We performed a comparison between Amazon Elastic Container Service and Google Kubernetes Engine 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."Good documentation and very straightforward to implement and use."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is its scalability."
"I like the tool's availability and automated scalability. I need to define the port numbers, and when I have a large load of requests, I can get automated scalability."
"I like Amazon EC2 Container Service's elasticity."
"Amazon ECS allows users to deploy and manage container applications like microservices or web applications on Amazon clusters. It's easy to install and designed for AWS targets, serving as a serverless container platform. It offers features such as automatic scanning, load balancing, and service discovery to help users manage their container applications."
"Performance is our top priority. So, if we need to deploy on a high-specification machine, we can choose it from the software. If we just need a low-specification one, we can just choose it based on the requirement handling software configuration."
"The cloud services are readily available."
"Implementing the product has helped me monitor the parameters. I utilize tools like CloudWatch and AWS systems to track these parameters. If any issues arise, I alert our developer team to address and resolve them. The product helps to have a global file system. Also, it helps in data replication from region to region."
"The most valuable feature of Google Kubernetes Engine is how you can automatically scale and load balance."
"We hardly have a breakdown. It's been very stable."
"The product’s dashboard is very intuitive."
"The deployment of the cluster is very easy."
"The scalability is the best feature."
"GKE's plugin management and configuration sync are excellent features. The amount of data it provides is good, and I've been able to integrate it with the things I need."
"The product has no downtime."
"On the tip of a command, you can scale in or scale out, and it offers every robust platform to implement DevOps processes for your automation solutions. The product fully supports the IaC concept."
"Support could be better with response time and knowledge of staff."
"The solution could provide more reliability."
"I also believe there are limitations in terms of upgrading. The software has the concept of dedicated servers that you can manage. However, an issue arises when you can't match one operating system with another that you've already purchased. You can't simply merge them; instead, you have to buy a completely new one. This limitation has caused some challenges for us."
"I would like the product to improve integration with different platforms."
"There is room for improvement in the pricing of Amazon EC2 Container Service."
"Probably, they should include automated graphing, and monitoring solutions."
"My company has faced some stability issues with Amazon EC2 Container Service."
"The solution's pricing could be improved."
"The pricing could be more competitive. It should be cheaper."
"The solution does not have a visual interface."
"The user interface is a bit confusing sometimes. You need to navigate between the various consoles we have. It's hard to figure out where things are. It's frustrating. The documentation could be a bit better."
"While the GKE cluster is secure, application-level security is an essential aspect that needs to be addressed. The security provided by GKE includes the security of communication between nodes within the cluster and the basic features of Kubernetes security. However, these features may not be sufficient for the security needs of an enterprise. Additional security measures must be added to ensure adequate protection. It has become a common practice to deploy security tools within a Kubernetes cluster. It would be ideal if these tools were included as part of the package, as this is a standard requirement in the industry. Thus, application-level security should be integrated into GKE for improved security measures."
"One of the things I missed a bit is the visibility and availability of solutions. If I compare it to a different solution, it is a bit behind."
"The notifications are not informative."
"I use the Firebase tool with GKE and it would be helpful if the solution can give notifications when we reach the budget limit."
"There is room for improvement in the cluster updates process. Specifically, when managing both non-production and production clusters, we need a sequential functionality."
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Amazon Elastic Container Service is ranked 8th in Container Management with 46 reviews while Google Kubernetes Engine is ranked 9th in Container Management with 32 reviews. Amazon Elastic Container Service is rated 8.4, while Google Kubernetes Engine is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Amazon Elastic Container Service writes "An easy to compute solution that can be used to take complete workloads to the cloud". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Google Kubernetes Engine writes "The auto-scaling feature helps during peak hours, but the support is not great". Amazon Elastic Container Service is most compared with OpenShift Container Platform, Microsoft Azure Container Service, VMware Tanzu Mission Control and Linode, whereas Google Kubernetes Engine is most compared with Linode, Kubernetes, VMware Tanzu Mission Control, OpenShift Container Platform and Trend Micro Deep Security. See our Amazon Elastic Container Service vs. Google Kubernetes Engine report.
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