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reviewer2149824 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Digital Transformation at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Top 5
Great tool for complex environment with multiple applications
Pros and Cons
  • "The product helps us to configure the new environment."
  • "The tool's setup is complex."

What is our primary use case?

The product helps to create a new environment fast. 

How has it helped my organization?

The tool helps us to provide greater access and also scale applications faster.

What is most valuable?

The product helps us to configure the new environment. 

What needs improvement?

The tool's setup is complex. 

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For how long have I used the solution?

I have been working with the product for three years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I would rate the product's stability a ten out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I would rate the product's scalability a ten out of ten. My company has around 1000 users of the tool. We have plans to increase the usage in future. 

How was the initial setup?

The tool's setup is difficult and requires experienced people. 

What other advice do I have?

I would rate the tool a ten out of ten. The product is very easy to use since it is based on Kubernetes. It is a great tool for complex environments with multiple applications. 

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Head of .NET Department at Evozon
MSP
Top 5Leaderboard
The services are flexible, and they have data centers worldwide
Pros and Cons
  • "AWS cloud services are flexible and have thorough documentation. AWS also has data centers all over the world."
  • "I would like Amazon EKS to be easier to configure on various environments like Windows or Linux installations"

What is our primary use case?

Amazon EKS is for storage, services, and infrastructure. We have about 100 to 120 users on Amazon EKS right now. We'll likely expand by 10 or 15 percent in the next year depending on our customer needs. 

What is most valuable?

AWS cloud services are flexible and have thorough documentation. AWS also has data centers all over the world.

What needs improvement?

I would like Amazon EKS to be easier to configure on various environments like Windows or Linux installations

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using Amazon EKS for five years.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We use AWS in parallel with other cloud service providers from different vendors, like Azure and GCP. We are not the end customer. It's something we use to deliver services to our customers. We work with a wide range of technologies at the company, which employs around 500 plus people. They work with all major technologies currently available.

How was the initial setup?

Installing Amazon EKS is straightforward. It depends on what needs to be done, but it's not something that takes weeks to deploy. You can do it in a few hours or days. I would need to have a specific scenario to be precise because the steps vary in each installation.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I would like Amazon EKS to be cheaper. Otherwise, it's fine.  

What other advice do I have?

I rate Amazon EKS eight out of 10. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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Udaysimha Nerella - PeerSpot reviewer
Specialist Data Analysis vehicle safety at Cubeware
Real User
Reliable, highly scalable, but technical support needs to be faster
Pros and Cons
  • "The stability is excellent."
  • "I believe the initial setup could be a better experience and faster customer support."

What is our primary use case?

Our primary case is using Amazon EKS with all of our data in our MapReduce, map clusters, and our data clusters. And from there, we just input the information using Python and do our analysis using that.

What needs improvement?

We have problems with setting up virtual environments and installing the right packages. I believe the initial setup could be a better experience and faster customer support.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Amazon EKS for the past one and half years now.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability is excellent.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The scalability is not a problem we currently have five to six thousand employees using Amazon EKS.

How are customer service and support?

Technical support or customer support is good but could be faster.

How was the initial setup?

For us in our company, it is a very straightforward process because they had built a layer that is very useful for the users with just a couple of clicks. But normally, if you ask me in person, I think it is a bit cumbersome.

What about the implementation team?

It can be done in-house but they have to read a lot of documentation from the AWS provider in order for it to make sense.

What was our ROI?

When you compare it to on-premises it is much better because, with on-premise, we have to look into data security and all these items. Amazon EKS eliminates that and becomes a cost-benefit for us.

What other advice do I have?

On a scale of one to ten, I would give it a six. With the correct technical support individual, you can do well with implementation. If you are not sure about the technical support side for implementation I would wait until you are ready.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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reviewer936300 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director Of Sales Marketing at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Very user friendly and easy to maintain
Pros and Cons
  • "The feature that I have found most valuable is that it is very user-friendly."
  • "I would like to see it a little more stable, more operational, and more convenient to develop."

What is our primary use case?

Our main use case is when our client or the customer would like to have their service on AWS. When the client preference is AWS.

How has it helped my organization?

Our company prefers Amazon EKS to ECS.

What is most valuable?

The feature that I have found most valuable is that it is very user-friendly.

What needs improvement?

I would like to see it a little more stable, more operational, and more convenient to develop.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Amazon EKS for about two to three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Amazon EKS is very stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We have about 500 people in our organization using it.

Our technical team for the deployment and maintenance is only five people, one manager and four engineers.

We are definitely going to continue using this solution.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

For container management, I had been using the IBM SP solution, but frankly speaking I don't like the IBM Cloud.

How was the initial setup?

The initial installation was straightforward. It took under 30 minutes.

What other advice do I have?

I love dealing with EKS. Personally, I like to deal with the Kubernetes solution.

On a scale of one to the, I would rate EKS a nine.

I would recommend Amazon EKS to others.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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reviewer1697808 - PeerSpot reviewer
Materials Program Management Specialist at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Overall good functionality, scalable, and supports multi tendencies
Pros and Cons
  • "Overall Amazon EKS is a good solution in the industry. The solution can support multi tendencies, and network isolations are the key factors."
  • "Amazon EKS is predominately public. However, the government has started to have a lot of interest in Kubernetes and is receiving more education on Kubernetes and Amazon EKS. If we can have the security of Amazon EKS align with the security that is set out by the government it would be much better."

What is our primary use case?

We use Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) to manage our containers and to run and scale Kubernetes applications in the cloud.

What is most valuable?

Overall Amazon EKS is a good solution in the industry. The solution can support multi tendencies, and network isolations are the key factors.

What needs improvement?

Amazon EKS is predominately public. However, the government has started to have a lot of interest in Kubernetes and is receiving more education on Kubernetes and Amazon EKS. If we can have the security of Amazon EKS align with the security that is set out by the government it would be much better.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Amazon EKS for approximately six months.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Amazon EKS is scalable.

We are in the process of migrating from OpenShift to Amazon EKS which will be a lot of work to migrate over. We have about over 300 developers who are going to use Amazon EKS in the future.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We have previously used OpenShift.

What about the implementation team?

I did the implementation of the solution myself in my organization.

What other advice do I have?

I have found OpenShift to be a better tool and I would recommend it.

I rate Amazon EKS an eight out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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MinhTran2 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Architect at Kyanon Digital
Real User
Top 20
Auto-scales efficiently and is good for mapping user content
Pros and Cons
  • "I like its auto-scale feature very much."
  • "The overall stability of the product should be improved to prevent any loss of data."

What is our primary use case?

I only use it to define multi-tenants and define infrastructure.

How has it helped my organization?

Our company has around ten people using Amazon EKS off-site and on-site.

What is most valuable?

I like its auto-scale feature very much. Moreover, it is easy to determine my course of action with many features available on EKS. However, I do have some concerns with Microsoft Edge. Overall, I find EKS to be a valuable solution.

What needs improvement?

The managed services of Amazon EKS could be improved. The system should have a closed-loop feedback mechanism to address any issues that users may face.

Moreover, the overall stability of the product should be improved to prevent any loss of data.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been working with Amazon EKS for two years now, and mainly use the Command Line Interface (CLI) version.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is a stable solution.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It is a scalable solution for our services.

How are customer service and support?

The response time of customer service and support is quick.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is easy. I had some errors initially, but they were easy to terminate.

What about the implementation team?

Our in-house team deployed it. It only took three days to set up and run a big infrastructure.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I would like a cheaper version of it.

What other advice do I have?

Amazon EKS is good for managing and providing various services, and for using and mapping user content.

I would rate it a nine on a scale of one to ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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Shriniwas-Gadage - PeerSpot reviewer
VP at a tech vendor with 11-50 employees
Real User
Provides autoscaling functionality for container deployment
Pros and Cons
  • "EKS provides autoscaling functionality."
  • "Setup depends on what kind of architecture you have"

What is our primary use case?

We mainly use EKS for containers. We use Kubernetes for scalable deployments.

We're using EKS because our customers requested it. They wanted autoscaling functionality. We have our own product, and we deploy it for our customers in Amazon cloud.

The containers are built, registered, and then kept in a repository at the docker site. Our IT department has an account there. From there, it's exposed and we use the Amazon template surveys and cloud formation template. Then, our IT team creates CFTs. The scripts are run, and the containers are deployed from there.

It's a hybrid solution.

What is most valuable?

EKS provides autoscaling functionality.

For how long have I used the solution?

I started using EKS about eight months ago.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It's reasonably stable. EKS is used with Fargate.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

From what I understand, it's scalable. I haven't heard of any issues.

How was the initial setup?

Setup depends on what kind of architecture you have.

It depends on the script that's prepared. Once the script is done, just one person is needed for deployment.

What about the implementation team?

We have an internal team that takes care of deployment. They're a specialized team.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate this solution as eight out of ten.

My advice is that not every architecture can fit into EKS. You have to really evaluate whether EKS is suitable for the kind of design and architecture you have. Evaluate it first and then attempt it.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Hybrid Cloud
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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Victor AugustoDe Souza E Silva - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Engineer at Leek Solucoes
Real User
Top 5
Helps in managing infrastructure effectively and provides good monitoring features
Pros and Cons
  • "I can use the autoscaling feature to manage and scale up infrastructure."
  • "I encountered problems with the product’s documentation."

What is our primary use case?

We use Amazon EKS to build integration projects and manage the infrastructure.  

What is most valuable?

Amazon EKS is compatible with Kubernetes API. I can use the autoscaling feature to manage and scale up infrastructure. I can monitor the cluster as well.

What needs improvement?

I encountered problems with the product’s documentation. Additionally, the CPU consumes a lot of memory. EKS could be modular like GCP as well.

For how long have I used the solution?

We have been using Amazon EKS for one year.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is more straightforward if you use the console.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I rate Amazon EKS’s pricing a nine out of ten. It costs around $200 and is expensive for the Brazilian market.

What other advice do I have?

I rate Amazon EKS a nine out of ten.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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