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Google Container Engine vs Microsoft Azure Container Service comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Google Container Engine
Ranking in Containers as a Service (CaaS)
3rd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
8.1
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Container Management (15th)
Microsoft Azure Container S...
Ranking in Containers as a Service (CaaS)
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Containers as a Service (CaaS) category, the mindshare of Google Container Engine is 29.4%, up from 18.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Azure Container Service is 23.5%, down from 25.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Containers as a Service (CaaS)
 

Featured Reviews

Hoang Do - PeerSpot reviewer
Has autoscaling features that helps to save costs
We use the solution to deploy microservices.  The tool is very powerful, scalable, and easy to manage. Its autoscaling features helped us save costs.  Google Container Engine needs to be able to manage network products.  I have been using the product for two years.  I rate the product's…
Charles Daou - PeerSpot reviewer
A nice hybrid solution that offers good visualization and an easy setup
It could be faster. The speed is not good in our country. The migration process takes a long time. We don't have fast internet services, and that slows us down. Standard support could be more helpful and responsive. We'd like to have more stable updates. It updates too often. Instead of updating more often, they should update less often and offer very stable updates.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The tool is very powerful, scalable, and easy to manage. Its autoscaling features helped us save costs."
"Microsoft Azure Container Service has a good level of stability."
"Visualization is the most important feature."
"It's a great product if you are in a Microsoft environment."
"The product makes things easier since it's self-managed. Therefore, there is less administration workload and operational costs."
"Storage is one of the most beneficial features of cloud providers, specifically Azure because when you are working in their cloud environment, you can easily use a storage interface and a storage object that is provided by Microsoft Azure. In a local environment, you have to be involved in establishing and setting up distributed storage file systems for containers which are very difficult and complex. In a cloud environment, you are not concerned about the storage and the dashboard provides you with storage objects with high availability."
"The most valuable feature is that you don't have to maintain the infrastructure."
"The most valuable features are that it is simple, and the compression of the data."
 

Cons

"Google Container Engine needs to be able to manage network products."
"In terms of the container strategy, they need to make it more compliant with the Linux OS."
"I wasn't very impressed with the documentation."
"Standard support could be more helpful and responsive."
"The customization is an area that needs improvement."
"In the future, I would like to see it generalized and have the ability to better integrate with open-source tools."
"f Microsoft Azure can provide GUI dashboards for end-users and administrators to work separately to manage all the Kubernetes clusters without a need to connect to Azure environments and through CLI it would be better."
"Since the product is fully managed, it is expensive."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The tool's pricing is medium."
"The costs depend on the resources that you use, and there is a cost-management system to help calculate it."
"Microsoft Azure Container Service has costs but in the container environment, there are no costs because it is open source and we are using Docker as the container engine in the master and worker nodes established in the Azure environment."
"The solution's pricing is reasonable."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
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Computer Software Company
18%
Media Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Real Estate/Law Firm
8%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Google Container Engine?
The tool is very powerful, scalable, and easy to manage. Its autoscaling features helped us save costs.
What needs improvement with Google Container Engine?
Google Container Engine needs to be able to manage network products.
What do you like most about Microsoft Azure Container Service?
The product makes things easier since it's self-managed. Therefore, there is less administration workload and operational costs.
What needs improvement with Microsoft Azure Container Service?
Since the product is fully managed, it is expensive.
 

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MS Azure Container Service
 

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