Alibaba Cloud Container Service vs. Kubernetes

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Alibaba Cloud Container Service
Score 7.0 out of 10
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Alibaba Cloud Container Service is a scalable container application management service that enables the user to use Docker and Kubernetes to manage the lifecycle of containerized applications. Container Service offers a variety of application publishing methods and continuous delivery capabilities and supports microservice architectures.N/A
Kubernetes
Score 9.3 out of 10
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Kubernetes is an open-source container cluster manager.N/A
Pricing
Alibaba Cloud Container ServiceKubernetes
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
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Alibaba Cloud Container ServiceKubernetes
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
Alibaba Cloud Container ServiceKubernetes
Features
Alibaba Cloud Container ServiceKubernetes
Container Management
Comparison of Container Management features of Product A and Product B
Alibaba Cloud Container Service
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Kubernetes
8.4
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8% above category average
Security and Isolation00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Container Orchestration00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Cluster Management00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Storage Management00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Resource Allocation and Optimization00 Ratings7.50 Ratings
Discovery Tools00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Update Rollouts and Rollbacks00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Self-Healing and Recovery00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Analytics, Monitoring, and Logging00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
User Ratings
Alibaba Cloud Container ServiceKubernetes
Likelihood to Recommend
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Usability
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8.0
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User Testimonials
Alibaba Cloud Container ServiceKubernetes
Likelihood to Recommend
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Along with all the best features and support by k8s, the automatic container scheduling to worker nodes and also self-healing containers which is what I like the most. On the other side, when I was installing the k8s cluster on CentOS 8, it was quite difficult for me, but never mind it is working as we expected and it is a one-time effort. Especially, in my case, there are more than 7 application containers required to run and communicate with each other, so for us, Kubernetes is an optimal solution.
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Pros
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  • Complex cluster management can be done with simple commands with strong authentication and authorization schemes
  • Exhaustive documentation and open community smoothens the learning process
  • As a user a few concepts like pod, deployment and service are sufficient to go a long way
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Cons
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  • Local development, Kubernetes does tend to be a bit complicated and unnecessary in environments where all development is done locally.
  • The need for add-ons, Helm is almost required when running Kubernetes. This brings a whole new tool to manage and learn before a developer can really start to use Kubernetes effectively.
  • Finicy configmap schemes. Kubernetes configmaps often have environment breaking hangups. The fail safes surrounding configmaps are sadly lacking.
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Likelihood to Renew
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The Kubernetes is going to be highly likely renewed as the technologies that will be placed on top of it are long term as of planning. There shouldn't be any last minute changes in the adoption and I do not anticipate sudden change of the core underlying technology. It is just that the slow process of technology adoption that makes it hard to switch to something else.
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Usability
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It is an eminently usable platform. However, its popularity is overshadowed by its complexity. To properly leverage the capabilities and possibilities of Kubernetes as a platform, you need to have excellent understanding of your use case, even better understanding of whether you even need Kubernetes, and if yes - be ready to invest in good engineering support for the platform itself
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Alternatives Considered
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As I said earlier also - - K8s manage the workloads better as compared to OpenStack in terms of reliability, observability & reachability. - K8s is not limited to only a single networking or storage solution as compared to OpenStack. - Networking (which is a key concept) is much simpler in K8s as compared to OpenStack. - It is possible to upgrade your applications without downtime in K8s but in OpenStack, you either have to divert the traffic or face an outage because you have to delete the whole stack & then recreate it.
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Return on Investment
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  • Because of microservices, Kubernetes makes it easy to find the cost of each application easily.
  • Like every new technology, initially, it took more resources to educate ourselves but over a period of time, I believe it's going to be worth it.
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