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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 Hospital & Health Care
UH
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Great technology!"
What do you like best about Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)?

It's an amazing piece of software that all companies should adapt to use. Once learnt, it can change the whole infrastructure of a business and its software! Love the ease of use within the command line and how easy it is to use (once you know how!) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

How challenging it can be learning! The docker Hun doesn't give much training! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Internet
AI
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Docker is scalable, but not syncable."
What do you like best about Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)?

We use airflow (airbnb) in docker, it helps us to isolate workers, so that each worker has its only running environment.

Docker is also scalable, we can setup a work in seconds. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Its hard to share files between container. You can not pull / push data from / to one container, Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Steen M.
SM
Software Engineer
Computer Software
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"An indispensable tool for a startup"
What do you like best about Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)?

That dependencies and special steps in the build process are now 100% documented and fully reproducible Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Its still hard to get networking to function as easy as the other parts of docker.

The documentation many places contains only the bare minimum of information. In these ways, the product really shows that it is young. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
CI
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"the best for portability"
What do you like best about Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)?

since I introduced Docker in my workflow I'm really very enthusiast of my job. With this tool I can create a package of my application (for me and for my clients) and reproduce it anywhere. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

The lack in documentation for the first versions was a problem for introduce it in production. Currently, the docker's team is doing a really great job. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
UC
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Docker is so easy to set up for new machines "
What do you like best about Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)?

I like that you can create containers to quickly set up a brand new server with all the same configurations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

It has a bit of a learning curve and managing all the processes can be confusing at first. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Marc S.
MS
VP Product Development
Information Services
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Docker is the future"
What do you like best about Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)?

I can only speak as to their Docker product here, and i love it. I think containerization is going to be a front-runner in how people develop & deploy their software applications, and Docker is by far the best option in this space. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

There's still a bit of a learning curve here, especially for developers without a good sense of how the operations side of things work. That's not exactly the fault of Docker itself, but anything they can do to help in this area would only improve their adoption rates. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Filipe O.
FO
Senior Software Architect
Information Technology and Services
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Deploy with ease and precision"
What do you like best about Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)?

There are many different use cases for Docker. What I like most about it is to configure the production environment for my applications and make sure it'll reproduce a equivalent configuration in any server I deploy it to. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

There are a lots of commands and settings to learn, but that's not really a problem as Docker public target is technical staff. So, I don't have any dislike to report. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
AI
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Docker, micro-services and containers"
What do you like best about Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)?

Docker is basically a wrapper for the LXC Container, but I does much more than that.

With Docker, you will be able to put everything you need, like a web app, servers or even databases, in a container and then ship it to your production environment.

With Docker Compose, you can orchestrate a whole infrastructure based of Docker container, you just have to describe your setup in a yaml file, it's really infrastructure as code.

And furthermore, you can even manage Docker Cluster with Swarm, which will allow you to deploy containers on multiples hosts as it was only one Docker engine. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Docker is still in development, which means that there is still some missing functions, like complete networking customization or container startup management in Compose.

But the Docker team answers very quickly on their GitHub and there are many talented developers submitting pull request to enhance Docker Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Christian S.
CS
Freelance Writer
Internet
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Docker wins out on so many levels, and has something to offer for all. "
What do you like best about Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)?

Docker has a number of strong suits and implementations depending upon your needs. It's ability to encapsulate software and services in a lightweight manner allow for portable dev environments and flexible production setups. Which can all be linked and networked together to share data as and where needed.

Software dependency and portability is no longer really a problem either with Docker. It changes workflows for the better and removes some recurrent annoyances. Public/private repositories to access and store container images are officially available from the Docker team too.

The project itself is also open-source so "free" to use by default. Training and community resources are on offer to all in various differing mediums. Most of which are good quality content wise and always being updated. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

The documentation for Docker could be more intuitive and should feel a lot less unstructured than it currently does. If you can find and know what you're looking for it's fine, but finding what you need easily is the issue.

Security or security practices have for a while been a concern with Docker, and it's easy to see why when you're dealing with the utility that Docker provides. This seems to be an ongoing aspect for the developers and needs more time to be completely fleshed out.

It's still in its infancy in comparison to a lot of other services out there, so there are issues both well known and even yet to be discovered most likely. Be aware of this when adopting Docker to your infrastructure or needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Health, Wellness and Fitness
UH
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Docker is the best thing since sliced bread."
What do you like best about Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)?

I like everything about Docker. It solves pretty much all problems with deployment and dev environment setup. If you are not using Docker you are doing it wrong. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Scaling can be a bit hard to configure and Docker Cloud is unreasonably priced. 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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