Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) vs. Rafay

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Score 7.9 out of 10
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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
Rafay
Score 9.9 out of 10
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The Rafay Kubernetes Operations Platform is a turnkey offering that automates Kubernetes cluster management, modern application deployment and operations at scale, from Rafay Systems in Sunnyvale. The platform enables development, operations and site reliability engineering teams to govern, manage and monitor multiple Kubernetes clusters and distros, and operating applications in Kubernetes environments running on-premise, in the cloud or at the Edge. Rafay is designed to accelerate platform…N/A
Pricing
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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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Features
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Container Management
Comparison of Container Management features of Product A and Product B
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
5.6
Ratings
32% below category average
Rafay
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Ratings
Security and Isolation8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Container Orchestration8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Cluster Management2.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Storage Management3.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Resource Allocation and Optimization9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Discovery Tools4.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Update Rollouts and Rollbacks1.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Self-Healing and Recovery7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Analytics, Monitoring, and Logging8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
User Ratings
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)Rafay
Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
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7.3
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Usability
7.0
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7.3
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Support Rating
9.0
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7.3
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User Testimonials
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)Rafay
Likelihood to Recommend
[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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Rafay is well suited for managing K8 deployments in on-prem deployments as well as AWS. Their support for GKE seems a bit limited.
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Pros
  • 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
  • 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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  • Seamless Single Sign-On Integration
  • Use of a jumpstation to bootstrap a new EKS cluster deployment
  • Some information in the UI does not auto populate
  • UI can be enhanced a bit
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Usability
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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So far our experience with using Rafay's platform has been very positive.
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Support Rating
Microsoft support was really good, whenever we raise any ticket they come back to us within a couple of hours.
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I have dealt with a lot of support organizations and am really glad to say that Rafay goes above and beyond expectations when it comes to supporting our teams.
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Alternatives Considered
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
  • 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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