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Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) vs. Cycle

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Amazon EKS

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AAmazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) is a managed container service to run and scale Kubernetes applications in the cloud or on-premises, available on AWS or on-premise through Amazon EKS Anywhere.

    $0.10

    per month

    Cycle

    N/AN/ACycle is a container orchestration platform. By simplifying the processes around container and infrastructure deployments, Cycle aims to enable developers to spend more time building and less time managing. With automatic platform updates, standardized deployments, a powerful API, and bottleneck crushing automation—the platform is designed to give organizations the capabilities of an elite DevOps team.

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    Pricing
    Amazon EKSCycle
    Editions & Modules
    Amazon EKS Cluster
    $.10
    per hour of each cluster created
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Amazon EKSCycle
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    Amazon EKSCycle
    Container Management
    Comparison of Container Management features of Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) and Cycle
    Feature
    Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)
    8.9
    1 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Cycle
    -
    Ratings
    Security and Isolation9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Container Orchestration8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cluster Management8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Storage Management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Resource Allocation and Optimization9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Discovery Tools8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Update Rollouts and Rollbacks9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self-Healing and Recovery10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Analytics, Monitoring, and Logging10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Amazon EKSCycle
    Small Businesses
    Mirantis Kubernetes Engine
    Score9.4 out of 10
    Mirantis Kubernetes Engine
    Score9.4 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
    IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
    Score7.4 out of 10
    IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
    Score7.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Amazon EKSCycle
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Amazon EKSCycle
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Amazon AWS
    It is well suited when you want to have a Kubernetes cluster in AWS Cloud and want to avoid all the management overhead of maintaining your own cluster in terms of the control plane. EKS seems to be lacking in features when compared with AKS and GKE. Backups, service mesh, and monitoring have a lot of room for improvements.
    Incentivized
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    Cycle
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    Pros
    Amazon AWS
    • Upgrade the kubernetes clusters to the latest version with a single click
    • Auto scaling policies to automatically scale the nodes
    • Detailed logs and events on the cluster within the EKS clusters portal, cloudwatch logs and metrics
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    Cycle
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    Cons
    Amazon AWS
    • AWSIAM integration with Kubernetes RBAC could be better.
    • Enabling some add-ons like service mesh, and monitoring will be nice instead of having to install them yourself after the creation of the cluster.
    • EKS bootstrap time could be faster ...
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    Cycle
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    Usability
    Amazon AWS
    Cluster maintanence is reduced, easier to deploy resources, great observability insights
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    Cycle
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    Alternatives Considered
    Amazon AWS
    It feels like AWS is behind the EKS race, the only advantage I'm able to see right now is the support of IPv6, however, trying to promote AWS alternatives that are different from the market and more like a vendor locking solutions like ECS/Fargate have kept AWS behind and focusing on the wrong things. EKS needs to really improve its integration with the Kubernetes ecosystem and have an enterprise solution for monitoring, backups, and service mesh.
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    Cycle
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    Return on Investment
    Amazon AWS
    • Good performance of platform without hiccups
    • Less number of people required to manage cluster
    • Easier to deploy new microservices
    Incentivized
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    Cycle
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