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Kubernetes

Kubernetes (K8s)

Composite Score

8.2 /10

CX Score

8.5 /10

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What is Kubernetes (K8s)?

Kubernetes is a portable, extensible open-source platform for managing containerized workloads and services, that facilitates both declarative configuration and automation. It has a large, rapidly growing ecosystem. Kubernetes services, support, and tools are widely available.

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Kubernetes (K8s) Ratings

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91 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

90 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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+92 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Kubernetes (K8s)?

0% Negative

4% Neutral

96% Positive

Pros

Helps Innovate
Enables Productivity
Unique Features
Includes Product Enhancements

Feature Ratings

Average 87

Resource Availability

Dynamic Scalability

Resource Definition

Configuration Management

Task Process Automation

Scripting Support

Multi Tenancy

Workflow Support

Agent or Agentless

Service Templates

Systems Administration

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 84

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Quality of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Implementation

Ease of IT Administration

Vendor Support

Usability and Intuitiveness

Kubernetes (K8s) Reviews

Londyn P.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2024

Exploring Challenges and Solutions

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Kubernetes (K8s) from other similar products?

The accessibility of K8s sets it apart from the rest. First because it is free and second because it is open source.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Offers unparalleled scalability, making it indispensable for managing complex container-based architectures across various cloud providers and platforms.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Frequent non-backwards compatible changes causing disruptions, and the absence of practical examples in the documentation.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Embrace Kubernetes gradually, starting with a basic setup if you're new to it; over time, its necessity and irreplaceability will become evident for projects requiring its capabilities.

Pros

Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Unique Features
Effective Service

Kamran A.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Finance
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Dec 2023

From a Multi-Cloud Architect's Lenses

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Kubernetes (K8s) from other similar products?

Its containerization and easy to use approach has made it stand out with the peer technologies

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The security provided in the architecture is the finest thing in K8S

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing as such, this seems to be solving most of the problems

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Must adopt this approach in building new application and adding resources in your own architecture.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Ajibade A.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2025

Robust Orchestration Tool for Modern DevOps Teams

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Kubernetes (K8s) from other similar products?

Kubernetes is the most widely adopted container orchestration platform, offering scalability, self-healing, and flexibility. It supports a declarative configuration model and automates deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications backed by a strong open-source ecosystem and cloud-agnostic design.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The automated scaling and self-healing capabilities are incredibly powerful, allowing applications to stay resilient and responsive with minimal manual intervention.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The initial complexity and steep learning curve can be challenging, especially for teams new to container orchestration or infrastructure management.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Start small with managed Kubernetes services (like GKE, AKS, or EKS) to reduce overhead. Focus on learning the core concepts (pods, services, deployments), and use tools like Helm for easier app management. Plan for monitoring and security early in your adoption.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Kubernetes (K8s)

What is Kubernetes (K8s)?

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Kubernetes (K8s) Ratings

91 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

90 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+92 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Kubernetes (K8s)?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Resource Availability Orchestration/Provisioning software must be able to allocate resources for new server requests so that compute, memory and storage is not over-provisioned.

Dynamic Scalability Ability to scale servers up or down, depending on resource requirements. This activity may be automated, triggered by conditions, or be completely manual.

Resource Definition The systems administrator defines resources needed for the new server definition, which is processed and deployed by the Orchestration/Provisioning software.

Configuration Management Tracking of server configuration and configuration changes.

Task Process Automation Automation of tasks and processes of the Orchestration/Provisioning software without systems administration intervention.

Scripting Support Support for systems scripting languages such as Python and Java to further automate operating systems level tasks.

Multi Tenancy Software works in tandem with hosting system and the management of the multiple systems running in the same environment with appropriate levels of segregation.

Workflow Support The ability to incorporate pre-defined workflows into provisioned servers.

Agent or Agentless The orchestration, provisioning, deployment and management of servers being done with or without a software agent.

Service Templates Templates for standard server configurations, to allow for expedited provisioning and deployment of standard server types.

Systems Administration Tools allowing the systems administration of multiple servers through a single tool, to reduce repetitive task execution.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Kubernetes (K8s) Reviews

Londyn P.

Exploring Challenges and Solutions

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Kamran A.

From a Multi-Cloud Architect's Lenses

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Ajibade A.

Robust Orchestration Tool for Modern DevOps Teams

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Feature Ratings

Resource Availability

Dynamic Scalability

Resource Definition

Configuration Management

Task Process Automation

Scripting Support

Multi Tenancy

Workflow Support

Agent or Agentless

Service Templates

Systems Administration

Vendor Capability Ratings

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Quality of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Implementation

Ease of IT Administration

Vendor Support

Usability and Intuitiveness