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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91 Likeliness to Recommend
100 Plan to Renew
91 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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+87 Net Emotional Footprint
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- Helps Innovate
- Enables Productivity
- Unique Features
- Includes Product Enhancements
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Kubernetes (K8s) Reviews
Tushar P.
- Role: Consultant
- Industry: Banking
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Sep 2024
Kubernetes: Heart of container orchestration
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Kubernetes (K8s) from other similar products?
Kubetnetes major differentiation, that it is Open-Source and Vendor-Neutral
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
My favorite aspect of Kubernetes is its scalability and automation. Kubernetes excels at automatically scaling applications up or down based on demand, efficiently distributing workloads across clusters. Its self-healing capabilities (like automatically restarting failed containers, replacing or rescheduling them) ensure high availability and reliability.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Nothing specific
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
I would recommend Kubernetes to end users who are looking for a powerful, flexible, and scalable platform for managing containerized applications.
Pros
- Performance Enhancing
- Helps Innovate
- Saves Time
- Security Protects
Londyn P.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted May 2024
Exploring Challenges and Solutions
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Kubernetes (K8s) from other similar products?
The accessibility of K8s sets it apart from the rest. First because it is free and second because it is open source.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Offers unparalleled scalability, making it indispensable for managing complex container-based architectures across various cloud providers and platforms.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Frequent non-backwards compatible changes causing disruptions, and the absence of practical examples in the documentation.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Embrace Kubernetes gradually, starting with a basic setup if you're new to it; over time, its necessity and irreplaceability will become evident for projects requiring its capabilities.
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- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
- Unique Features
- Effective Service
Kamran A.
- Role: Consultant
- Industry: Finance
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Dec 2023
From a Multi-Cloud Architect's Lenses
Likeliness to Recommend
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