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Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) Pros and Cons: Top 5 Advantages and Disadvantages

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Users value the seamless integration of Amazon EKS with other AWS services, simplifying Kubernetes management and scaling. (5 mentions)
Users value the scalability features of Amazon EKS, appreciating its automatic setup and high availability for applications. (5 mentions)
Users value the easy setup of Amazon EKS, allowing quick deployments and seamless integration with AWS services. (5 mentions)
Users appreciate the seamless integration with AWS services, simplifying Kubernetes cluster management and deployment processes. (4 mentions)
Users appreciate the seamless integration of Amazon EKS with AWS services, simplifying Kubernetes cluster management and deployment. (4 mentions)
Users find Amazon EKS to be quite costly, particularly for smaller workloads or when scaling applications. (5 mentions)
Users find Amazon EKS complex to learn and administer, creating a challenging experience for effective implementation. (4 mentions)
Users find the complex configuration of Amazon EKS challenging, often leading to difficulties in setup and increased costs. (4 mentions)
Users find the complex configuration of Amazon EKS challenging, leading to issues with setup and troubleshooting. (3 mentions)
Users find the difficult learning curve of Amazon EKS challenging, especially with its complex configuration and various tools. (3 mentions)

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Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) Pros and Cons

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Pros and Cons are compiled from review feedback and grouped into themes to provide an easy-to-understand summary of user reviews.
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shubham c.
SC
DevOps Engineer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"AWS is an fantastic cloud service provider"
What do you like best about AWS Cloud?

variuous service I am already using like ec-2, s3 storage buckets, eks for one click kubernetes cluster, ecr for images. Codecommit, codedeploy and many more we are using. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Cloud?

can't copy s3 bucket from another account to any other account. There should be some IAM policies applicable so that we can copy paste and can perform our work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nitin B.
NB
Head Of Finance and Investor Relations
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Great flexibility and agility of the overall platform to support end to end product lifecycle"
What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)?

Scalable (horizontal scalability with the help of elastic kubernet services) highly manageable oput of the box using AWS EKS, Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)?

service not available globally which at times effect deployment in certain specific regions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

AS
Software Engineer
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"AWS Experience Review"
What do you like best about AWS Cloud?

I am a software engineer and have used AWS extensively. The cloud technology is really matured and has wide variety as compared to its competitors. I like its easy to use user interface. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Cloud?

User gets confused with much variety. There should be tool suggesting which technology to use based on your requirement. Some technologies like Postgres aurora didn't proved much useful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

AS
Software QA
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Aws Cloud For Deployment"
What do you like best about AWS Cloud?

Aws has best service in the market, it's very usefull in terms of deployment and development and mostly it's preffered by most of the organisation due to its customer support Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Cloud?

Nothing to dislike here, all services are good Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Aditya S.
AS
Software Engineer
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Happy experience"
What do you like best about AWS Cloud?

AWS Cloud have helped industries and individuals to grow in a never imaginable way. Compared to previous decade configuration efforts, we just need few clicks to resolve and build an online cloud services. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Cloud?

Nothing majorily as of now. However, services can be improved and free tier services shouldn't be comprised as students are learning using free tier account and etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Anup G.
AG
Corporate Trainer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Amazon EKS Elastic Kubernetes Service Review"
What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)?

Continuous workflow. Can manage DevOps perfectly with Amazon EKS. The application running fluency improves significantly with the help of EKS. Availability of 24 * 7 makes developers free of monitoring the application. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)?

A little complex and lengthy to implement. Need to work on the price a little bit. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Vikram  S.
VS
Solutions Architect
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Ease and flexibility drives me to AWS"
What do you like best about AWS Cloud?

The user experience, available documentation, and completeness (one stop for all infrastructire and services such as focus on Blockchain, machine learning and other

requirements) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Cloud?

It's hard to put dislikes as I find it outstanding. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Alec W.
AW
Information Technology Architect
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"AWS Cloud Review"
What do you like best about AWS Cloud?

Management Console - is intuitive and extremely straightforward ---

very powerful -- tool set Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Cloud?

-pricing - on various services are not cost-effective - different price metrics for different regions costing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Banking
CB
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"AWS review"
What do you like best about AWS Cloud?

Multiple AWS services to support needs of customers and quick collaboration with third party products to meet end user' needs. This results in better customer satisfaction. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Cloud?

Some services have limitations like eks only a particular size of ec2 instance can support production ir dev workloads. Hence, it proves costly sometimes and difficult to manage workloads for lower environment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SA
AWS Administrator
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"very good"
What do you like best about AWS Cloud?

aws ec2 was the amazing service to deploy any workload Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Cloud?

aws cloudformation was very bad console they need to work upon it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Pricing Insights

Averages based on real user reviews.

Time to Implement

3 months

Return on Investment

14 months

Average Discount

10%

Perceived Cost

$$$$$
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