable and easy to use.""When used in conjunction with Kubernetes, it is seamless because it integrates very well.""I think the best feature is to replicate anything in our local machine using a simple command.""The most valuable features of Docker are its security, detailed documentation, and ease of use, and the Docker Swarm is not as complex as Kubernetes.""Docker allows you to run multiple virtual machines independently.""Containerization is the most valuable feature. I can communicate to the Docker containers using other containers."

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Cons
"I'd like to see the solution add a service catalog.""I believe the initial setup could be a better experience and faster customer support.""I would like to see it a little more stable, more operational, and more convenient to develop.""There is room for improvement in stability. I faced some problems with the App.""It is very cumbersome to assign permissions to users to interact with a cluster.""I would like to see a cloud setup bank management feature.""Setup depends on what kind of architecture you have""I encountered problems with the product’s documentation."

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"I think Docker can improve as it relates to overall stability.""If you install Docker on a host, it creates its own firewalls. It can become an issue. Usually, when you want to install Docker, you need to restart the firewall or restart the active tables on the machine, but this is not the case with Kubernetes. It uses the default set up by the next administrator, but with Docker, you have to restart the firewall and restart Docker before the firewall on the system will be okay. If you do not the rules will not be created.""We have found that it is not easy to install it into a Windows system.""The command line interface could be more intuitive. I constantly struggle with it.""I would like to see a more UI-based tool so that students can easily understand it rather than memorizing all of the Docker commands.""I would love to have it available on Linux.""There may not be much room for improvement with Docker as it has greatly evolved. However, one area that could be improved upon is the documentation on their website which was once easy to follow but has become quite terrible with numerous versions being released. As an example, the installation process for Docker now requires more than just a one-line command, causing inconvenience. Additionally, based on my experience as a college instructor, teaching students to install Docker was a difficult task due to the lack of straightforward and easy-to-follow documentation. Docker should focus on improving their documentation to make it more user-friendly for all.""I would like to see a single package image orchestration bundled together."

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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:They could add logging features. At present, we use external tools to increase and decrease the number of instances.
    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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    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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    Computer Software Company26%
    Financial Services Firm26%
    Comms Service Provider21%
    Manufacturing Company11%
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    Financial Services Firm20%
    Computer Software Company15%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Insurance Company7%
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    Financial Services Firm26%
    Energy/Utilities Company13%
    Non Profit9%
    Educational Organization9%
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    Computer Software Company19%
    Insurance Company11%
    Financial Services Firm10%
    Government8%
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    Small Business35%
    Midsize Enterprise23%
    Large Enterprise43%
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    Small Business16%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise73%
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    Small Business38%
    Midsize Enterprise7%
    Large Enterprise56%
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    Small Business22%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise62%
    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.
    771,212 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    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 OpenShift Container Platform, VMware Tanzu Mission Control, Kubernetes, Rancher Labs and NGINX Ingress Controller, whereas Docker is most compared with Mirantis Container Runtime, Rancher Labs, VMware Tanzu Mission Control, Nutanix Kubernetes Engine NKE and NGINX Ingress Controller. See our Amazon EKS vs. Docker report.

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