Kubernetes

Kubernetes (K8s)

Composite Score

8.1 /10

CX Score

8.3 /10

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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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Kubernetes (K8s) Ratings

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91 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

92 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Product Experience

Negotiation and Contract

Conflict Resolution

Strategy & Innovation

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product Experience:: 96%
Negotiation and Contract:: 77%
Conflict Resolution:: 87%
Strategy & Innovation:: 95%
Service Experience:: 85%

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+89 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Kubernetes (K8s)?

0% Negative

6% Neutral

94% Positive

Pros

Helps Innovate
Enables Productivity
Unique Features
Includes Product Enhancements

Feature Ratings

Average 88

Resource Availability

Dynamic Scalability

Task Process Automation

Resource Definition

Configuration Management

Agent or Agentless

Multi Tenancy

Systems Administration

Workflow Support

Scripting Support

Service Templates

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 83

Ease of Customization

Breadth of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

Usability and Intuitiveness

Vendor Support

Kubernetes (K8s) Reviews

Kamran A.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Finance
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Submitted Dec 2023

From a Multi-Cloud Architect's Lenses

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

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

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2023

Best open-source container orchestration platform

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

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

Heni G.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Engineering
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2023

Easy to manipulate, require teamwork, helpful

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Kubernetes (K8s) from other similar products?

It easier to use than Ansible software, it provides multiples orchestration services and it is less complicated.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It is scalable, automates and orchestrates a lot of tasks

What do you dislike most about this product?

Complication of the networking configuration

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Faciltates the teamwork Necessity of Docker knowledge to configure its services

Pros

Helps Innovate
Generous Negotitation
Continually Improving Product
Performance Enhancing

Kubernetes (K8s)

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Kubernetes (K8s) Ratings

91 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

92 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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+89 Net Emotional Footprint

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Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Resource Availability Orchestration/Provisioning software must be able to allocate resources for new server requests so that compute, memory and storage is not over-provisioned.

Dynamic Scalability Ability to scale servers up or down, depending on resource requirements. This activity may be automated, triggered by conditions, or be completely manual.

Task Process Automation Automation of tasks and processes of the Orchestration/Provisioning software without systems administration intervention.

Resource Definition The systems administrator defines resources needed for the new server definition, which is processed and deployed by the Orchestration/Provisioning software.

Configuration Management Tracking of server configuration and configuration changes.

Agent or Agentless The orchestration, provisioning, deployment and management of servers being done with or without a software agent.

Multi Tenancy Software works in tandem with hosting system and the management of the multiple systems running in the same environment with appropriate levels of segregation.

Systems Administration Tools allowing the systems administration of multiple servers through a single tool, to reduce repetitive task execution.

Workflow Support The ability to incorporate pre-defined workflows into provisioned servers.

Scripting Support Support for systems scripting languages such as Python and Java to further automate operating systems level tasks.

Service Templates Templates for standard server configurations, to allow for expedited provisioning and deployment of standard server types.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Kubernetes (K8s) Reviews

Kamran A.

From a Multi-Cloud Architect's Lenses

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Sasi P.

Best open-source container orchestration platform

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Heni G.

Easy to manipulate, require teamwork, helpful

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Feature Ratings

Resource Availability

Dynamic Scalability

Task Process Automation

Resource Definition

Configuration Management

Agent or Agentless

Multi Tenancy

Systems Administration

Workflow Support

Scripting Support

Service Templates

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of Customization

Breadth of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

Usability and Intuitiveness

Vendor Support