Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise) Pros and Cons

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

It ships code faster compared to other solutions available on the market Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

The pricing can be a little bit expensive for small companies Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

The good parts of Docker Engerprise are: Theability to run both Docker Swarm and Kubernetes workloads which makes it flexible, Solid RBAC system that allows for powerful multi tenancy with groups, permissions and users. Regular and relatively painless updates and lastly, effective and quick support from Mirantis. It's useful to be able to use both the CLI as well as the web UI. Docker UCP and DTR work together very well. API access lets you to effectively monitor and automate your deployments and container image builds. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Some of the things that need improving are: The confusing licensing model, which is a mix of node and CPU licenses. Moreover Mirantis has sent us two license files as we upgraded the number of nodes, however only one license file can be uploaded into UCP. Support for Windows Server 2016 is being phased out which is understandable, but would be a welcome feature to keep for customers who still run some legacy containers. Slight UI glitches in UCP/DTR, for example some strange search/filter behaviour and inability to stack tables by some columns. This could be specific to our setup, but we have experienced occasional Calico errors, even without running any kubernes workloads. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Seamless experience using the platform, great overall. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

I had no bad experience actually, So far the best service in the Kube industry Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

No vendor lock-in.

Easy to deploy through launchpad.

Supports both Swarm and Kubernetes orchestration.

Provides security solutions provide FIPS 140-2.

Nice integration with Calico and Istio. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

The dashboard is not quite attractive and there is no option for storage classes and operators in GUI. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Though k8s is open source i can have complete trust and support for my k8s setup, don't have to worry for k8s related issues, and go behind the community to see if i get any fix. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Dont have any deslikes, as its all up to mark Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

I am a satisfied customer of Docker Enetrprise which has helped me to get rid of the major technical issues that were hindrance in the efficient working of my various applications. It works really well for both the private clouds, public clouds and even bare metal. This tool is very much security concern and it has influence my entire organization and facilitated my working through its mature customizable and manageable Kubernetes and swarm container orchestration. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Because of the overlaying network issues there are still some problems in the host system regarding the effective delivery of the services. Moreover Docker is an open platform which works with many containers but still some container products do not work effectively for example, Red Hat's container works with Kubernetes orchestration only. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

1) Increased Productivity with Standardization :-

The biggest advantage of a Docker-based architecture is standardization which allows all the engineers to work in a production parity environment. By standardizing the service infrastructure across the entire pipeline, the team members can efficiently analyze and fix bugs within the application. This increases the team’s productivity as it enables them to focus on feature development rather than wasting time on bug identification and fixing.

2) Portability :-

Docker containers are able to run virtually anywhere thereby easing the development and deployment on operating systems, virtual machines, developer’s machine, in data centers on-premises or in the public cloud. The widespread popularity of the Docker image format for containers further helps with portability.

3) CI for Faster Deployments :-

Docker enables teams to build a container image and use that same image across every step of the deployment process. Also, Docker creates a container for every process and does not boot the Operating System. This allows developers to run the non- dependent steps in parallel and thus reduce the deployment time drastically.

4) Ease of Management :-

When in a Docker container, images run in the same way irrespective of the server or the laptop. Hence developers do not need to spend time on setting up environments, debugging environment-specific issues, and have a portable and easy-to-set-up codebase. This not only saves time but also makes the production infrastructure more reliable and easy to maintain.

5) Security :-

Applications that are running on Docker containers are completely isolated and segregated from each other. Hence no Docker container has any connection to the processes running inside the other container. Now in case if any one application is hacked, there will be no impact on the applications that are running on the other containers. Thus Docker ensures that all the applications are running securely independent to each other.

6) Portability across Platforms :-

Docker’s portability across platforms is highly embraced by all major cloud computing providers like Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Compute Platform (GCP). The reason behind this is that Docker containers can run inside any cloud instance provided that the host OS supports Docker. As a result, a container running on an Amazon instance can easily be ported to a difference cloud instance while ensuring similar consistency and functionality is achieved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Do Not Use Docker if You Need to Boost Speed

Do Not Use Docker if You Prioritize Security

Do Not Use Docker if You Develop a Desktop GUI Application

Do Not Use Docker if You Want to Light Up Development and Debugging

Do Not Use Docker if You Need to Use Different Operating Systems or Kernels

Do Not Use Docker if You Have a Lot of Valuable Data to Store

Do Not Use Docker if You Are Looking for The Easiest Technology to Manage Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Being New to the Docker World , i have found the Docker website to be extremely helpful in setting up and configuring my first containers, there are lots o helpful hints and examples files to be taken advantage off which has made the experience simple to follow, Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

being new to containers i am yet to find any concerning downsides to using docker enterprise Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Simple to use, robust and flexible container platform that support multiple orchestration options including K8S and Swarm Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Nothing we love Docker. Its been working great for us. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Visibility of containers and nodes along with CPU and statuses of each. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Everything else. Split releases, then manditory to upgrade to 3. Extremely unstable upgrading process, unstable DTR/UCP, constant running issues within the enviornment, additional overheard of Kubernetes and no seen benefit.

Other solutions make K8s and Docker much more accessible more simply and user friendly. Never used the service creation menu in DockerEE UCP.

Support has always been without RCA, with Mirantis acquisition its unclear what DockerEE's future will be. We have to go away from it because of that. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.