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    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

    Portainer

    Score9.6 out of 10
    N/APortainer is a centralized container management platform for containerized apps and IoT device management. It helps accelerate container adoption and reduce time-to-value on Kubernetes, Docker, and Swarm with a management portal, allowing users to deliver and manage containerized applications from the data center to the edge. Portainer helps - Reduce the operational complexity associated with multi-cluster management Bridge the skills gap and facilitate feature…

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    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)Portainer
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    Portainer Business - 3 Nodes Free
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    Home & Student
    $149
    per year
    Starter
    $995
    per year
    Professional
    $2995
    per year
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    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)Portainer
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Community Pulse
    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)Portainer
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
    No answer on this topic
    Portainer
    Chose Portainer
    Portainer is a lot easier to use when compared to Kubernetes. it is easy to get over whelmed by all the options in Kubernetes but portainer makes it simple to build and deploy even to Kubernetes.
    Incentivized
    Chose Portainer
    Portainer has made our rapid prototyping an easy task without requesting too much, especially while deploying micro-services on a self-deployed AMI instance. Above all, Portainer enables all configurations that we were expecting to be feasible, becoming the evident choice …
    Incentivized
    Chose Portainer
    I have not found any application as good as Portainer.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    80%
    Implementation went as expected
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    100%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)Portainer
    Container Management
    Comparison of Container Management features of Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Portainer
    Feature
    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
    5.6
    1 Ratings
    32% below category average
    Portainer
    8.5
    91 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Security and Isolation8.01 Ratings8.787 Ratings
    Container Orchestration8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cluster Management2.01 Ratings8.775 Ratings
    Storage Management3.01 Ratings8.778 Ratings
    Resource Allocation and Optimization9.01 Ratings7.881 Ratings
    Discovery Tools4.01 Ratings8.969 Ratings
    Update Rollouts and Rollbacks1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self-Healing and Recovery7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Analytics, Monitoring, and Logging8.01 Ratings8.287 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)Portainer
    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
    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)Portainer
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (6 ratings)
    9.1
    (91 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.3
    (12 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
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    9.1
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    User Testimonials
    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)Portainer
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Portainer
    Many developers, especially lesser experienced developers, don't have a really good background in setting up containers from the command line. Portainer is invaluable to them. Giving a UI to them gives them much more confidence and allows them to learn properties and capabilities of containers under far less stress. On the flip side of this, giving then a UI on a production system can lead to chaos...never give junior developers access to production servers.
    Incentivized
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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
    Incentivized
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    Portainer
    • Separating server maintenance with application development, providing a clear user interface for developers who don't want to worry about the underlying server.
    • RBAC for container deployment linked to a SAML IDP, not something particularly easy in a native Docker instance but point and shoot in Portainer, allowing the use of Azure / Okta etc to provide user access.
    • Image management with multiple repositories is super clear and reduces incidents
    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
    Incentivized
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    Portainer
    • When setting up static IPs for a new container, having the used ones for a specific network at hand would be cool or something like a mini IPAM of some sort...
    • Using the developertools to see "oh, it's a 40x or 500" when something doesn't seem to load because the ui just states "Didn't work" is kinda annoying. expandable toasts or something would be nice.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Portainer
    It is an excellent tool.
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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)
    Incentivized
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    Portainer
    Accessibility for Non-Experts: even with some people having a bit longer on-boarding it is still very simple Quick setup is insanely useful, we can get it running in 10 seconds after installing docker Portainer has once again super clean UI and is very user friendly. Deployment/monitoring and management are super easy. I can tell just from a glance if something is out of date (watching at you Watchtower not doing your job for some reason)
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Portainer
    One of their staff members jumped on a video call immediately with me and led me through the problem and solution during a quick session of screen sharing. In this day and age that is above and beyond, especially when it comes to software. It took approximately 5-10 minutes to diagnose and fix, including pleasantries!
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    Implementation Rating
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Portainer
    It is really easy. Just follow the documentation.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Portainer
    Portainer takes the cup in terms of usability and features. It is also more useful for smaller deployments, whereas Kubernetes in our opinion and experience, could probably be more suited to certain other use cases. Portainer is also a fresh feel among all the preexisting container management solutions and brings positivity and a new breeze in the industry.
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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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    Portainer
    • Increased productivity: Portainer's user-friendly interface and streamlined container management can help increase the productivity of IT teams.
    • Cost savings: By simplifying container management, Portainer can help reduce the time and resources required to manage container environments, potentially leading to cost savings.
    Incentivized
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