Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Reviews

AKS is a new technology for deploying a solution on microservice infrastructure. Most organizations are moving to this kind of solution. Its use case is for deployment, full-layer automation, and modernization technology. We are partners with Azure and have an enterprise agreement with them. 

A valuable aspect of this solution is the management feature monitored by the cloud service provider. 

Microsoft has an application firewall but it doesn't have all the good features and there is room for enhancement. The Microsoft in-grade controller has many issues that need to be solved. It's very important for us because we use Microsoft for 90% of our work and this is currently not a complete product. 

I've been using this solution for five years. 

The stability is good. 

The solution is flexible in terms of scalability. 

Customer service is very good with a prompt response time. They have a dedicated team to assist with support.

The initial setup is straightforward. Even if you go through the portal deployment, or the ARM template, it's very easy. Our deployment was large and scripting was done in the data form. I demonstrated it for the team on the non-production site and the application team carried out the same deployment on the production site with the help of automation.

The infrastructure part took three days because it was a total private cluster. The application deployment took longer, probably around six weeks, due to file and database-related issues. We have an in-house team with four dedicated people that provide maintenance. We also have operational staff that manages the pass services side and troubleshooting of AKS.

I think the ROI is very good. There are a lot of savings on the OS aspect. The container doesn't require the OS, it only needs some binary to run an application and that saves a lot of money. From a company perspective, it's very convenient.  

Licensing costs are reasonable, I believe somewhere around 30% cheaper than AWS.

Until they come up with a good ingress controller, I rate this product eight out of 10. 

The solution's most valuable feature is the ease of integrating with multiple platforms and environments.

The solution could provide even better integration functions.

I have been using the solution for a year.

The solution's technical support is excellent.

Positive

The solution's license is less expensive than OpenShift. I rate its pricing as a ten.

I rate the solution as a ten.

It is a hosting platform for creating web applications and deploying them. 

The serverless capability and auto scale feature are the most valuable. 

More control over Infra scanning can be introduced. 

I have been using Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) for ten months. 

The stability of the solution needs improvement. I rate the stability a six out of ten.

It is a scalable solution but can be further improved based on the user requirements. Presently, a few hundred users are using the solution. I rate the scalability a seven out of ten.

The initial setup is easy. Some log maintenance is needed. I rate the setup an eight out of ten. 

The pricing of the solution is same as Azure Stack. 

It really depends upon the usage. If they really have the use case to go cloud, they can use it, but still, it is more applicable for people who want to get into software engineering and web development. Especially in the financial domain or e-commerce, where you would be relying on websites. 

I rate the overall solution a seven out of ten. 

Our primary use case is for deploying the Docker images, which we are working on.

I have enjoyed working with all the features.

I would like to see the stability get more synchronized.

I have been working with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) for the past eight or nine months.

Sometimes the cluster is just hung up for some time. Maybe the services are just in a syncing state. They are not regularly syncing it via Argo CD. These are some of the issues we have faced. We have not faced this every day, but from time to time maybe twice a month.

There is good scalability in the current environment. We have currently around one thousand using the solution.

The initial setup is complex for me.

We are using Microsoft tools and that is why we went ahead with the Microsoft company culture.

I would rate Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) an eight out of ten.

We use the platform to host various solutions.

The product’s most valuable features are ease of use and automation. Along with that, it has efficient scalability and portability. We can port container images across additional platforms.

The product’s cost could be reduced.

We have been using Azure Kubernetes Service for three to four years.

It is a stable platform. We rarely encounter any downtime. However, from an infrastructure perspective, its stability depends on the application's self-healing capabilities.

We are an enterprise company using the product. We have thousands of Azure Kubernetes Service users.

The technical support services are good. We may only sometimes get the right answer. We can escalate the case depending on the severity.

Positive

We also use AWS EKS.

The product is easy to deploy. We have made the process automated using DevOps. The number of engineers required to execute the implementation depends on the use cases of particular projects the DevOps team is working on. The product supports zero downtime maintenance, including upgrades and patching.

The product is expensive in terms of scalability. 

I rate Azure Kubernetes Service an eight out of ten. It is expensive to scale the number of nodes.

We use this solution for microservices and migration purposes.

This solution allows us to use Azure Arc as an integrated tool for development.

We find the container orchestration tool that this solution provides to be very valuable.

This is a fairly expensive solution, which can make it prohibitive for smaller organizations.

We have been working with this solution for one year.

We have found this solution to be very stable during our time using it.

This product is easily scalable.

The initial set up of this solution was very straightforward, and the deployment only took a few minutes to complete.

The solution was implemented by our in-house team.

There are multiple options for how to pay for this product, including a pay as you go option, and there is also one year or three year reserved pricing available.

We would advise companies to research all available options for the functionality they require, as this is a fairly expensive solution.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

We use the solution to deploy and manage containerized applications.

The solution's most valuable feature is its ability to integrate well with Azure Active Directory, Azure DevOps, and other Azure products. Also, it is easy to use and configure.

The solution's cost could be cheaper. Also, it is challenging to integrate the solution with different cloud services apart from Azure. They should improve these particular areas.

I have been the solution for a few months.

The solution is stable.

The solution is scalable.

The solution's initial setup process is straightforward. They provide proper documentation with steps required for deployment. It takes a few hours to complete.

Our in-house team executes deployment for basic applications. We need help from experts for complex implementations of the solution.

The solution's ROI depends on the use cases.

It is an expensive solution.

I recommend the solution to others and rate it as an eight.

We use it for microservices. 

The tool is budget-friendly.

There are some limitations with the tutor version, particularly in terms of using a lot of free audio. The private level also has restrictions, limiting the number of audio files you can access to just 50. If you want more, you need to contact support.

I have been using the solution for the past year.

The tool is highly-stable. I haven’t faced any problems with it. I rate the stability as a ten out of ten.

The solution is highly-scalable. I rate it a nine out of ten. We use it once a week or a month based on the requirements.

The support is helpful.

Neutral

I have used Cisco Cloud.

The initial setup was easy and quick. We set up AKS within ten minutes. We required around three to four people for deployment. I rate it an eight out of ten.

I like the pricing and find it to be in the mid-range, and I would rate it as five out of ten.

Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.