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Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) vs. Red Hat OpenShift

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Amazon EKS

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AAmazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) is a managed container service to run and scale Kubernetes applications in the cloud or on-premises, available on AWS or on-premise through Amazon EKS Anywhere.

    $0.10

    per month

    Red Hat OpenShift

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/AOpenShift is Red Hat's Cloud Computing Platform as a Service (PaaS) offering. OpenShift is an application platform in the cloud where application developers and teams can build, test, deploy, and run their applications.

    $0.08

    per hour

    Pricing
    Amazon EKSRed Hat OpenShift
    Editions & Modules
    Amazon EKS Cluster
    $.10
    per hour of each cluster created
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Amazon EKSRed Hat OpenShift
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details
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    Community Pulse
    Amazon EKSRed Hat OpenShift
    Considered Both Products
    Amazon AWS
    No answer on this topic
    Red Hat
    Chose Red Hat OpenShift
    Better GUI
    Incentivized
    Chose Red Hat OpenShift
    It's a fairly different experience compared to the other environments due to the additional security
    Incentivized
    Chose Red Hat OpenShift
    Red Hat OpenShift has a better security posture than EKS. I enjoy the console on Red Hat OpenShift more as well. I believe there is greater observability for Red Hat OpenShift.
    Incentivized
    Chose Red Hat OpenShift
    Red Hat runs in multiple cloud and on-premise environments, so offers a portable experience in different contexts.
    Incentivized
    Chose Red Hat OpenShift
    It is the best Enterprise ready orchestration solution for us.
    Incentivized
    Chose Red Hat OpenShift
    We have replaced our local Kubernetes with open shift entirely and it is by far the better product. Compared to Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service, it can be more difficult to configure. We currently utilize both (open shift onsite and EKS remotely) and find advantages of …
    Incentivized
    Chose Red Hat OpenShift
    They are all nice products, and they all have their place. But I'm convinced that from now on, instead of instantly just creating a Kubernetes cluster, I'm going to start seeing if Red Hat OpenShift is the best answer based on the project's overall needs. It's truly made that …
    Incentivized
    Chose Red Hat OpenShift
    All in one solution
    Incentivized
    Chose Red Hat OpenShift
    Our developer community is using Red Hat OpenShift for years and they are familiar and comfortable with the product. Red Hat OpenShift UI makes it easier for new developers to adopt without knowing much of Kubernetes. Our platform team feels it’s easy to mange the cluster and …
    Incentivized
    Chose Red Hat OpenShift
    Red Hat OpenShift is a more complete and integrated platform, with lots of out of the box components that the other platforms don't have, and customers need to stack lots of other software in order to have monitoring, cost management, log management, user policies governance, …
    Incentivized
    Chose Red Hat OpenShift
    Red Hat OpenShift is a superior solution to EKS.
    Incentivized
    Chose Red Hat OpenShift
    The console is a major upgrade over the bare bones interface given by cloud providers.
    Incentivized
    Chose Red Hat OpenShift
    I like how Red Hat OpenShift is more security-focused and opinionated.
    Incentivized
    Chose Red Hat OpenShift
    Kubernetes is powerful, but managing it yourself takes time. Red Hat OpenShift offers a user-friendly interface, built-in developer tools, and security features, all on top of Kubernetes. It simplifies management and gets you developing faster with all best practices and …
    Incentivized
    Chose Red Hat OpenShift
    OpenShift offers a complete suite of plugins and services already set and configured. Saving time to connect with authentication services, monitoring, logs and CI/CD.
    Incentivized
    Chose Red Hat OpenShift
    Prefer on-prem
    Incentivized
    Chose Red Hat OpenShift
    Cheaper and opensource.
    Incentivized
    Chose Red Hat OpenShift
    Red Hat OpenShift makes the Kubernetes operations simpler and easier to provide. Kubernetes operations can be complicated especially for beginner(s). Red Hat OpenShift provides a web and CLI interface so that teams with different skill sets can be productive. Red Hat OpenShift …
    Incentivized
    Chose Red Hat OpenShift
    OpenShift is more flexible and can be deployed On-prem and on the cloud. Openshift was easier for the development teams to get up to speed and understand k8 terminology.
    Incentivized
    Chose Red Hat OpenShift
    The reason for selecting Red Hat OpenShift is that it offers a combination of enterprise-grade support and a strong community, making it a good choice for container orchestration needs.
    Incentivized
    Chose Red Hat OpenShift
    OpenShift is much more mature and feature rick than ESK
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    97%
    Would buy again
    261 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    217 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    99%
    Happy with the feature set
    266 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    174 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    91%
    Implementation went as expected
    211 Answers
    Features
    Amazon EKSRed Hat OpenShift
    Container Management
    Comparison of Container Management features of Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) and Red Hat OpenShift
    Feature
    Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)
    8.9
    1 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Red Hat OpenShift
    -
    Ratings
    Security and Isolation9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Container Orchestration8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cluster Management8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Storage Management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Resource Allocation and Optimization9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Discovery Tools8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Update Rollouts and Rollbacks9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self-Healing and Recovery10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Analytics, Monitoring, and Logging10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform-as-a-Service
    Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) and Red Hat OpenShift
    Feature
    Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)
    -
    Ratings
    Red Hat OpenShift
    8.2
    192 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Ease of building user interfaces00 Ratings8.4164 Ratings
    Scalability00 Ratings9.2182 Ratings
    Platform management overhead00 Ratings7.8168 Ratings
    Workflow engine capability00 Ratings7.9151 Ratings
    Platform access control00 Ratings8.3170 Ratings
    Services-enabled integration00 Ratings8.3157 Ratings
    Development environment creation00 Ratings8.5166 Ratings
    Development environment replication00 Ratings8.4159 Ratings
    Issue monitoring and notification00 Ratings7.8168 Ratings
    Issue recovery00 Ratings7.5165 Ratings
    Upgrades and platform fixes00 Ratings8.3169 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Amazon EKSRed Hat OpenShift
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.3
    (206 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.8
    (23 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.6
    (8 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.5
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.7
    (128 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.3
    (8 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.6
    (2 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Amazon EKSRed Hat OpenShift
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Red Hat
    Red Hat OpenShift, despite its complexity and overhead, remains the most complete and enterprise-ready Kubernetes platform available. It excels in research projects like ours, where we need robust CI/CD, GPU scheduling, and tight integration with tools like Jupyter, OpenDataHub, and Quiskit. Its security, scalability, and operator ecosystem make it ideal for experimental and production-grade AI workloads. However, for simpler general hosting tasks—such as serving static websites or lightweight backend services—we find traditional VMs, Docker, or LXD more practical and resource-efficient. Red Hat OpenShift shines in complex, container-native workflows, but can be overkill for basic infrastructure needs.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Amazon AWS
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    Red Hat
    No answers on this topic
    Cons
    Amazon AWS
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    Red Hat
    • OpenShift virtualization has a little room for improvement. I'm coming from it as a Rev customer. There's some things in that OpenShift virtualization that were in Rev that I would like to see in OpenShift virtualization. I realized that they're chasing the VMware crowd and that's fine, but from us old Rev customers, we'd like to see some things that was in Rev around via migration and things of that nature that could be in OpenShift virtualization, I hope is being planned to be put in.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Red Hat
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Red Hat
    No answers on this topic
    Reliability and Availability
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Red Hat
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Red Hat
    Overall, this platform is beneficial. The only downsides we have encountered have been with pods that occasionally hang. This results in resources being dedicated to dead or zombie pods. Over time, these wasted resources occasionally cause us issues, and we have had difficulty monitoring these pods. However, this issue does not overshadow the benefits we get from Openshift.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Red Hat
    Every time we need to get support all the Red Hat team move forward looking to solve the problem. Sometimes this was not easy and requires the scalation to product team, and we always get a response. Most of the minor issues were solved with the information from access.redhat.com
    Incentivized
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    In-Person Training
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Red Hat
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Red Hat
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Red Hat
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Red Hat
    No answers on this topic
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Red Hat
    It's easy to understand what are being billed and what's included in each type of subscription. Same with the support (Std or Premium) you know exactly what to expect when you need to use it. The "core" unit approach on the subscription made really simple to scale and carry the workloads from one site to another.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Red Hat
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Red Hat
    • All of the above. Red Hat OpenShift going into a developer-type setting can be stood up very quickly. There's a very short period to have developers onboard to it and they're able to become productive much faster than a grow your own type solution.
    Incentivized
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