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IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service vs Microsoft Azure Container Service comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
Ranking in Containers as a Service (CaaS)
4th
Average Rating
6.6
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
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 IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service is 17.6%, up from 12.5% 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

Andrea Castorino - PeerSpot reviewer
A stable solution that can be deployed in parts to improve its robustness and reliability
Our clients are usually enterprise businesses. IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service is a good solution because our customer requires very rapid deployment, and the solution is critical for his business. If the system is down, the lawyer cannot send documents, and people may be in jail. Overall, I rate IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service an eight out of ten.
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

"We deploy the solution in parts so we can easily manage the parts to improve the robustness and reliability of the software."
"IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service has enough flexibility that we needed."
"Visualization is the most important feature."
"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."
"Microsoft Azure Container Service has a good level of stability."
"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."
"The most valuable features are that it is simple, and the compression of the data."
 

Cons

"IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service is not user-friendly, they could improve the user interface, and add more features to compete with Amazon AWS which is better."
"IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service's log management should be improved because it is a bit complicated."
"The customization is an area that needs improvement."
"I wasn't very impressed with the documentation."
"In terms of the container strategy, they need to make it more compliant with the Linux OS."
"Since the product is fully managed, it is expensive."
"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."
"Standard support could be more helpful and responsive."
"In the future, I would like to see it generalized and have the ability to better integrate with open-source tools."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price of the solution was fine."
"The costs depend on the resources that you use, and there is a cost-management system to help calculate it."
"The solution's pricing is reasonable."
"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."
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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 IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service?
We deploy the solution in parts so we can easily manage the parts to improve the robustness and reliability of the software.
What needs improvement with IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service?
IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service's log management should be improved because it is a bit complicated.
What is your primary use case for IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service?
We developed a solution that allows lawyers to send public documents to our customers about the panel judgment. We are expanding the solution to allow depositing all kinds of legal documents associ...
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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