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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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92 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

92 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

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+88 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

7% Neutral

93% Positive

Pros

Helps Innovate
Enables Productivity
Unique Features
Includes Product Enhancements

Feature Ratings

Average 89

Dynamic Scalability

Task Process Automation

Resource Availability

Resource Definition

Configuration Management

Agent or Agentless

Systems Administration

Workflow Support

Multi Tenancy

Service Templates

Scripting Support

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 82

Breadth of Features

Ease of Customization

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Data Integration

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

Usability and Intuitiveness

Vendor Support

Kubernetes (K8s) Reviews

Adnan K.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2024

Powerful and Scalable Container Orchestration

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Kubernetes (K8s) from other similar products?

Kubernetes is open-source and maintained by CNCF, ensuring that there is no vendor lock-in. You can deploy and manage Kubernetes clusters with any major cloud provider or on-premises infrastructure.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It allows organizations to efficiently manage and scale containerized applications across a wide range of environments, from a small on-premises data center to large, complex multi-cloud architectures.

What do you dislike most about this product?

it is a complex solution to get started with.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Start small, invest in learning, and consider leveraging managed services to streamline the setup.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Enables Productivity
Inspires Innovation

Akalezi T.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2024

Fantastic product

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Kubernetes (K8s) from other similar products?

I'm gonna compare Kubernetes to Openshift, and Openshift is an entreprise and more "friendly" version of Kubernettes

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The Horizontal auto scaling is a really beautiful solution

What do you dislike most about this product?

I do not dislike anything about K8S

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you're trying to manage containerized application dynamically and on a budget, K8s is your guy,

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Unique Features

Tushar P.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Banking
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2024

Kubernetes: Heart of container orchestration

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

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

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Kubernetes (K8s) Ratings

92 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

92 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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+88 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Kubernetes (K8s)?

Pros

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Adnan K.

Powerful and Scalable Container Orchestration

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Akalezi T.

Fantastic product

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Tushar P.

Kubernetes: Heart of container orchestration

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Dynamic Scalability

Task Process Automation

Resource Availability

Resource Definition

Configuration Management

Agent or Agentless

Systems Administration

Workflow Support

Multi Tenancy

Service Templates

Scripting Support

Vendor Capability Ratings

Breadth of Features

Ease of Customization

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Data Integration

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

Usability and Intuitiveness

Vendor Support