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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft'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

    OCI

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AOracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is Oracles's infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) platform which combines the utility of public cloud with the granular control, security, and predictability of on-premises infrastructure.N/A
    Pricing
    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)OCI
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)OCI
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details
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    Community Pulse
    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)OCI
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
    No answer on this topic
    Oracle
    Chose OCI
    Right now we are evaluating the usage. Prima facie is that it will be game changer and we are supposed to start POC in next sprint. Can not put client details but on high level, clients are very excited to see if ML can predict areas of traction from where orders are created …
    Incentivized
    Chose OCI
    - Performance was big reason for choosing Oracle Cloud infrastructure over AWS Ec2 and Azure VMware Solutions.- Oracle Database as application design was another reason for choosing Oracle Cloud infrastructure over AWS Ec2 and Azure VMware Solutions.
    In turn, OCI was better …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    80%
    Implementation went as expected
    4 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)OCI
    Container Management
    Comparison of Container Management features of Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
    Feature
    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
    5.6
    1 Ratings
    32% below category average
    Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
    -
    Ratings
    Security and Isolation8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Container Orchestration8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cluster Management2.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Storage Management3.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Resource Allocation and Optimization9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Discovery Tools4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Update Rollouts and Rollbacks1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self-Healing and Recovery7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Analytics, Monitoring, and Logging8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
    Feature
    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
    6.8
    131 Ratings
    17% below category average
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime00 Ratings8.3127 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling00 Ratings7.5127 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing00 Ratings8.4118 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates00 Ratings4.8116 Ratings
    Monitoring tools00 Ratings8.4126 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images00 Ratings6.6114 Ratings
    Operating system support00 Ratings5.2125 Ratings
    Security controls00 Ratings5.3127 Ratings
    Automation00 Ratings6.991 Ratings
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    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)OCI
    Small Businesses
    Mirantis Kubernetes Engine
    Score9.4 out of 10
    DigitalOcean Droplets
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
    Score8.5 out of 10
    IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
    Score7.4 out of 10
    SAP on IBM Cloud
    Score9.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)OCI
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (6 ratings)
    8.6
    (131 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.7
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.1
    (13 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (21 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (18 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.2
    (9 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)OCI
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    At one instance, there was a fire in our data center and the backup power had some issues because of which the whole DC went down. I believe with AKS and the replication it's easier to handle such a situation. Also, the scenario would have been pretty transparent to the end-users.
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    Oracle
    As per our usage Oracle Cloud Infrastructure for almost 6 years hosting 500 + customers I can say its well suited application for any small scale to larger scale application as it can handle that capacity and provide more reliable cloud service only if you need any messaging service like pub/sub or sqs better to consider other services.
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • Scales quickly when the user base increases randomly
    • Downgrades very fast if a bunch of users hop off the system
    • Great dev UX for IT
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    Oracle
    • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure has a generous free tier, moreso than other hyperscalers, with an always-free tier that guarantees certain products are always free
    • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure allows you to size VMs with differing combinations of CPU and RAM, which is contrary to other hyperscalers that have specific pre-defined combinations only
    • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure regularly provides free certification exam offers
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • Steep learning curve
    • Expected charges are unclear until you see real production usage
    • Operations teams need to learn an entirely new skill set
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    Oracle
    • Navigating the UI takes lots of getting used to. It reminds me of older GCP (just to get used to where everything is).
    • Permission for different things always seemed to be more difficult than it really needed to be. Once you got them set up you were good but updating anything or creating new permissions for just about anything took longer than I thought it should.
    • Based on how the buttons were laid out, it was pretty easy to delete all of your DNS records, and backing them up was not as intuitive as I'd like with the UI, but it was easy to do using a script.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    Reliability: Very dependable and stable OCI services have been for the business operations.Performance: The speed and efficiency of OCI in meeting their computing and storage needs.Scalability: The ease and effectiveness of scaling resources up or down to accommodate changing demands.Security: The robustness and effectiveness of OCI's security features in protecting their data and applications.
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    Usability
    Microsoft
    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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    Oracle
    The services & products in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure needs more improvement to beat other Cloud service providers. The price is good & Security processes are good. We are requiring to put more effort in supporting this Oracle Cloud Infrastructure than other Cloud service providers. Probably better ways are there but is not super easy to find or not super available
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    Reliability and Availability
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    Yeah sometimes we had to face unplanned outages due to underlying infrastructure issues, so not every time,e but once in a while we face issues with availability. But the good thing is we have redundancy with DR setup and multi region so we can manage.
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    Performance
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    From the start, I was surprised by response times and image quality accessing windows VMs with RDP. GCP, Azure and -many offerings in AWS- don't perform this speed. Also, that's evident in the quality of Infrastructure Management Team, because I just received one warning regarding a region failure, what confirms that's a mature platform.
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    Support Rating
    Microsoft
    Microsoft support was really good, whenever we raise any ticket they come back to us within a couple of hours.
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    Oracle
    Overall it is amazing, there is always room for improvement. We have weekly updates that tend to slow the program used more and more. We had to change some reports within Oracle because the others wouldn’t load. This is tied to our payroll and the delays are causing many time constraint issues and panic. We have to create a new report when one breaks. Otherwise awesome!
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    In-Person Training
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    Effective training provided, much data productivity while doing training
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    Online Training
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    detailed and easy to understand.
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    Implementation Rating
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    Easier way to implement, vary much supportive way doing the implementation
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    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    Due to cost efficiency. And using AZURE cloud for other services as well. Azure Kubernetes Service is more suitable to configure CI/CD pipelines. With a facility of automated or One click deployment and integration of the application. As compared with other Kubernetes Services like Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service and Google Kubernetes Service, Azure Kubernetes is most cost-efficient with the same facilities and with an advantage to configure easily, manage easily, as it is one click manageable with Microsoft applications. It provides high Microsoft security to containers and secures applications from any kind of harm.
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    Oracle
    We used Microsoft Azure and Docker earlier and faced some difficulties like Microsoft Azure and Docker. Occasionally, the generation of large images can delay deployment. It is also necessary for me to admit that Microsoft Azure and Docker have a somewhat steep learning curve. Proper paperwork needs to be there. Docker has issues with performance on a number of platforms. On the other hand, OCI is easy to deploy and easy to understand.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    was not part of initial purchase team. Anyways, i think unit pricing and billing frequency is good compared to other Cloud service providers, when it comes to Cloud Capital expenditure & Operational expenditure. Would be more interested in exploring more options where customers can get more cost relaxations on trying out new cloud services in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure for example a new App or a feature
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    Scalability
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    We have hosted around 500 + customers on this cloud so till day not faced any major issues, so we can use it for any kind of products and it can hold the load and easily scale based on need.
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    Professional Services
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    Services & Infra wise is ok to use & host applications & services. Security wise also good for a Cloud service provider. It is a interesting area to explore & using it for day to day needs can be further improvised in future probably. Modern day Services like AI and Machine learning could be improved
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    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • Positive impact in moving applications to cloud from the in-hose data center to save cost
    • Sometimes got affected with some bugs on the AKS infrastructure but hasn't caused a big kios as our production footprint in AKS is not yet high
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    Oracle
    • Oracle Cloud helps us build and deploy apps quickly, getting our products out the door faster.
    • With real-time insights from Oracle Cloud, we can give customers personalized experiences that boost satisfaction.
    • Migrating to Oracle saves us cash on hardware and maintenance, which we can use for innovation and growth.
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    ScreenShots

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    Screenshot of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Global FootprintScreenshot of 2-5x Faster Performance vs On-premises and Other Clouds (Storage Review)Screenshot of One Cloud for the Most Intensive Enterprise and Infra-heavy WorkloadsScreenshot of Gen 1 vs Gen 2 Cloud AdvantageScreenshot of Always Free Services