What is Kubernetes (K8s)?
Kubernetes is a portable, extensible open-source platform for managing containerized workloads and services, that facilitates both declarative configuration and automation. It has a large, rapidly growing ecosystem. Kubernetes services, support, and tools are widely available.
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91 Likeliness to Recommend
100 Plan to Renew
90 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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+92 Net Emotional Footprint
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How much do users love Kubernetes (K8s)?
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Enables Productivity
- Unique Features
- Includes Product Enhancements
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Kubernetes (K8s) Reviews
Londyn P.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted May 2024
Exploring Challenges and Solutions
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Kubernetes (K8s) from other similar products?
The accessibility of K8s sets it apart from the rest. First because it is free and second because it is open source.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Offers unparalleled scalability, making it indispensable for managing complex container-based architectures across various cloud providers and platforms.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Frequent non-backwards compatible changes causing disruptions, and the absence of practical examples in the documentation.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Embrace Kubernetes gradually, starting with a basic setup if you're new to it; over time, its necessity and irreplaceability will become evident for projects requiring its capabilities.
Pros
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
- Unique Features
- Effective Service
Kamran A.
- Role: Consultant
- Industry: Finance
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Dec 2023
From a Multi-Cloud Architect's Lenses
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Kubernetes (K8s) from other similar products?
Its containerization and easy to use approach has made it stand out with the peer technologies
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
The security provided in the architecture is the finest thing in K8S
What do you dislike most about this product?
Nothing as such, this seems to be solving most of the problems
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Must adopt this approach in building new application and adding resources in your own architecture.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
Sasi P.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Nov 2023
Best open-source container orchestration platform
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Kubernetes (K8s) from other similar products?
Kubernetes is portable across different cloud providers and platforms, including AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, and VMware vSphere.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Kubernetes supports multiple container runtimes, including Docker, containerd, and rkt
What do you dislike most about this product?
Lack of documentation. Kubernetes is a relatively new product, and there is still not a lot of documentation available
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
If you are new to Kubernetes, it is a good idea to start with a basic setup and gradually add more complexity as you need it. This will help you to avoid getting overwhelmed.
Pros
- Enables Productivity
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable