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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

    Vultr

    Score6.9 out of 10
    N/AVultr is an independent cloud computing platform on a mission to provide businesses and developers around the world with unrivaled ease of use, price-to-performance, and global reach.

    $2.50

    per month

    Pricing
    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)Vultr
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Block Storage
    $1
    per month
    Cloud Compute
    $2.50
    per month
    Object Storage
    $5
    per month
    Kubernetes Engine
    $10
    per month
    Load Balancers
    $10
    per month
    Managed Databases
    $15
    per month
    Optimized Cloud Compute
    $28
    per month
    Cloud GPU
    $90
    per month
    Bare Metal
    $120
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)Vultr
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPricing is based on specifications chosen in each product category. Bandwidth is also included up to a certain amount per month.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)Vultr
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
    No answer on this topic
    Vultr
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    90%
    Would buy again
    55 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    57 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    60 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    53 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    80%
    Implementation went as expected
    4 Answers
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    58 Answers
    Features
    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)Vultr
    Container Management
    Comparison of Container Management features of Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Vultr
    Feature
    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
    5.6
    1 Ratings
    32% below category average
    Vultr
    -
    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 Vultr
    Feature
    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
    -
    Ratings
    Vultr
    2.8
    15 Ratings
    97% below category average
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime00 Ratings2.814 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling00 Ratings2.512 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing00 Ratings2.711 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates00 Ratings2.813 Ratings
    Monitoring tools00 Ratings2.013 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images00 Ratings2.714 Ratings
    Operating system support00 Ratings3.015 Ratings
    Security controls00 Ratings4.513 Ratings
    Automation00 Ratings2.212 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)Vultr
    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
    All AlternativesView all alternativesView all alternatives
    User Ratings
    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)Vultr
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (6 ratings)
    2.6
    (18 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)Vultr
    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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    Vultr
    I've been with Vultr over 5 years hosting multiple businesses and email related services. I never experienced a significant outage or data loss. Migration has always been successful as well. Support is top tier and IP reputation is clean. I like the choices of OS, ease of platform use and multiple hosting/ region options.
    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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    Vultr
    • Good performance from servers close to me and my customers
    • Ease of spinning up new servers
    • Great service levels of servers I spin up
    • Notifications of issues or downtime come through quickly, allowing me to handle client queries with knowledge in hand.
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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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    Vultr
    • The response times for support tickets is too high and a quicker response time would be appreciated
    • Availability of the VPS solution in Middle east and Africa would help
    • Abilito to connect SIP trunks would make it more easy to run active communictaion platforms on Vultr
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Vultr
    We’ve been extremely satisfied with the service for many years. After trying other providers, we’ve found nothing that matches the reliability and performance—so we’re not likely to switch anytime soon.
    Incentivized
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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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    Vultr
    easy to use and configure. great bang for the buck. I need an affordable solution to host in the cloud data from systems installed at our client's site with the ability to drill down and change the configuration remotely. Vultr enabled us to do that in an efficient and affordable way.
    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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    Vultr
    Because of the 24 hour turnaround timing with servers I need immediate reply
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    Implementation Rating
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Vultr
    Nothing in particular to share that I did not already discuss
    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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    Vultr
    Linode is a more old-school offering. Linode pricing model and infrastructure rely on classic Virtual Machines. What we like about Vultr is that they offer the same at the front, but in the back, the machines are much more flexible and can be tailor-made to our needs, which of course also impacts the costs of running the infrastructure.
    Incentivized
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Vultr
    Pricing is fair and did not increase
    Incentivized
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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
    Incentivized
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    Vultr
    • We have experienced a 200% return on using Vultr products with a 100% Customer Satisfaction rating.
    • Vultr gives us the regions to deploy where our small business customers are located.
    • Vultr has helped us scale up our company and our cloud solutions.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Vultr Screenshots

    Screenshot of Vultr's control panel helps users spend less time managing infrastructure.Screenshot of Vultr's services offer additional configuration and inside of the simplified control panel.Screenshot of a display of when peak activity happens on an application. The server health graphs provide insight from the moment the server is created.Screenshot of Vultr's interface, which allows users to deploy high performance servers worldwide from any device.Screenshot of how to reach the 24/7/365 technical support team that is available through Vultr's ticketing system.