It's a great service because we can do a lot of things using it. It's easy to create clusters and services in pods there.
So, the main purpose is to create clusters and services and define some pods there.
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Provides an easy way to create clusters without having to manage the control plane separately
What is our primary use case?
How has it helped my organization?
We reduced the cost by using one cluster instead of using different services and different virtual machines in a client. So, Amazon EKS helped our organization reduce costs.
What is most valuable?
This is the way we can create a cluster because we don't need to pay attention to the control plane. We only need to deploy the services in the worker nodes and configure some configurations, easy configurations, and the cluster is done to be published.
Basically, AWS provides all features that we have prepared.
What needs improvement?
There is room for improvement in stability. I faced some problems with the App. The problem is actually the app, with the different teams fixing it.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using this solution for 18 months. I work on different projects. Basically, we create a structure and per clients, and we move to another project. So we did different projects for how long of the year.
We are currently using version 1.24, but we are migrating to the latest version, which is 1.28.70.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I would rate the stability an eight out of ten. I faced some problems with the App. The problem is actually the app with the different teams fixing it, but I would say the Kubernetes - it's ten. The service is ten. But if everything is considered, it's eight.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I would rate the scalability a ten out of ten. It is perfect. Moreover, more than one hundred users have access per hour.
We use this solution every day. Thus, we use the solution to its maximum potential.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We did the research for Azure, but all the structure and other resources were applied in AWS, so we kept it in the same provider.
We also used a local structure, but we're at a short time. And the infrastructure had already been done. I only need to support the application. It's full.
How was the initial setup?
The thing that takes more time to be constructed with the code is minutes and hours to provide the EKS code, but with the structure is really fast.
Basically, it used the code. They used the TerraForm code because we work with ESA, and, basically, the most important part for us is the code.
What about the implementation team?
We used the help of a third party, like, the partners of Amazon.
We required four people for the deployment process. However, the maintenance depends on the number of clusters and resources. So, two people are enough for the maintenance of the solution.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I would rate the pricing model a seven out of ten, where one is cheap and ten is very expensive.
It was rather expensive; compared to GCP and Azure, it's a little more expensive. The price can be a problem for small-sized businesses.
There are no additional costs to the standard license.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
So I work as a DevOps engineer. But basically, using TerraForm or other tools like that, I never worked with another provider as Google and Microsoft. So, basically, I use AWS.
Actually, there are a lot of reports that I use every day. So we use tools related to that, like load balancers, ECRs, and EKS— so different resource things.
What other advice do I have?
It's a great service. Some services are more expensive compared to other providers. But in general, it's the best option for medium or large enterprises.
Overall, I would rate the solution a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
A highly scalable solution that helps manage nodes and scalability in AWS
What is most valuable?
Amazon EKS is like Kubernetes, but it helps manage our nodes and scalability in AWS.
What needs improvement?
Amazon EKS should improve its integration. Our company does not maintain the external infrastructure.
Amazon EKS should include a graphic interface. Like there is a dashboard in Kubernetes, Amazon EKS should have a graphic interface that is more fluid, more fluent and contains more information.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Amazon EKS for six months.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Amazon EKS is a very stable solution.
I rate Amazon EKS a nine out of ten for stability.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Amazon EKS has high scalability. The solution has 10 to 15 endpoints in our organization. The solution is used 24/7 in our organization.
I rate Amazon EKS a nine out of ten for scalability.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Before Amazon EKS, I previously used OpenShift and Kubernetes-native.
How was the initial setup?
The solution's initial setup depends on the application inside it. It's easy to have Kubernetes, but deploying other solutions with EKS is hard. It is easy to deploy Amazon EKS in general. I rate the solution an eight out of ten for the ease of its setup.
What about the implementation team?
It took us half a day to deploy Amazon EKS. The solution's deployment depends on whether you want to use the Terraform ECR infrastructure. You have to go to the panel in AWS and deploy Amazon EKS. We needed an integrator for the first time, but then we did everything ourselves for the next deployments. Only one person is required for the deployment and maintenance of the solution.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Amazon EKS is quite pricey, but the functionality it provides is worth it. The solution has no additional costs, but it depends on the number of nodes used inside it. If we have a lot of traffic, we should scale many nodes, which would cost a lot.
On a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing an eight out of ten.
What other advice do I have?
Overall, I rate Amazon EKS a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
The tool is a good investment but needs improvement in customer operations
What is our primary use case?
We use Amazon EKS for our proprietary solutions and applications.
What is most valuable?
Amazon EKS is very scalable.
What needs improvement?
Amazon EKS needs to improve customer operations and technical support.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been working with the tool for five years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The tool's stability is high.
How are customer service and support?
We don't need technical support at the moment.
How was the initial setup?
The tool's deployment is not complex.
What was our ROI?
Amazon EKS is a good investment.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The tool's pricing is good.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate Amazon EKS an eight out of ten.
Provides fast and cost-effective cloud adoption with excellent scalability and portability
What is our primary use case?
The main use case is Cloud and IT applications.
How has it helped my organization?
It's a faster solution to adopt on native applications.
What needs improvement?
I would like to see a cloud setup bank management feature.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Amazon EKS for six years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I would rate the product's stability a nine out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I would rate the tool's scalability a nine out of ten.
What was our ROI?
There is a return on investment.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
Before EKS, we evaluated AKS and CKS.
What other advice do I have?
Review the organization's strategy with your strategy, whether it is oriented to the portability of your applications. Overall, I would rate Amazon EKS a nine out of ten.
A fairly priced solution that helps in the managing and autoscaling of services
What is our primary use case?
We deploy different solutions on the EKS cluster for our clients to use.
How has it helped my organization?
Since it is a managed service of AWS, Amazon EKS helps us in the managing and autoscaling of services. We don't have to worry about multiple things like managing the nodes or IP addresses and can focus on our work.
What is most valuable?
Through Amazon EKS, we can have the blue-green deployment very easily.
What needs improvement?
The management of the nodes in Amazon EKS should be improved. AWS should reduce the constant upgrades of the nodes of Amazon EKS or EC2 machines.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Amazon EKS for almost two years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I rate Amazon EKS a seven out of ten for stability.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I rate Amazon EKS a nine out of ten for scalability.
How are customer service and support?
The solution's technical support is very good.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
How was the initial setup?
The solution's initial setup is straightforward for us because we use Terraform scripts, which we have written and can reuse. It is the same for the console.
What was our ROI?
If your application goes to production, you will definitely see an ROI with Amazon EKS.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The solution's pricing is fair enough and a little less costly.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend Amazon EKS to other users.
Overall, I rate Amazon EKS an eight out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
I like the security features
What is our primary use case?
I use EKS as an application management system and a second application server. It's connected to Amazon RDS.
What is most valuable?
EKS has security features that you can't find in competing solutions.
What needs improvement?
I'm having difficulty getting my AWS clusters to communicate with my local machine.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have used EKS for three years.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Amazon EKS is scalable. We have about 20,000 users.
How was the initial setup?
Setting up EKS is simple compared to OpenShift. It isn't too complex. We have a hybrid setup due to government data rules. I deployed EKS alone.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I rate EKS seven out of 10 for affordability. Amazon EKS costs us $730 a year.
What other advice do I have?
I rate Amazon EKS nine out of 10.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Hybrid Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
A powerful and compliant platform for Kubernetes that is also scalable
What is our primary use case?
I have clients that run on Kubernetes engines.
What is most valuable?
The tool works well with the nodes in AWS. It's scalability is also good in terms of architecture.
What needs improvement?
I am not impressed with the tool's Amazon console. It also needs to add security features.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been working with the product for four years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I would rate the solution's stability a ten out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I would rate the product's scalability a ten out of ten.
How are customer service and support?
The tool's premium support is good.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
How was the initial setup?
The solution's deployment gets completed in minutes. You need one DevOps engineer to maintain the solution.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The solution is pricey. The tool's pricing is monthly.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate the solution a ten out of ten. It is the best platform for Kubernetes. The tool is also compliant. You need a demo to get started with it.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
Good auto scaling and service discovery abilities
What is our primary use case?
We have a service hosting platform, and we use Amazon EKS for hosting web services.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable features of Amazon EKS are its auto scaling ability and the ability for service discovery.
What needs improvement?
Amazon EKS's vulnerability management of data could be improved. Also, concerning vulnerability and version upgrades, many more things could be pulled into the control plane rather than keeping it in the data plane and having the users figure out how to upgrade their portions.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Amazon EKS for five years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Amazon EKS has good stability.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Amazon EKS's scalability is very low. Quite a few people are using the solution in our organization.
How are customer service and support?
We had no issues contacting Amazon EKS's technical support and usually got the necessary support. However, as with any Kubernetes installation, only the control plane is covered by Amazon, not the data plane. So if there are issues on the data plane side, Amazon cannot be of much help.
How was the initial setup?
Amazon EKS’s initial setup was moderately easy. Amazon EKS's deployment was fast. We took the help of an automated deployment system, and the deployment was done in a couple of minutes.
What was our ROI?
We have seen a return on investment with Amazon EKS.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Amazon EKS’s pricing is ok compared to its competitors.
What other advice do I have?
Amazon EKS is a good platform to use, but scale up before you start deploying in industrial quantities.
Overall, I rate Amazon EKS an eight out of ten.
Good stability and easy initial setup process
What needs improvement?
It is challenging to host the applications in the existing VPC of the solution. They should include some essential configuration features to it.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been using the solution for the last two to three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is a stable solution. I rate its stability as an eight or nine. Although, it is difficult to find a stable version sometimes.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It is a scalable solution. I rate its scalability as a ten. We can quickly scale the cluster as per requirements. We have medium and enterprise business clients using the solution.
How are customer service and support?
The solution's customer service is excellent. They also provide detailed documentation.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
How was the initial setup?
The solution's initial setup process is straightforward. It takes two to three days to deploy it in any infrastructure. We require one executive for implementation and around two executives for maintenance.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The solution is cheaper than AKS. Its license costs $73. The customers have to pay extra depending on the instances they want to deploy for hosting the application. I rate its pricing as a four.
What other advice do I have?
I rate the solution as an eight. I advise others to use EKS ETL instead of AWS command prompt while deploying it.
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