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F5 Distributed Cloud App Stack vs. Mirantis Kubernetes Engine

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    F5 Distributed Cloud App Stack

    Score7.4 out of 10
    N/AA solution to deploy and orchestrate applications on a managed Kubernetes platform with centralized, SaaS-based management of distributed applications with a single pane of glass and rich observability. Simplified by managing deployments as one across on-prem, cloud, and edge locations.N/A

    Mirantis Kubernetes Engine

    Score9.4 out of 10
    N/AThe Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise, acquired by Mirantis in November 2019)aims to let users ship code faster. Mirantis Kubernetes Engine gives users one set of APIs and tools to deploy, manage, and observe secure-by-default, certified, batteries-included Kubernetes clusters on any infrastructure: public cloud, private cloud, or bare metal.

    $500

    per year per node

    Pricing
    F5 Distributed Cloud App StackMirantis Kubernetes Engine
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Free
    $0.00
    per year
    Basic
    $500.00
    per year
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    F5 Distributed Cloud App StackMirantis Kubernetes Engine
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsThese pricing options are compatible with Linux or Windows Server and are per year, per node. The basic version requires maximum online purchase not to exceed 50 nodes. Support/professional services are not included.
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    Community Pulse
    F5 Distributed Cloud App StackMirantis Kubernetes Engine
    Considered Both Products
    F5
    No answer on this topic
    Mirantis
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    83%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    80%
    Delivers good value for the price
    4 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    80%
    Implementation went as expected
    4 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    F5 Distributed Cloud App StackMirantis Kubernetes Engine
    Container Management
    Comparison of Container Management features of F5 Distributed Cloud App Stack and Mirantis Kubernetes Engine
    Feature
    F5 Distributed Cloud App Stack
    6.0
    4 Ratings
    25% below category average
    Mirantis Kubernetes Engine
    -
    Ratings
    Security and Isolation6.64 Ratings00 Ratings
    Container Orchestration5.73 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cluster Management5.73 Ratings00 Ratings
    Resource Allocation and Optimization5.73 Ratings00 Ratings
    Discovery Tools4.93 Ratings00 Ratings
    Update Rollouts and Rollbacks6.53 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self-Healing and Recovery6.53 Ratings00 Ratings
    Analytics, Monitoring, and Logging6.33 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Mirantis Kubernetes Engine
    Score9.4 out of 10
    Portainer
    Score9.6 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
    F5 Distributed Cloud App StackMirantis Kubernetes Engine
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.7
    (4 ratings)
    8.3
    (37 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    5.5
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.3
    (3 ratings)
    7.8
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.6
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    F5 Distributed Cloud App StackMirantis Kubernetes Engine
    Likelihood to Recommend
    F5
    F5 Distributed Cloud App Stack is quite straightforward with the UI and you can expose the features you want. This simplifies the experience for non-admins
    Incentivized
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    Mirantis
    [Mirantis Cloud Native Suite (Docker Enterprise)] is the most advanced tool till now, which works as a VMs
    and separates any single application from the dependencies. Also, this tool is
    helping me in the agile development of the processes. It is strongly recommended to
    almost all major organizations.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    F5
    • Kubernetes
    • Cloud
    • Ease of use
    • Value
    Incentivized
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    Mirantis
    • Containers - Docker is the go-to when using Containers, which are super useful if you need an environment that works both for Windows and Linux
    • Efficiency - Docker is very lightweight and doesn't demand too much from your CPU or server
    • CI/CD - Docker is excellent for plumbing into your build pipeline. It integrates nicely, is reliable, and has an easy set up.
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    Cons
    F5
    • It's still a little early so the app feels foreign to our ops teams
    • I would like to customize the UI so I can visually see if I'm in Prod or Dev based on background colors
    • Templates are a little awkward to create
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    Mirantis
    • Containers are often opaque - if a container doesn't work out of the box, it's messy to fix.
    • Logging is complexified by the multiple containers and logs are often not piped to places you expect them to be.
    • Networking is complexified due to internal port mapping between containers, etc.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    F5
    Wowza, keep going this direction.
    Incentivized
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    Mirantis
    Docker's CLI has a lot of options, and they aren't all intuitive. And there are so many tools in the space (Docker Compose, Docker Swarm, etc) that have their own configuration as well. So while there is a lot to learn, most concepts transfer easily and can be learned once and applied across everything.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    F5
    generally support is fast
    Incentivized
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    Mirantis
    The community support for Docker is fantastic. There is almost always an answer for any issue I might encounter day-to-day, either on Stack Overflow, a helpful blog post, or the community Slack workspace. I've never come across a problem that I was unable to solve via some searching around in the community.
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    Implementation Rating
    F5
    F5 Distributed Cloud App Stack's partner provided services are excellent
    Incentivized
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    Mirantis
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    F5
    F5 Distributed Cloud App Stack is much more robust and feature rich than Agile Fleet
    Incentivized
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    Mirantis
    We've used XAMPP, PHPmyAdmin and similar local environments (our app is on PHP). Because of how easy you can change the configuration of libraries on PHP and versions (which is SO painful on XAMPP or other friendly LAMP local servers) we are using Docker right now. Also, being sure that the environment is exactly the same makes things easier for developing.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    F5
    • We are able to consolidate with F5, eliminating Cloudflare.
    Incentivized
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    Mirantis
    • Docker has made it possible for us to deploy code faster, increasing the productivity of our development teams.
    • Docker has made it possible for us to decentralize our build and release system. This means that teams can deploy on their own schedule and our dev ops team can concentrate on building better tools rather than deploying for the teams
    • Docker has allowed us to virtualize our entire development process and made it much simpler to build out new data centers. This, in turn, is significantly increasing our ROI by providing a path forward for internationalization.
    Incentivized
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