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Phat Chau - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution architect at EASY CREDIT Vietnam
Real User
Top 5
Stable product with valuable monitoring features
Pros and Cons
  • "It has valuable monitoring and insights features."
  • "The product’s pricing needs improvement."

What is our primary use case?

We use Amazon EKS as an APM tool for the environment while migrating the monolithic architecture to microservices architecture. It helps us to test product functionality in a particular environment.

What is most valuable?

We don’t have to manage a bunch of infrastructure. Additionally, enabling auto-scaling for both outgoing and node work helps us optimize the cost. It has valuable monitoring and insights features as well.

What needs improvement?

The product’s pricing needs improvement.

For how long have I used the solution?

We have been using Amazon EKS for more than three years.

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What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is a stable product.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We have 200 Amazon EKS users in our organization. It is a scalable product.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup process takes a few minutes to complete. It requires a team of seven executives to work on the deployment.

What was our ROI?

The product generates a return on investment with the help of OpEx and CaPEx licensing models.

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

Amazon EKS is expensive.

What other advice do I have?

I rate Amazon EKS a nine out of ten.

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

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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Richard Ortiz - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Architect at Bancolombia
Real User
Provides fast and cost-effective cloud adoption with excellent scalability and portability
Pros and Cons
  • "It's a faster solution to adopt on native applications."
  • "I would like to see a cloud setup bank management feature."

What is our primary use case?

The main use case is Cloud and IT applications.

How has it helped my organization?

It's a faster solution to adopt on native applications.

What needs improvement?

I would like to see a cloud setup bank management feature.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Amazon EKS for six years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

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

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

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

What was our ROI?

There is a return on investment.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Before EKS, we evaluated AKS and CKS.

What other advice do I have?

Review the organization's strategy with your strategy, whether it is oriented to the portability of your applications. Overall, I would rate Amazon EKS a nine out of ten.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Omar Abdalhamid - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Devops Engineer at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
Top 20
I like the security features
Pros and Cons
  • "EKS has security features that you can't find in competing solutions."
  • "I'm having difficulty getting my AWS clusters to communicate with my local machine."

What is our primary use case?

I use EKS as an application management system and a second application server. It's connected to Amazon RDS. 

What is most valuable?

EKS has security features that you can't find in competing solutions.

What needs improvement?

I'm having difficulty getting my AWS clusters to communicate with my local machine. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have used EKS for three years.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Amazon EKS is scalable. We have about 20,000 users. 

How was the initial setup?

Setting up EKS is simple compared to OpenShift. It isn't too complex. We have a hybrid setup due to government data rules. I deployed EKS alone.

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

I rate EKS seven out of 10 for affordability. Amazon EKS costs us $730 a year. 

What other advice do I have?

I rate Amazon EKS nine out of 10.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Hybrid Cloud

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

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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Solution Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Easy to set up and upgrade
Pros and Cons
  • "The most important aspect of Amazon EKS is that it is easy to set up and very easy to upgrade."
  • "Amazon EKS provides very minimum information during the upgrade of the node group."

What is our primary use case?

We run all our microservices across the globe with Amazon EKS. We also use it for development, testing, and maintenance.

How has it helped my organization?

In the past, we have faced challenges with scalability and maintenance while running clusters. Amazon EKS is very easy to maintain. So it allows us to focus on our deployment.

What is most valuable?

The most important aspect of Amazon EKS is that it is easy to set up and very easy to upgrade. So we can focus on maintaining and deploying our microservice. It is also easy to scale and easy to monitor.

What needs improvement?

Amazon EKS provides very minimum information during the upgrade of the node group. When the upgrade doesn't work well, it doesn't give enough information for us to troubleshoot. So it would be great if Amazon EKS provided more information in such cases. 

Amazon EKS should enable some AIOps.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Amazon EKS for the past three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

As a Kubernetes-managed platform, it is pretty stable. You can stabilize the new version when it is available in AWS.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It is easy to set up, and the Amazon EKS control plane accommodates scaling.

How are customer service and support?

Whenever we experience any challenges, we always get a very fast response from AWS support. We are happy with the support provided so far.

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

We shifted to Amazon EKS because we faced some issues with our old system on OpenShift. OpenShift also has a high license price as compared to Amazon EKS.

How was the initial setup?

We had some challenges at the beginning. It took us a few weeks to get one cluster up. Later, we improved our approach by using Terraform to manage it. Now, we can set up many clusters within one or two hours. We use around 60 clusters now.

What about the implementation team?

We implemented it through our in-house team.

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

Amazon EKS is very cost-effective. I rate the pricing a ten on a scale of one to ten.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Other teams in the organization are trying to explore Google Kubernetes Engine. However, for our team, AWS is a lot easier. Our team might not move to other cloud providers because running Terraform is very useful for us.

What other advice do I have?

In the internal cluster, we have four hundred people working with Amazon EKS. We have a lot of customers running billions of transactions. Overall, I rate Amazon EKS 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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reviewer1975647 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Solutions Architect at a wholesaler/distributor with 10,001+ employees
Real User
An easily downloadable solution that enables containerization without relying on cloud infrastructure
Pros and Cons
  • "It has always helped me. It is the repository where we store our images...The microservices appear to be well-made, and I don't have any comments on them as I don't see any flaws."
  • "The goal and idea behind microservices are to always be available and capable of handling any load, no matter how many requests come through...All of these services are great, but I also think it would be useful to have the same technology available in a miniature resource size, enabling the same applications and services to run on a small machine."

What is our primary use case?

Amazon EKS is used in containerization, which means that you deploy any application and package it into its own miniature server. Then, store that application in an encapsulated form within a server which is an operating system, and keep it aside so that the repository recurses.

How has it helped my organization?

It has always helped me. It is the repository where we store our images.

What is most valuable?

It's a cluster service. So Amazon EKS is essentially a Kubernetes service, which is a product created by Google and is open-sourced, meaning it can be downloaded and installed on a server in a company's data center without needing the cloud for containerization or microservices. With Kubernetes, you can build and deploy microservice applications within a Kubernetes cluster. So, all your microservices will be running under Kubernetes within a cluster. Kubernetes is what that particular class of software is called, and we refer to it as an orchestration tool. It'll figure out and make sure that your microservice is always available. So, you can go and tell them before starting Kubernetes about the number of properties, files, or variables and issue commands to determine the instances of microservices available, including setting a minimum of one or two instances. To shut down a microservice, you can set the instances to zero. Essentially, Kubernetes allows an organization or anyone to have a cluster of microservices served without needing a cloud. Amazon AWS offers Kubernetes as a service because they found that many people are using Kubernetes.

What needs improvement?

The microservices appear to be well-made, and I don't have any comments on them as I don't see any flaws. Essentially, each microservice has a substantial ephemeral space available, providing gigabytes of storage. It would be helpful if this default storage allocation could be reduced to avoid the need for excessive resources when running microservices.

The goal and idea behind microservices are to always be available and capable of handling any load, no matter how many requests come through. At times, there might be millions of requests from people. All of these services are great, but I also think it would be useful to have the same technology available in a miniature resource size, enabling the same applications and services to run on a small machine. Increasing resources should enable microservices to handle the demands of the world. I would like to see the technology scale up to the point where individuals can run a service from home even with fewer resources.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Amazon EKS for about four years, and there is no specific version of the tool because it automatically gets updated. So, the latest version is always available.

What other advice do I have?

I personally prefer this solution to Amazon Fargate and would rate it an eight out of ten.

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Armando Becerril - PeerSpot reviewer
Partner / Head of Data & Analytics at Intelligence Software Consulting
Real User
Top 10
Scalable, stable, and a mature cloud computing technology
Pros and Cons
  • "What I found most valuable in Amazon EKS is its maturity as a cloud computing technology."
  • "An area for improvement in Amazon EKS is the user experience. The platform could be more user-friendly. Only an expert can manage and use it."

What is our primary use case?

I use Amazon EKS for telco event monitoring.

How has it helped my organization?

My company found Amazon EKS beneficial in terms of the scalability and stability of event monitoring.

What is most valuable?

What I found most valuable in Amazon EKS is its maturity as a cloud computing technology.

What needs improvement?

An area for improvement in Amazon EKS is the user experience. The platform could be more user-friendly. Only an expert can manage and use it.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using Amazon EKS for four years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability of Amazon EKS is a ten for me.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Scalability-wise, Amazon EKS is a ten. My team didn't have any problems scaling it.

How are customer service and support?

I had some issues with Amazon EKS. The technical support team found the problems difficult to solve at the time, so support-wise, it's a nine out of ten. Support is not perfect.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

I didn't do the initial setup for Amazon EKS, so I have no idea how easy or difficult it is.

What was our ROI?

I saw ROI from Amazon EKS.

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

Amazon EKS has fair pricing. It's better in terms of pricing than other platforms.

What other advice do I have?

I advise anyone planning to use Amazon EKS to do the training because it's initially tough to use the platform.

I rate Amazon EKS as nine out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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Tiezer Melo - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps Engineer at Out.Cloud
MSP
Provides an easy way to create clusters without having to manage the control plane separately
Pros and Cons
  • "It's the best option for medium or large enterprises."
  • "There is room for improvement in stability. I faced some problems with the App."

What is our primary use case?

It's a great service because we can do a lot of things using it. It's easy to create clusters and services in pods there.

So, the main purpose is to create clusters and services and define some pods there.

How has it helped my organization?

We reduced the cost by using one cluster instead of using different services and different virtual machines in a client. So, Amazon EKS helped our organization reduce costs. 

What is most valuable?

This is the way we can create a cluster because we don't need to pay attention to the control plane. We only need to deploy the services in the worker nodes and configure some configurations, easy configurations, and the cluster is done to be published.

Basically, AWS provides all features that we have prepared.

What needs improvement?

There is room for improvement in stability. I faced some problems with the App. The problem is actually the app, with the different teams fixing it.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this solution for 18 months. I work on different projects. Basically, we create a structure and per clients, and we move to another project. So we did different projects for how long of the year.

We are currently using version 1.24, but we are migrating to the latest version, which is 1.28.70.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I would rate the stability an eight out of ten. I faced some problems with the App. The problem is actually the app with the different teams fixing it, but I would say the Kubernetes - it's ten. The service is ten. But if everything is considered, it's eight.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I would rate the scalability a ten out of ten. It is perfect. Moreover, more than one hundred users have access per hour. 

We use this solution every day. Thus, we use the solution to its maximum potential. 

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

We did the research for Azure, but all the structure and other resources were applied in AWS, so we kept it in the same provider.

We also used a local structure, but we're at a short time. And the infrastructure had already been done. I only need to support the application. It's full.

How was the initial setup?

The thing that takes more time to be constructed with the code is minutes and hours to provide the EKS code, but with the structure is really fast.

Basically, it used the code. They used the TerraForm code because we work with ESA, and, basically, the most important part for us is the code.

What about the implementation team?

We used the help of a third party, like, the partners of Amazon. 

We required four people for the deployment process. However, the maintenance depends on the number of clusters and resources. So, two people are enough for the maintenance of the solution. 

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

I would rate the pricing model a seven out of ten, where one is cheap and ten is very expensive.

It was rather expensive; compared to GCP and Azure, it's a little more expensive. The price can be a problem for small-sized businesses. 

There are no additional costs to the standard license. 

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

So I work as a DevOps engineer. But basically, using TerraForm or other tools like that, I never worked with another provider as Google and Microsoft. So, basically, I use AWS. 

Actually, there are a lot of reports that I use every day. So we use tools related to that, like load balancers, ECRs, and EKS— so different resource things.

What other advice do I have?

It's a great service. Some services are more expensive compared to other providers. But in general, it's the best option for medium or large enterprises.

Overall, I would rate the solution 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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Yossi Shmulevitch - PeerSpot reviewer
Owner at SoftContact
Real User
Top 20
A powerful and compliant platform for Kubernetes that is also scalable
Pros and Cons
  • "The tool works well with the nodes in AWS. It's scalability is also good in terms of architecture."
  • "I am not impressed with the tool's Amazon console. It also needs to add security features."

What is our primary use case?

I have clients that run on Kubernetes engines. 

What is most valuable?

The tool works well with the nodes in AWS. It's scalability is also good in terms of architecture. 

What needs improvement?

I am not impressed with the tool's Amazon console. It also needs to add security features. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been working with the product for four years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I would rate the solution'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. 

How are customer service and support?

The tool's premium support is good. 

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

The solution's deployment gets completed in minutes. You need one DevOps engineer to maintain the solution. 

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

The solution is pricey. The tool's pricing is monthly. 

What other advice do I have?

I would rate the solution a ten out of ten. It is the best platform for Kubernetes. The tool is also compliant. You need a demo to get started with it. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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