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it_user1568649 - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Architect / Head of DevOps Engineer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Real User
Reliable, helpful technical support, and beneficial replication and scaling
Pros and Cons
  • "We do not have to do a lot of administration, such as create virtual machines, or worry about our controllers or nodes going down because the solution is fully managed by Amazon."

    What is our primary use case?

    Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) solution integrates AWS cloud with Kubernetes. Kubernetes is an open-source container technology that is popular right now. It has the ability to replicate applications for scaling.

    How has it helped my organization?

    Having this solution on the cloud has allowed us to focus more on our business because we do not have to worry about our own infrastructure.

    What is most valuable?

    We do not have to do a lot of administration, such as create virtual machines, or worry about our controllers or nodes going down because the solution is fully managed by Amazon.

    You are able to have your applications on the cluster which provides the ability to replicate and scale them.

    For how long have I used the solution?

    I have been using the solution for approximately two years.

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    What do I think about the stability of the solution?

    The solution is stable.

    What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

    I have found the solution scalable. 

    This solution is used by the three-person DevOps team in my organization.

    How are customer service and support?

    The technical support is very good.

    How was the initial setup?

    The creation of the clusters only takes approximately 10 minutes.

    What about the implementation team?

    We did the installation and configuration ourselves.

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

    The solution is more expensive than other competitors and does not require a license.

    What other advice do I have?

    I recommend this solution to others who use the AWS cloud.

    I rate Amazon EKS a ten out of ten.

    Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

    Public Cloud
    Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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    reviewer1805982 - PeerSpot reviewer
    Solution architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
    Real User
    Top 5Leaderboard
    Offers horizontal and vertical scaling and useful for cloud-native applications
    Pros and Cons
    • "Amazon EKS is a useful solution for modern, cloud-native applications. It offers both horizontal and vertical scaling, which is a big advantage. The tool can also help manage costs while maintaining high availability."
    • "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."

    What is our primary use case?

    The use case for Amazon EKS is for a payment gateway corporation whose applications run on microservices. Their software team develops cloud-native applications. They use Amazon's public cloud for these applications but find it expensive. They want a less expensive solution for their customers.

    We suggest using Amazon EKS open-source solutions. By using these solutions on-premises, they don't have to pay Amazon. 

    What is most valuable?

    Amazon EKS is a useful solution for modern, cloud-native applications. It offers both horizontal and vertical scaling, which is a big advantage. The tool can also help manage costs while maintaining high availability.

    Integrating Amazon EKS with other AWS services is easy if you know how to connect your applications and understand programming. It depends on how your application uses modern programming languages.

    What needs improvement?

    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.

    What do I think about the stability of the solution?

    I rate the tool's stability a nine out of ten. 

    What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

    The solution is very scalable. We have two customers for Amazon EKS. 

    How are customer service and support?

    We don't use support. Our customers use it. 

    How was the initial setup?

    The tool's deployment is easy. The deployment process is very simple. First, create an account. It's very organic. After that, choose the service that will be used for the project and create new services. Provide your credentials to connect to the environment. If you want to use a private link, you'll need to use a private connection.

    What other advice do I have?

    I rate the overall product a nine out of ten. If you want to start quickly and have time constraints, you can use Amazon solutions because no time or effort is needed to prepare your environment for the market, and no hardware or infrastructure requirements are required. 

    It can affect team productivity with a few customers. Productivity depends on the customers' knowledge. If their developers or software team are familiar with using hyperscale issues, it is very productive to use it.

    If you need off-site backup solutions, object storage, or to check your data's secondary version for disaster recovery, you can use AWS Backup or Amazon EKS service, like S3 buckets. It's very useful.

    Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. Partner
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    reviewer2243412 - PeerSpot reviewer
    Sub Gerente Backend Digital Regional at a retailer with 501-1,000 employees
    Real User
    The tool is a good investment but needs improvement in customer operations
    Pros and Cons
    • "Amazon EKS is very scalable."
    • "Amazon EKS needs to improve customer operations and technical support."

    What is our primary use case?

    We use Amazon EKS for our proprietary solutions and applications. 

    What is most valuable?

    Amazon EKS is very scalable. 

    What needs improvement?

    Amazon EKS needs to improve customer operations and technical support. 

    For how long have I used the solution?

    I have been working with the tool for five years. 

    What do I think about the stability of the solution?

    The tool's stability is high. 

    How are customer service and support?

    We don't need technical support at the moment. 

    How was the initial setup?

    The tool's deployment is not complex. 

    What was our ROI?

    Amazon EKS is a good investment. 

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

    The tool's pricing is good. 

    What other advice do I have?

    I would rate Amazon EKS an eight out of ten. 

    Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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    Mustafa Husny - PeerSpot reviewer
    Senior System Engineer at Techline-eg
    Real User
    Top 5Leaderboard
    Provides good performance and used for testing and learning purposes
    Pros and Cons
    • "The solution's performance is good."
    • "The solution's graphical interface is not the best."

    What is our primary use case?

    I used Amazon EKS for my personal learning purposes. I used the solution to learn how to initiate and upgrade the Kubernetes cluster for testing in my own lab.

    What is most valuable?

    Amazon EKS is a good tool for my testing and learning purposes. The solution's performance is good. It is a good solution for my learning and my labs.

    What needs improvement?

    The solution's graphical interface is not the best. It could be better in terms of enabling some integrations or managing the configuration.

    For how long have I used the solution?

    I have been using Amazon EKS for one or two years.

    What do I think about the stability of the solution?

    I rate the solution’s stability ten out of ten.

    What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

    Amazon EKS is good when it comes to scaling the cluster, adding, removing, or upgrading the nodes. Upgrading the machine's resources is easy.

    How are customer service and support?

    Amazon EKS has a big community, and support is really good.

    How was the initial setup?

    The solution's initial setup was easy.

    What was our ROI?

    If the deployment fails, you're still up and running. Scaling up or down can be done with zero downtime.

    What other advice do I have?

    Some of the Kubernetes clusters were on Amazon, GCP, and Azure. I used most of them on-premises. I installed the Kubernetes cluster in my own environment.

    Overall, I rate the solution ten out of ten.

    Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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    reviewer2304354 - PeerSpot reviewer
    Team Lead, Network at a tech consulting company with 11-50 employees
    Real User
    Top 20
    Recommended cloud solution with easy setup
    Pros and Cons
    • "The solution is easy-to-set up."
    • "I'd like improved traffic handling and additional application details within the system."

    What is most valuable?

    The solution is easy-to-set up. It is quick, and the main management is conveniently maintained in AWS, eliminating concerns.

    What needs improvement?

    I'd like improved traffic handling and additional application details within the system.

    For how long have I used the solution?

    I have been working with the solution for three years now.

    What do I think about the stability of the solution?

    Amazon EKS is stable.

    What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

    The solution is scalable.

    How was the initial setup?

    The solution is straightforward to set up.

    Which other solutions did I evaluate?

    We are also working with VMware Tanzu.

    What other advice do I have?

    I would recommend the solution. Overall, I rate it a nine out of ten.

    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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