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HPE Ezmeral Container Platform vs Kubernetes comparison

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Categories and Ranking

HPE Ezmeral Container Platform
Ranking in Container Management
19th
Average Rating
7.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.7
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Kubernetes
Ranking in Container Management
3rd
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
82
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Container Management category, the mindshare of HPE Ezmeral Container Platform is 2.5%, up from 1.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Kubernetes is 10.0%, up from 5.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Container Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Kubernetes10.0%
HPE Ezmeral Container Platform2.5%
Other87.5%
Container Management
 

Featured Reviews

CC
Pre-Sale at Yip Intsoi
Effective cost management achieved with robust storage features but user experience and data management require improvements
HPE Ezmeral Container Platform is not user-friendly and has many parts that are more difficult than Cloudera. It is also a complex solution and has low features for data management. For example, it cannot make a data catalog or process data lineage without third-party support, which increases the cost for development.
RV
DevOps Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Automated deployments and self-healing have transformed how I run reliable chat services
For improvements, I would definitely suggest some enhancements to Kubernetes. While Kubernetes is very powerful, there are still a few areas where it could be improved. Our challenge is the learning curve and operational complexity. For new team members, concepts such as networking, RBAC, Ingress, and troubleshooting distributed systems can take time to understand. Better built-in onboarding tools or simplified abstractions would help. Another pain point is debugging and observability. While kubectl provides good basic visibility, deep debugging across multiple services, pods, and nodes often requires external tooling such as Prometheus, Grafana, or centralized logging. Stronger native observability features would be very helpful. Networking and Ingress configuration can also be complex, especially when dealing with certificates, routing rules, and cloud-specific integrations. A more standardized experience across environments could reduce operational overhead. From a cost perspective, managing and optimizing resource usage at scale still requires careful monitoring and tuning. Better built-in cost visibility would be very helpful. For the needed improvements, I think that covers most of my main concerns. The biggest areas for improvement are still around simplifying operations, better native observability, and easier cost visibility. If I had to add one more point, it would be around standardization and developer experience. Sometimes different clusters, cloud providers, or tooling setups behave slightly differently, which increases maintenance efforts. More consistent defaults and opinionated best practices could help teams adopt Kubernetes faster and with fewer surprises. Overall, despite these challenges, Kubernetes is a very mature and reliable platform, and the benefits clearly outweigh the limitations for most production use cases. An additional area that could be improved is upgrade and version management. While managed services help coordinate Kubernetes version upgrades, API deprecations and compatibility with add-ons can still be time-consuming and risky for production environments. Better tooling and clearer migration automation would make upgrades safer and easier. Another improvement could be around documentation, consistency, and discoverability. Kubernetes documentation is very comprehensive, but for beginners, it can sometimes be overwhelming to navigate and identify best practice paths.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The stability of the HPE Ezmeral Container Platform is good, and I rate it an eight out of ten."
"If customers focus on primary apps or if they are using them for data science, this is a good solution."
"Scalability is the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature of Kubernetes is the integration with other solutions, such as Formative and Grafana."
"Provides auto rollback and scale-up and scale-down functionalities."
"The product is highly scalable."
"The performance is good."
"In this particular deployment, we've had the solution running for a little bit less than a year, and we have had zero stability issues."
"I recommend the solution to others."
"The solution is extremely scalable; it also works for businesses of any size, from small to large."
 

Cons

"If a customer is focused on process automation or API usage, I would not recommend this solution, but it is good to use for Data Science."
"HPE Ezmeral Container Platform is not user-friendly and has many parts that are more difficult than Cloudera. It is also a complex solution and has low features for data management."
"The modernization in Ezmeral could be improved."
"The initial setup of Kubernetes is difficult. However, if you are used to the flow then it is easier. The length of time it takes for the implementation depends on the project."
"The solution does not work with third-party tools, or alternative cloud providers, which limits the extent that we can utilize it to."
"The plugins could be better. That is one pain point we had, and we had to get in with many other open standards, like Calico networking and more."
"The major setback of the product is the technical support."
"Kubernetes has a fairly steep learning curve. Concepts including networking, RBAC, Ingress, storage, controllers, and troubleshooting can be very difficult for beginners."
"The Kubernetes dashboard can be improved. It is currently a mess."
"The tool needs to improve its UI. The tool is very complex and basic."
"The platform could be more convenient to use."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"In addition to Kubernetes, you have to pay for support."
"Kubernetes is open-source."
"Kubernetes is open source. But we have to manage Kubernetes as a team, and the overhead is a bit high. Compared with the platforms like Cloud Foundry, which has a much less operational overhead. Kubernetes, I have to manage the code, and I have to hire the developers. If someone has a product, a developer should know exactly what he's writing or high availability, and all those things may differ the costs."
"Microsoft provides reasonable costs for Kubernetes."
"Kubernetes is an open-source solution that can be free. We have some distribution with licenses, such OpenShift and Tucows in Amazon. They are billing services."
"The solution requires a license to use it."
"If you're using a public cloud, the cost depends on the number of nodes you are planning to deploy Kubernetes on."
"The solution is affordable."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
14%
Manufacturing Company
14%
Computer Software Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Construction Company
10%
Computer Software Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business27
Midsize Enterprise10
Large Enterprise50
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with HPE Ezmeral Container Platform?
HPE Ezmeral Container Platform is not user-friendly and has many parts that are more difficult than Cloudera. It is also a complex solution and has low features for data management. For example, it...
What is your primary use case for HPE Ezmeral Container Platform?
We want to replace the existing Cloudera data lake with HPE Ezmeral Container Platform ( /products/hpe-ezmeral-container-platform-reviews ).
What advice do you have for others considering HPE Ezmeral Container Platform?
I rate the HPE Ezmeral Container Platform seven out of ten because it has strong features for storage but lacks certain data management functionalities, requiring additional investments for third-p...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Kubernetes?
My experience with the pricing, setup cost, and licensing of Kubernetes is that it is well-priced, and the features it offers are very good, making the price worth it.
What needs improvement with Kubernetes?
Kubernetes has a fairly steep learning curve. Concepts including networking, RBAC, Ingress, storage, controllers, and troubleshooting can be very difficult for beginners. Better built-in diagnostic...
What is your primary use case for Kubernetes?
In our organization, we primarily use Kubernetes for running and managing containerized applications in production environments. I use it for deploying microservices, service discovery, scaling app...
 

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