We compared Amazon EKS and OpenShift Container Platform based on our user's reviews in several parameters.
Amazon EKS is praised for its strong integration with AWS services, seamless scaling, security measures, and simple Kubernetes cluster management. Users appreciate the reliable and flexible application deployment. On the other hand, OpenShift Container Platform is recognized for its seamless system integration, resource management, security measures, and application scalability. Both platforms offer competitive pricing and flexible licensing, excellent customer support, and positive ROI. Areas for improvement in Amazon EKS include documentation and cost optimization, while OpenShift could enhance its user interface, system performance, resource management, and language support.
Features: Some valuable features of Amazon EKS include seamless integration with AWS services, efficient scaling capabilities, user-friendly interface, strong security measures, excellent customer support, and simplified management. On the other hand, OpenShift Container Platform stands out for its seamless integration with existing systems, efficient resource management, robust security measures, versatile customization options, and ease of scaling applications.
Pricing and ROI: Amazon EKS has positive feedback on its pricing, setup cost, and licensing. Users appreciate competitive pricing, easy setup, and no significant costs. OpenShift Container Platform also receives positive feedback on reasonable pricing, straightforward setup, and flexible licensing., Compared to OpenShift Container Platform, Amazon EKS users have reported increased efficiency, cost savings, valuable resource optimization, and seamless deployment. OpenShift Container Platform users have praised its improvements in resource utilization, scalability, efficiency, and cost savings, resulting in increased productivity and revenue growth. Both platforms optimize operations and enhance business performance.
Room for Improvement: Amazon EKS could improve its documentation and tutorials, as well as enhance scalability and optimize costs. OpenShift Container Platform should focus on UI enhancements, system performance improvements, resource management, and supporting more programming languages.
Deployment and customer support: According to user reviews, the duration required for setting up and implementing a new tech solution in Amazon EKS is mentioned as a week for both deployment and setup phases. On the other hand, OpenShift Container Platform shows a significant variation in time, ranging from three months for deployment and an additional week for setup, to just a week for both deployment and setup. Context is important to consider., Amazon EKS excels in customer service with prompt and helpful assistance, excellent communication, and efficient problem-solving. OpenShift Container Platform also receives positive feedback, with promptness, responsiveness, and effective solutions.
The summary above is based on 62 interviews we conducted recently with Amazon EKS and OpenShift Container Platform users. To access the review's full transcripts, download our report.
"The tool works well with the nodes in AWS. It's scalability is also good in terms of architecture."
"It is a scalable solution."
"It has valuable monitoring and insights features."
"The feature that I have found most valuable is that it is very user-friendly."
"I like the scalability they're currently providing. Integration was very easy. It was a good experience."
"We haven't faced any major issues in one and a half years of use."
"The most important aspect of Amazon EKS is that it is easy to set up and very easy to upgrade."
"EKS has security features that you can't find in competing solutions."
"The auto scalability feature, which is based on smart agendas, determined from pre-prepared rules is the most valuable feature. You can also create different routes for deployment. Deployment types can be provided with an identifier, such as an ARB deployment. This really helped in rolling out releases without disrupting services for the end-users."
"The console or the GUI of OpenShift is awesome. You can do a lot of things from there. You can perform administration tasks as well as development tasks."
"The best feature is the management for the port life cycle, which automatically recycles, pulls, and scales up and down based on needs and requests."
"Openshift is a very developer-friendly product."
"Red Hat's security throughout the stack and software supply chain is good. It is a lightweight operating system. You don't have to worry about the security patches on the system. You can update the entire environment with security patches, which is a nice feature."
"Some of the primary features we leverage in the platform have to do with how we manage the cluster configurations, the properties, and the auto-scalability. These are the features that definitely provide value in terms of reducing overhead for the developers."
"I find the security features and use of operators in OpenShift Container Platform highly valuable."
"The most valuable features are the monitoring and logging functionalities."
"The dashboard needs to be more user-friendly."
"A cluster is required on-premises, which takes a lot of time."
"I'm having difficulty getting my AWS clusters to communicate with my local machine."
"The main thing to improve with Amazon EKS is the price. However, these services can be very expensive. For example, in countries like Turkey, the cost is too high. That's why we offer our cloud solutions locally. We developed hybrid solutions, but their prices are still very high."
"It is very cumbersome to assign permissions to users to interact with a cluster."
"Amazon EKS needs to improve customer operations and technical support."
"I encountered problems with the product’s documentation."
"I would like to see a cloud setup bank management feature."
"One area for improvement is that we can't currently run Docker inside a container, as it clashes with security consents. It would be good if we could change that."
"My impression is that this solution is pretty expensive so I think the pricing plan could improve."
"The solution needs to introduce open ID connect integration for role-based access control."
"The price needs to be improved in OpenShift Container Platform. When I choose this, the product is the first factor that we have to make a long analysis to compare the real cost for the other services. However, price is high."
"There is room for improvement with integration."
"The setup process is not great."
"The monitoring and logging could be improved."
"The initial setup can be hard."
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Amazon EKS is ranked 2nd in Container Management with 39 reviews while Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform is ranked 1st in Container Management with 39 reviews. Amazon EKS is rated 8.6, while Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Amazon EKS writes "Supports multiple tools and has a straightforward setup process ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform writes "Provides automation that speeds up our process by 30% and helps us achieve zero downtime". Amazon EKS is most compared with VMware Tanzu Mission Control, Kubernetes, Linode, Rancher Labs and HashiCorp Nomad, whereas Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform is most compared with VMware Tanzu Mission Control, Nutanix Kubernetes Engine NKE, Amazon Elastic Container Service, Rancher Labs and Kubernetes. See our Amazon EKS vs. Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform report.
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