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Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) vs. Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes

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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

    Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes

    Score9.8 out of 10
    N/ARed Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes provides end-to-end management visibility and control to manage a Kubernetes environment. Users take control of application modernization program with management capabilities for cluster creation, application lifecycle, and provide security and compliance for all of them across data centers and hybrid cloud environments. Clusters and applications are all visible and managed from a single console, with built-in security policies.N/A
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes
    Container Management
    Comparison of Container Management features of Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes
    Feature
    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
    5.6
    1 Ratings
    32% below category average
    Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes
    8.4
    1 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Security and Isolation8.01 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Container Orchestration8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cluster Management2.01 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Storage Management3.01 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Resource Allocation and Optimization9.01 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Discovery Tools4.01 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Update Rollouts and Rollbacks1.01 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Self-Healing and Recovery7.01 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Analytics, Monitoring, and Logging8.01 Ratings5.01 Ratings
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    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)Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (6 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes
    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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    Red Hat
    Well suited for - Large-scale Edge deployments of OpenShift instances. Policy-based consistency for all workloads is Less appropriate for - Small-scale deployments. Stand-alone deployments of K8s clusters. Deployments in the same data center.
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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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    Red Hat
    • Continuous deployment of other OpenShift instances.
    • Controls clusters and applications from a single console.
    • Built-in Security & compliance.
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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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    Red Hat
    • Initial deployment of the ACM itself needs to be made easy.
    • Dependency on the Software versions of underlying open shift workloads during upgrades.
    • LCM of ACM itself.
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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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    Red Hat
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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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    Red Hat
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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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    Red Hat
    I have also used TNA by Google Cloud, but that is not mature enough as ACM. Right now, ACM is the best choice as a cluster manager for private cloud data centers.
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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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    Red Hat
    • Reduced the deployment duration of individual nodes by 50%.
    • Acts as a central manager for all the clusters.
    • Provides a lot of infrastructure options (storage, networking, etc) to build instances of your choice.
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