Google Kubernetes Engine Reviews & Insights

Score8.1 out of 10

68 Reviews and Ratings

Community insights

TrustRadius Insights for Google Kubernetes Engine are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.

Pros

Fast Deployment: Users have appreciated the fast deployment of new GKE clusters in comparison to other cloud providers, highlighting GCP's efficiency in this aspect. The quick deployment process has been a significant factor for users looking to set up and utilize resources promptly.

Up-to-date Kubernetes Version: Reviewers have consistently noted that GCP provides the most up-to-date Kubernetes version, positioning them ahead of competitors in terms of staying current with technology trends. This aspect has garnered positive feedback from users who value working with cutting-edge tools.

Effective Automation for Upgrades: Users found the automation for master upgrades and worker nodes pool in GKE highly effective, streamlining processes for administrators and developers. The automated upgrade system has significantly improved efficiency by reducing manual intervention and ensuring smoother operations.

Google Kubernetes Engine Reviews

3 Reviews

Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees)

GKE - good if you are using other GCP services

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

April 28, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

The major issue that Google Kubernetes Engine solves for us is that as a managed service, it makes maintenance of the cluster much easier - autoscaling and updating nodes, reliable, and cost-effective.
Using the cluster to keep the microservices for an application up and running - it is intended for workloads that can scale.

Pros

easy setup for users
strong documentation
integration with other GCP services

Cons

errors from liveness probes can be ambiguous to resolve

Likelihood to Recommend

Google Kubernetes Engine is well suited for dynamic and large workloads since it can scale up with usage. It is easily configurable, which allows for flexibility.
User interface is simple to navigate, which reduces roadblocks for a team with people unfamiliar with Kubernetes.
Great if you are already using other GCP services as it integrates well with that.

Verified User

Contributor (Health, Wellness and Fitness company, 501-1000 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

Good decision with GKE

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

May 15, 2020

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

GKE provides a seamless installation method across a whole organization. It is a fair starting point with Kubernetes technologies. Managed Kubernetes allows deploying application test pipelines for software companies with a reasonable overall price. Moreover, the number of POP helps setup quite reliable installation in a regional way.

Pros

Deployment method (single, zonal, regional).
Lifecycle management (stable, regular, rapid).
Integrated GCE services (loadbalancers).

Cons

Multi-regional deployment (better reliability).
GPU node availability.
Integrated market place.

Likelihood to Recommend

At the moment, the best-managed cluster on the market. Quick deployment with quite specific project requirements. The mesh ingress (istio) allowed the building of a quite complicated upgrade process for applications.

Lukasz Stadnik

Cloud Architect in Engineering at Cloudical (Computer Networking, 501-1000 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

Easy for those already on the Google Cloud platform

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

August 28, 2019

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Google Kubernetes Engine is being used by our I.T. Department as part of its Cloud Infrastructure. At this time we have decided on Google Kubernetes Engine as our primary tool for Kubernetes and are running test/evaluation workloads with it. The idea is to drive down our cloud infrastructure costs by moving resources off general-purpose cloud environments.

Pros

Simple setup for new users
Easy integration with existing Google Cloud environments
Cost effective

Cons

Not as intuitive as it could be
Documentation could be better, especially for people using other Google Cloud tools
Not the preferred Kubernetes Engine for many apps

Likelihood to Recommend

Google Kubernetes Engine is a natural addition for users/organizations already using the Google Cloud Platform. For us, it was a simple addition and was up and running within minutes. Our challenge has been that the public documentation for applications that use Kubernetes is aimed at Amazon Web Services, so it requires extra research and work to get running on Google Kubernetes.

Verified User

Manager in Information Technology (Higher Education company, 51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

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