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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IBM Cloud Managed Istio

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AThe IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service provides the Managed Istio installation add on, designed to provide additonal control over clusters and the microservices they comprise via automatic updates and lifecycle management of control plane components, and integration with platform logging and monitoring tools.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
    IBM Cloud Managed IstioMirantis Kubernetes Engine
    Editions & Modules
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    Free
    $0.00
    per year
    Basic
    $500.00
    per year
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM Cloud Managed IstioMirantis Kubernetes Engine
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—These 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
    IBM Cloud Managed IstioMirantis Kubernetes Engine
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    IBM
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    Mirantis
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    83%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    80%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 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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    Features
    IBM Cloud Managed IstioMirantis Kubernetes Engine
    Platform-as-a-Service
    Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of IBM Cloud Managed Istio and Mirantis Kubernetes Engine
    Feature
    IBM Cloud Managed Istio
    8.0
    5 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Mirantis Kubernetes Engine
    -
    Ratings
    Ease of building user interfaces6.95 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scalability7.95 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform management overhead7.85 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow engine capability8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform access control8.75 Ratings00 Ratings
    Services-enabled integration8.65 Ratings00 Ratings
    Development environment creation8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Development environment replication8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Issue monitoring and notification8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Issue recovery8.95 Ratings00 Ratings
    Upgrades and platform fixes7.25 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score9.6 out of 10
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    Score8.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
    AWS Elastic Beanstalk
    Score7.3 out of 10
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    Score7.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    IBM Cloud Managed IstioMirantis Kubernetes Engine
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (5 ratings)
    8.3
    (37 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    7.8
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM Cloud Managed IstioMirantis Kubernetes Engine
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    Clearly, the [IBM Cloud Managed Istio] tool is very useful when you have multiple services and each service is connecting with other services through APIs in different networks. To manage this type of complex network, [IBM Cloud Managed Istio] is very useful. It comes with a license that can increase the billing of your project so make sure if your application network mesh, monitoring cannot be managed on your own then you can use it. If your application is not very complex then you have many tools available like Grafana, Prometheus, Sumo Logic, which you can integrate individually with your cluster and implement. In this type of scenario, it is better to not use [IBM Cloud Managed Istio] and it will serve your purpose as well.
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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.
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    Pros
    IBM
    • Layers transparently onto existing applications
    • Allows control of access and rules to be developed
    • Creates metrics for usage
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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
    IBM
    • Some more functionalities added could improve it better.
    • Better technical user guidance.
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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.
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    Usability
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    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.
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    Support Rating
    IBM
    Training and usage support available
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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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    Alternatives Considered
    IBM
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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.
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    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • It reduced the complexity of network mesh (ingress/egress services).
    • One tool with many solutions. No need to integrate monitoring tools or notification tools.
    • It reduced the number of lines of YAML code.
    • It reduced the number of labor hours.
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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.
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