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At a Glance
IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
Star Rating
(17)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (42.9% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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Red Hat OpenShift
Red Hat OpenShift
Star Rating
(296)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (49.1% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Red Hat OpenShift
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
  • Users report that Red Hat OpenShift excels in application deployment with a score of 9.2, highlighting its robust support for CI/CD pipelines, while IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service, although strong, does not match this level of deployment efficiency.
  • Reviewers mention that Red Hat OpenShift's developer toolkit scores 8.5, providing a comprehensive set of tools that streamline the development process, whereas IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service's toolkit is perceived as less integrated, leading to a score of 8.3.
  • G2 users indicate that Red Hat OpenShift offers superior orchestration capabilities with a score of 9.0, which is praised for its seamless integration with various services, while IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service, scoring 8.8, is noted for its solid orchestration but lacks some advanced features found in OpenShift.
  • Users on G2 highlight that Red Hat OpenShift's security features score 9.1, with strong emphasis on compliance and vulnerability management, while IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service, scoring 8.6, is seen as having good security but with fewer compliance tools.
  • Reviewers mention that Red Hat OpenShift's monitoring capabilities, particularly in real-time monitoring, are highly rated, contributing to a better overall user experience, while IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service, although effective, does not provide the same level of detail in performance baselines.
  • Users say that Red Hat OpenShift's auto-scaling feature, scoring 8.6, is particularly praised for its responsiveness to workload changes, while IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service, with a slightly lower score, is noted for being less dynamic in scaling operations.
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Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
No pricing available
Red Hat OpenShift
No pricing available
Free Trial
IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
No trial information available
Red Hat OpenShift
No trial information available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.8
10
8.7
81
Ease of Use
8.0
10
8.2
224
Ease of Setup
Not enough data
7.8
192
Ease of Admin
Not enough data
8.6
57
Quality of Support
8.8
8
8.4
72
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
Not enough data
8.6
53
Product Direction (% positive)
10.0
7
9.0
78
Features by Category
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Performance
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Functionality
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Agentic AI - Server Virtualization
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Alerts management
Not enough data
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Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Monitoring
Not enough data
9.7
5
Not enough data
10.0
5
Not enough data
9.7
5
Not enough data
10.0
5
Automation
Not enough data
10.0
5
Not enough data
9.3
5
Analysis
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Issue Resolution
Not enough data
9.7
5
Not enough data
9.7
5
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Not enough data
Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS)Hide 13 FeaturesShow 13 Features
Not enough data
8.7
27
Development
Not enough data
9.1
23
Not enough data
8.5
17
Not enough data
9.0
17
Not enough data
9.1
18
Not enough data
9.2
16
Database
Not enough data
8.3
21
Not enough data
8.2
21
Not enough data
8.7
22
Not enough data
8.3
21
Not enough data
8.6
22
Infrastructure
Not enough data
8.6
23
Not enough data
9.0
20
Not enough data
9.2
24
Not enough data
8.6
37
Management
Not enough data
8.5
30
Not enough data
8.4
29
Not enough data
8.0
28
Organization
Not enough data
8.5
30
Not enough data
8.9
31
Not enough data
9.0
29
Development
Not enough data
8.6
25
Not enough data
8.9
28
Not enough data
8.6
23
Not enough data
9.2
24
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
Red Hat OpenShift
Red Hat OpenShift
IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service and Red Hat OpenShift are categorized as Container Management and Container Orchestration
Unique Categories
IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
14.3%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
42.9%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
42.9%
Red Hat OpenShift
Red Hat OpenShift
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
23.5%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
27.4%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
49.1%
Reviewers' Industry
IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
Information Technology and Services
21.4%
Public Safety
7.1%
Packaging and Containers
7.1%
Insurance
7.1%
Information Services
7.1%
Other
50.0%
Red Hat OpenShift
Red Hat OpenShift
Information Technology and Services
15.3%
Financial Services
13.9%
Banking
9.3%
Computer Software
8.5%
Telecommunications
7.1%
Other
45.9%
Most Helpful Reviews
IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Verified User in Biotechnology
GB
Verified User in Biotechnology

Ease of use. Very intuitive. We have been looking for a product that allows us to orchestrate our docker containers in a way where it allows us to effectively scale our applications to production. It also provides us a way of monitoring all our...

Most Helpful Critical Review
KB
kiran b.
Verified User in Airlines/Aviation

Kube in redhat is much better than ibm cloud

Red Hat OpenShift
Red Hat OpenShift
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Luis Felipe B.
LB
Luis Felipe B.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services

What I like most is the support having to deploy applications in different programming languages. Besides having different database handlers and additional tools like cron

Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User
G
Verified User in Banking

RedHat OpenShift AI limited to certain models only and not supporting other products

Alternatives
IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service Alternatives
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
Kubernetes Engine
Add Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Add Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
Add Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)
Add Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)
Red Hat OpenShift
Red Hat OpenShift Alternatives
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
Add Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
Kubernetes Engine
Add Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)
Mirantis
Add Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)
VMware vSphere
VMware vSphere
Add VMware vSphere
Discussions
IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service Discussions
Monty the Mongoose crying
IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service has no discussions with answers
Red Hat OpenShift
Red Hat OpenShift Discussions
What is included in Red Hat OpenShift container platform?
1 comment
Narayanaswamy G.
NG
you can deploy your applications and have UI which is more superior to Kubernetes. operator development, etc.. all features of k8s are present in OCP.Read more
Monty the Mongoose crying
Red Hat OpenShift has no more discussions with answers