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Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise) Pros and Cons: Top 5 Advantages and Disadvantages

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Users find the ease of use of Mirantis Kubernetes Engine refreshing, simplifying Kubernetes management for newcomers and experienced users alike. (4 mentions)
Users appreciate the user-friendly interface and straightforward operation of Mirantis Kubernetes Engine, facilitating seamless container management. (4 mentions)
Users find the customer support of Mirantis Kubernetes Engine helpful and responsive, enhancing their overall experience. (3 mentions)
Users find the installation process straightforward, facilitating easy Kubernetes management and day 2 operations. (3 mentions)
Users find the ease of use and helpful support of Mirantis Kubernetes Engine enhances their container management experience. (2 mentions)
Users express frustration with poor customer support, as solutions often feel inadequate and require manual workarounds. (3 mentions)
Users find the poor documentation for Mirantis Kubernetes Engine frustrating and desire more searchable resources. (2 mentions)
Users struggle with the confusion of black box operations in Mirantis Kubernetes Engine, seeking clearer documentation. (1 mentions)
Users note that improvement needed includes better documentation and clarity on MKE's inner workings and operations. (1 mentions)
Users find the enterprise support portal for Mirantis Kubernetes Engine to be lacking in user-friendliness and clarity. (1 mentions)

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Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise) Pros and Cons

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Verified User in Human Resources
UH
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"So AWESOME! Way faster than running virtual machines"
What do you like best about Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)?

The performance is AMAZING compared to running apps inside virtual machines.

Constructing docker images is a breeze, dockerfiles make creating app containers straightforward.

Perfect for running micro-services, and great support on Kubernetes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)?

Docker networking is pretty bad

Cleaning up stale images and left over stuff on machine needs to be automated

There was also a recent buggy release that didn't handle image cleanup correctly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Education Management
UE
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Docker Review "
What do you like best about Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)?

Docker creates a very easy way to run applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)?

Docker adds an additional layer of complexity to the build and deployment of an application. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Yehuda S.
YS
Lead Developer
Information Technology and Services
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Works with small learning curve"
What do you like best about Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)?

the way i can keep my environment the same for different developers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)?

the way server variables are isolated in their containers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Financial Services
UF
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Awesome Environment"
What do you like best about Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)?

This is the best environment for Development, Testing, Quality Assurance and Production Environment. Docker has really nice user experience, easy to configure and customize. It has best external ecosystem and also have good cluster management. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)?

Some of the stateless services like database. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Consumer Services
UC
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"An improved development & deployment story, but not without pain points"
What do you like best about Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)?

* Repeatable deployments

* Ability to quickly try out software made by other 3rd parties without having to deal with an installation process Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)?

* Slow when using with files residing on the host filesystem

* Command line interface is confusing, steep learning curve Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Bharadwaj (Brad) C.
BC
Director Of Engineering/Head of Reliability Engineering
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Takes the pain out of your deployment process"
What do you like best about Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)?

1. Full control over the execution environment of the application

2. You can run tests against the same image that will finally run on the production server.

3. Very easy to maintain environments for the application for the Ops team.

4. You can create several instances of the same environment. Without Docker, it was a main to manually maintain consistent environment on multiple servers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)?

1. Major change for organizations to add this new layer (so think before you jump in)

2. Managing a huge amount of containers is challenging

3. The containers share the same kernel and are therefore less isolated than real VMs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Internet
UI
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Docker helped us to run local development environments"
What do you like best about Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)?

Docker was easy to use, very flexible and fast Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)?

Did not work on MacOS without a virtual machine Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Joselie C.
JC
Database Administrator
Construction
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Docker for React-Node Application Developement"
What do you like best about Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)?

Same environment across remote developers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)?

Very slow loading time. It takes 10 - 15 seconds to reload the local server using docker. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Financial Services
UF
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Nice tool solves the problem for storing container images"
What do you like best about Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)?

Nice tool solves the purpose of putting container images Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)?

. Nothing i can think of. It is pretty good and we are happy using that. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
UI
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"DevOps with Docker make everything simple but powerful"
What do you like best about Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)?

Simplify tool setup and easy to use with minimize host system requirement and maximum the system usage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)?

Some amazing new feature with some bugs so needs to balance the feature and stability. Sometimes try to dig workaround but learn more from detail. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Pricing Insights

Averages based on real user reviews.

Time to Implement

3 months

Return on Investment

11 months

Average Discount

8%

Perceived Cost

$$$$$
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