Kubernetes

Kubernetes (K8s)

8.2 /10

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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93 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

94 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+88 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

9% Neutral

91% Positive

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Enables Productivity
Unique Features

Feature Ratings

Average 92

Agent or Agentless

Dynamic Scalability

Resource Availability

Workflow Support

Task Process Automation

Systems Administration

Resource Definition

Configuration Management

Multi Tenancy

Scripting Support

Service Templates

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 86

Ease of Customization

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Data Integration

Quality of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Vendor Support

Ease of Implementation

Usability and Intuitiveness

Kubernetes (K8s) Reviews

Timo G.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Finance
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Submitted Mar 2023

Kubernetes is a devops gamechanger

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Kubernetes (K8s) from other similar products?

Everything

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Uses containers and yaml. Highly custimizable.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Can't think of anything.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Learn it and start using it. It will change your life

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Orianne G.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Telecommunications
Involvement: End User of Application

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Submitted Feb 2023

Node operation can also be entrusted to GCP

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Kubernetes (K8s) from other similar products?

With GKE Autopilot, you can also allow Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to operate your worker nodes. EKS, the Kubernetes service on AWS, is significantly different. Because we can entrust the operation of all nodes to GCP, we reduced the operational load. Because we could specialize in application development, we could accelerate the launch of services. In addition, by adjusting the resources used for each container, we could eliminate resource waste and reduce the number of instances. As a result, we could reduce infrastructure costs by approximately 60%.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The most significant advantage is that it is a KaaS service provided by Google, which developed Borg, the basis of Kubernetes, so it is very reliable. In addition, Anthos Service Mesh provides global load balancing for global application publishing. Also, Anthos (GKE on Prem) is easy to use because it is possible to create a GKE-equivalent environment in a local non-GCP environment. I used it when migrating the infrastructure of products running on GCE. Even if the machine stops running, it will automatically turn on, so it has improved fault tolerance and allowed us to automate CI/CD, reducing operating costs.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The cost of testing the impact of Kubernetes version upgrades on applications is too high, so it would be nice to have better support for version upgrades.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

With GKE, not only the primary node can be managed, but also the worker node so that we could reduce the man hours required for the operation. In addition, by using it with Anthos, it was possible to compile GKE on-site, and we could meet our internal security requirements.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Michael N.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Entertainment
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2023

Unique and powerful tool unlike any other

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates Kubernetes (K8s) from other similar products?

There is no other tool that runs cointainer orchestration like K8s which is invaluable for scaling applications

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The performance of the resulting product deployed on K8s is amazing

What do you dislike most about this product?

It can be wildly expensive

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Use it if your project necessitates using kubernetes. It's not always necessary and may be over-engineering, but if it is needed, it's irreplaceable

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Performance Enhancing
Unique Features

Kubernetes (K8s)

What is Kubernetes (K8s)?

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Kubernetes (K8s) Ratings

93 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

94 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+88 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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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 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.

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.

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

Timo G.

Kubernetes is a devops gamechanger

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Orianne G.

Node operation can also be entrusted to GCP

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Michael N.

Unique and powerful tool unlike any other

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Feature Ratings

Agent or Agentless

Dynamic Scalability

Resource Availability

Workflow Support

Task Process Automation

Systems Administration

Resource Definition

Configuration Management

Multi Tenancy

Scripting Support

Service Templates

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of Customization

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Data Integration

Quality of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Vendor Support

Ease of Implementation

Usability and Intuitiveness