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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Google Container Registry

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AGoogle Cloud Container Registry is a place to manage Docker images, perform vulnerability analysis, and decide who can access what with fine-grained access control. Existing CI/CD integrations let users set up fully automated Docker pipelines.N/A

    IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service

    Score7.4 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service is a managed Kubernetes offering, delivering user tools and built-in security for rapid delivery of applications that users can bind to cloud services related to IBM Watson®, IoT, DevOps and data analytics. As a certified K8s provider, IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service provides intelligent scheduling, self-healing, horizontal scaling, service discovery and load balancing, automated rollouts and rollbacks, and secret and configuration management. The Kubernetes…N/A
    Pricing
    Google Container RegistryIBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
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    Offerings
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    Google Container RegistryIBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Community Pulse
    Google Container RegistryIBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
    Considered Both Products
    Google
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    IBM
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    Would buy again
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    96%
    Would buy again
    22 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    20 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    23 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    21 Answers
    Features
    Google Container RegistryIBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
    Container Management
    Comparison of Container Management features of Google Container Registry and IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
    Feature
    Google Container Registry
    8.5
    1 Ratings
    10% above category average
    IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
    7.5
    15 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Security and Isolation9.01 Ratings7.315 Ratings
    Container Orchestration6.01 Ratings8.115 Ratings
    Storage Management8.01 Ratings7.915 Ratings
    Update Rollouts and Rollbacks9.01 Ratings7.915 Ratings
    Self-Healing and Recovery9.01 Ratings7.314 Ratings
    Analytics, Monitoring, and Logging10.01 Ratings7.315 Ratings
    Cluster Management00 Ratings6.415 Ratings
    Resource Allocation and Optimization00 Ratings7.915 Ratings
    Discovery Tools00 Ratings7.115 Ratings
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    Google Container RegistryIBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
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    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
    SUSE Rancher
    Score8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Google Container RegistryIBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (80 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
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    8.9
    (16 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    8.7
    (16 ratings)
    Availability
    -
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    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
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    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
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    7.7
    (4 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
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    8.7
    (15 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
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    7.6
    (3 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
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    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Google Container RegistryIBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Google
    As a Cloud Engineer while working on a migration project we used GCR and my experience of using it is actually good the reason behind this is: 1: GCR uses industry-standard encryption to protect your data.2: GCR offers data loss prevention features to help you prevent sensitive data from being leaked or exposed and last but not the least is GCR provides audit logging so you can track who has accessed your data and when, because of these reasons its my go to tool.
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    IBM
    IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service also stands out in environments where the workloads vary continuously and require befitting scale. The product excels particularly in microservices structures, wherein the companies would harness the capacity for container orchestration and automated scaling. Still, it may face the challenges due to monolith applications that have not been originally developed for using container technology.
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    Pros
    Google
    • Object Immutability feature allows us to protect our code and backups from accidental or malicious changes.
    • Data loss prevention feature helps us to prevent sensitive data from being leaked or exposed.
    • GCR has support for machine learning which is in my opinion is best .
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    IBM
    • IBM has a strong focus on serverless and Kubernetes. This shows in the platform. Deploying containers to Kubernetes was very easy.
    • Deploying a Kubernetes cluster through the GUI is very easy and quick. On top of that, IBM Cloud offers a single node cluster for Free.
    • Container Registry is a very good product for managing container images. Integration with Kubernetes was seemless.
    • Portability. To transition from Google Cloud Kubernetes to IBM Cloud Kubernetes took almost no effort. We mostly use the CLI and the standard tools such as kubectl were present.
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    Cons
    Google
    • The one area which i think GCR lacks is that it currently supports a limited number of file types
    • The major flaw a felt while working on it is it does not have feature of object versioning and object locking
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    IBM
    • I constantly get this error even when everything is well configured prefect.exceptions.AuthorizationError: [{'path': ['auth_info'], 'message': 'AuthenticationError: Forbidden', 'extensions': {'code': 'UNAUTHENTICATED'}}]
    • Then sometimes the error disapear without changine anything, happened twice to me. Should there be an issue with the authentication service? Please let's improve or let users know why this may be happening.
    • Improve the UX in the browse console when removing many images at once
    • UX on the process of installing KeyCloack operator
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    IBM
    We have our application running on a CentOS compartment on IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service. We have been utilizing the help since IBM Cloud initially dispatched. We liked the adaptability and versatility that IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service give us. Since we are tiny, the Kubernetes administration is just utilized at present inside my venture bunch.
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    Usability
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    IBM
    We actually haven't had any real problems in our clusters recently and the results we have gotten from adopting IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service have been beyond even our greatest expectations. The community has helped optimize the use of the system and make it relatively simpler to use.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    IBM
    IBM's cloud is almost infallible.
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    Performance
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    IBM
    IBM's cloud has a site in my conuntry (MEXICO) so the network latency was almost 0
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    Support Rating
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    IBM
    The self-guided support was solid, and there are plenty of online videos to guide first time users, but I think one area of improvement is a faster way to transfer a large quantity of files from our local machine to the cloud for storage (Aspera)
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    Online Training
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    IBM
    Online training is really an important resource for using these tools. IBM's help center is rich in useful information and tips. Also, external guides and tutorials are available (e.g. on youtube), but I followed only IBM ones and I had no difficulties.
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    Implementation Rating
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    IBM
    Ease of use. Very intuitive. We have been looking for a product that allows us to orchestrate our docker containers in a way where it allows us to effectively scale our applications to production. It also provides us a way of monitoring all our infrastructure in a very clear concise way.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Google
    It is very easy to integrate GCR with other services and I integrated GCR with GKE and Cloud Build. 1: While working on one project I created one pipeline pulls the app's Docker image from GCR and builds the app's Docker image. Deployed that apps image in GKE. 2: Ive stored the data in GCR and that data was being used by cloud Run applications
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    IBM
    We mainly selected [IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service] because IBM fabric blockchain service is mostly compatible with it. To have all the infrastructure in a single cloud to get the best output we selected the [IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service].
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    Scalability
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    IBM
    IBM's CKS does not offers automatic autoscaling nor vertical scaling (automatic). Other services like Google Kubernetes Engine scales up and down very well
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    Return on Investment
    Google
    • As a DevOps Engineer , GCR has made a important contribution to my organisation because GCR can be used to store code and assets, which can help to reduce the development time for new projects.
    • Using GCR has bee­n a cost-effective solution for us since­ we only pay for the storage we­ actually utilise. This has resulted in significant savings on our cloud storage­ expenses.
    • We trust GCR be­cause they prioritise the­ security of our data by utilising industry-standard encryption. This assurance brings us pe­ace of mind, as we know our information is protecte­d.
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    IBM
    • Increased development speed and agility allows to build features faster and more economically.
    • Improved resource utilization helps keep applications running very efficiently, which saves on cloud service expenses.
    • Scalability and resilience allows for scaling up or down based on demand, which keeps applications running efficiently and more economically.
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