Azure Container Apps vs. Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Azure Container Apps
Score 6.6 out of 10
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Azure Container Apps, part of the Azure suite of products from Microsoft, is a service used to deploy containerized apps without managing complex infrastructure. Users can write code using a preferred programming language or framework, and build microservices with full support for Distributed Application Runtime (Dapr). Scale dynamically based on HTTP traffic or events powered by Kubernetes Event-Driven Autoscaling (KEDA).N/A
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Score 7.9 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft's Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) is designed to make deploying and managing containerized applications easy. It offers serverless Kubernetes, an integrated continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) experience, and enterprise-grade security and governance. It allows development and operations teams on a single platform to rapidly build, deliver, and scale applications with confidence.N/A
Pricing
Azure Container AppsAzure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Editions & Modules
vCPU (seconds)
active usage $0.000024 and idle usage $0.000003
per second 180,000 vCPU-seconds free grant per month
Memory (GiB-Seconds)
active usage $0.000003 and idle usage $0.000003
per second 360,000 GiB-seconds free grant per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Azure Container AppsAzure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
Azure Container AppsAzure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Platform-as-a-Service
Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of Product A and Product B
Azure Container Apps
5.3
Ratings
40% below category average
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
-
Ratings
Ease of building user interfaces5.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Scalability7.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform management overhead6.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow engine capability5.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform access control4.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Services-enabled integration4.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Development environment creation4.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Development environment replication4.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Issue monitoring and notification5.60 Ratings00 Ratings
Issue recovery4.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Upgrades and platform fixes5.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Container Management
Comparison of Container Management features of Product A and Product B
Azure Container Apps
-
Ratings
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
5.6
Ratings
32% below category average
Security and Isolation00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Container Orchestration00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Cluster Management00 Ratings2.00 Ratings
Storage Management00 Ratings3.00 Ratings
Resource Allocation and Optimization00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Discovery Tools00 Ratings4.00 Ratings
Update Rollouts and Rollbacks00 Ratings1.00 Ratings
Self-Healing and Recovery00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Analytics, Monitoring, and Logging00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Azure Container AppsAzure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Likelihood to Recommend
6.6
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7.0
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Likelihood to Renew
2.0
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-
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Usability
7.0
(0 ratings)
7.0
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Support Rating
-
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9.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Azure Container AppsAzure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Likelihood to Recommend
Azure Container Apps is a welcome addition for sure. Based on my experience, this has enabled us to move fully to the cloud and managed everywhere in one spot and on the go. We can scale it to our end as much as we would like. It can be assess anywhere and it is fully secure
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[Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)] is great when you need to be able to deploy a large number of services in a highly repeatable way. Once you know how to use it, it is a very fast to stand up a new environment. However there is a lot you need to know to get to that point and it is a specialized area. This is not suitable for small teams who are supporting multiple product stacks.
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Pros
  • Cloud-native where it can be assess anywhere
  • Enhance security
  • Open source
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  • To scale the microservices very easily.
  • Easy to set up in CI/CD pipeline.
  • It has a good pricing option as well in Azure. Basic works fine.
  • Accelerates containerized application development for the developers.
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Cons
  • The deployment process is complicated
  • Learning of Azure cli (command-line interface) for deployment is required
  • Not compatible with other standard CI/CD tools
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  • GUI on azure portal need to enhanced.
  • The feature set should be matching with Openshift which is also kubernetes based
  • Troubleshooting errors
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Likelihood to Renew
I would rather use AKS for my critical applications. The fact that the deployment process is dependent on as cli makes it hard for us to integrate with our standard CI/CD tools
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Usability
Azure Container Apps are fantastic and it is a game changer. I would recommend it to anyone considering it. As you can scale it to what you would like and it is fully cloud native with better security. It is a no brainier not to consider it. I do believe that with further improve it will become even more attractive
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Barring certain missing features such as operator management , open cluster management, it does gives lot of options to host containerized applications. The GUI may be improved and can give user more insights to the cluster rather than using command line tools. The integration with standard azure monitoring tools is a big plus to use Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
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Support Rating
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Microsoft support was really good, whenever we raise any ticket they come back to us within a couple of hours.
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Alternatives Considered
Each one has the benefits and drawback. While it is not easy to compare apple for apple. I definitely like that it can be integrated with our system to ensure that we are running at 100% capacity. It is a vision to be 100% cloud base and we have been able to achieve this through Azure Container Apps
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Worked with very similar in-house-built Kubernetes/container management system. We are leveraging AKS as it's more robust and stable being in the technical space for quite some time. Also, it has got a vast number of management and security features which makes it more attractive. They even have a model where the cost can be reduced by up to 90% if the application can afford to handle a quick downtime once in a while.
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Return on Investment
  • As it is cloud native, we no longer required to have onsite prem
  • Reducing both from an energy and security perspective
  • It is worth the investment as we have saved about 10% of our ICT cost
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  • The ability to scale has reduced the need for headcount in IT
  • The authentication process has kept us compliant with regulatory bodies
  • The ability to replicate environments is great.
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