We performed a comparison between Google Kubernetes Engine and VMware Tanzu Mission Control based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Container Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature of Google Kubernetes Engine is how you can automatically scale and load balance."
"The logs are important for detecting problems in our clusters."
"I am impressed with the product's output scaling."
"It's easy to manage and deploy. It's the best."
"GKE's plugin management and configuration sync are excellent features. The amount of data it provides is good, and I've been able to integrate it with the things I need."
"Before using this solution, it was a lot of manual tasks and a lot of people participated in the process."
"The product has valuable security features. It can connect with multiple DevOps tools."
"On the tip of a command, you can scale in or scale out, and it offers every robust platform to implement DevOps processes for your automation solutions. The product fully supports the IaC concept."
"The initial setup is easy."
"Tanzu Mission Control has quite a set of rich features when compared to OpenShift."
"The most important feature of Tanzu Mission Control is its integration with the other products, especially with ESX and vSAN. This is a strong part of Tanzu Mission Control. In other solutions, such as OpenShift or Kubernetes, you can find similar features, but they don't have similar integration. With Tanzu Mission Control, you get a total solution with only one provider. You have the integration with the infrastructure, virtualization of networking, and virtualization of storage. You have a natural integration, and you don't have the problem of integrating it with different products or providers. Sometimes, different companies have good integration, but it is not always guaranteed. For example, many years ago, Cisco and VMware were good partners in networking, but when VMware started to sell ESX, the relationship was broken. This is the problem that you can face when you are using solutions from two different companies."
"A feature we find valuable is that other products can also be integrated with Mission Control. This means that we can see the status of specific clusters, as well as view the monitoring application logs all from one point."
"The most valuable feature of VMware Tanzu Mission Control is the management functionality of the cluster life cycle. Additionally, the solution integrates well with other vendors, such as Velero for backups and Sonobuoy for compliance. Additionally, it works well in multi-cluster environments."
"I have multiple Kubernetes environments within my environment. TMC gives me a single pane view, which is good for managing everything."
"VMware Tanzu Mission Control has many valuable features, such as ease of use and customization."
"The most popular feature of VMware Tanzu Mission Control is its graphical user interface for describing network policies on the Service Mesh, which is highly integrable with other tools commonly used in supply chains such as security."
"I would like to see the ability to create multiple notebook configurations."
"The user interface could be improved."
"I would rate the scalability a seven out of ten."
"While the GKE cluster is secure, application-level security is an essential aspect that needs to be addressed. The security provided by GKE includes the security of communication between nodes within the cluster and the basic features of Kubernetes security. However, these features may not be sufficient for the security needs of an enterprise. Additional security measures must be added to ensure adequate protection. It has become a common practice to deploy security tools within a Kubernetes cluster. It would be ideal if these tools were included as part of the package, as this is a standard requirement in the industry. Thus, application-level security should be integrated into GKE for improved security measures."
"An area in which Google Kubernetes Engine could improve is configuration."
"The solution does not have a visual interface."
"Google Kubernetes Engine's cost should be improved because it is high."
"I would like the solution to integrate with another Kubernetes product. I would also like it to monitor other platforms. It needs to also include scale-up container in the tool's next release."
"Another area of improvement is pricing."
"The infrastructure is quite challenging."
"The disaster recovery feature could be improved to provide better tracking of issues. I would also like to see the introduction of a dashboard view, for even further integration of all the areas that Mission Control looks at."
"LYNX is a managed cluster solution that takes care of specific details within a cluster, such as sequences or services. I haven't seen this feature in Tanzu Mission Control."
"Tanzu provides better manageability as compared to OCP, but when it comes to tagging it with other products, it's a bit rigid. If I have to bring in any new product or something out of the box from a different vendor, working with Tanzu becomes a little difficult. For example, if I want to use the F5 services, I have to add one more layer of Avi, but I don't want to do that. If I have a list of the products that I want to use, such as for firewall services, with Tanzu, I will have to go through another layer, which creates complexity."
"We want to see a new feature that helps build more security architecture like Zero Trust Security or shifting left in Kubernetes."
"It is not easy to build a solution with containers. It has a graphical user interface, but you need to have a lot of knowledge of Linux and how to work in the command mode. Its support can also be improved. Currently, its biggest disadvantage is that it is a new product, and the clients prefer to go for a solution that has been in the market for a long time. There are not that many people who know this product."
"Cost is always a concern. Smaller companies might find the price a bigger issue."
Google Kubernetes Engine is ranked 9th in Container Management with 32 reviews while VMware Tanzu Mission Control is ranked 3rd in Container Management with 12 reviews. Google Kubernetes Engine is rated 8.0, while VMware Tanzu Mission Control is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Google Kubernetes Engine writes "The auto-scaling feature helps during peak hours, but the support is not great". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware Tanzu Mission Control writes "Gives a single pane to manage multiple Kubernetes environments and has competitive pricing". Google Kubernetes Engine is most compared with Linode, Kubernetes, Rancher Labs, OpenShift Container Platform and Amazon Elastic Container Service, whereas VMware Tanzu Mission Control is most compared with Rancher Labs, Kubernetes, OpenShift Container Platform, Nutanix Kubernetes Engine NKE and Amazon Elastic Container Service. See our Google Kubernetes Engine vs. VMware Tanzu Mission Control report.
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