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At a Glance
AWS CloudFormation
AWS CloudFormation
Star Rating
(205)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (41.9% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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Kubernetes
Kubernetes
Star Rating
(145)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (39.3% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Kubernetes

AWS CloudFormation vs Kubernetes

When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found AWS CloudFormation easier to use, set up, and administer. However, reviewers preferred doing business with Kubernetes overall.

  • Reviewers felt that Kubernetes meets the needs of their business better than AWS CloudFormation.
  • When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that AWS CloudFormation is the preferred option.
  • For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Kubernetes over AWS CloudFormation.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
AWS CloudFormation
No pricing available
Kubernetes
No pricing available
Free Trial
AWS CloudFormation
No trial information available
Kubernetes
No trial information available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.6
150
9.2
120
Ease of Use
8.0
152
7.9
128
Ease of Setup
8.3
87
7.3
82
Ease of Admin
8.3
77
8.0
70
Quality of Support
8.6
144
8.4
102
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.7
72
8.9
56
Product Direction (% positive)
9.2
149
9.7
116
Features by Category
Cloud Infrastructure AutomationHide 11 FeaturesShow 11 Features
8.6
78
Not enough data
Administration
8.8
67
Not enough data
8.7
61
Not enough data
8.5
67
Not enough data
9.0
67
Not enough data
Automation
8.2
59
Not enough data
8.3
59
Not enough data
8.4
60
Not enough data
8.8
64
Not enough data
IT Management
8.4
64
Not enough data
9.1
67
Not enough data
8.3
60
Not enough data
Not enough data
9.0
68
Management
Not enough data
8.8
64
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Organization
Not enough data
9.1
61
Not enough data
9.0
65
Not enough data
9.6
66
Development
Not enough data
8.7
52
Not enough data
9.1
65
Not enough data
9.0
52
Not enough data
9.1
55
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
AWS CloudFormation
AWS CloudFormation
Kubernetes
Kubernetes
AWS CloudFormation and Kubernetes share no categories
Unique Categories
AWS CloudFormation
AWS CloudFormation is categorized as Cloud Infrastructure Automation
Kubernetes
Kubernetes is categorized as Container Orchestration and Container Management
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
AWS CloudFormation
AWS CloudFormation
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
16.2%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
41.9%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
41.9%
Kubernetes
Kubernetes
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
27.9%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
32.9%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
39.3%
Reviewers' Industry
AWS CloudFormation
AWS CloudFormation
Information Technology and Services
26.8%
Computer Software
24.6%
Computer & Network Security
5.0%
Financial Services
3.9%
Internet
2.8%
Other
36.9%
Kubernetes
Kubernetes
Computer Software
32.6%
Information Technology and Services
20.6%
Telecommunications
9.9%
Financial Services
5.0%
Internet
3.5%
Other
28.4%
Alternatives
AWS CloudFormation
AWS CloudFormation Alternatives
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform
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Google Cloud Deployment Manager
Google Cloud Deployment Manager
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Azure Automation
Azure Automation
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Progress Chef
Progress Chef
Add Progress Chef
Kubernetes
Kubernetes Alternatives
Red Hat OpenShift
Red Hat OpenShift
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Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)
Mirantis
Add Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
Add Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
Kubernetes Engine
Add Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
Discussions
AWS CloudFormation
AWS CloudFormation Discussions
Monty the Mongoose crying
AWS CloudFormation has no discussions with answers
Kubernetes
Kubernetes Discussions
What are the main features of Kubernetes?
1 Comment
Yiorgos [George] A.
YA
- Container orchestration utilising available hardware or VMs, thus decreasing costs - High Availability within a data center / availability zone - Ability...Read more
What does Kubernetes do?
1 Comment
Mohit G.
MG
Container orchestration and container management. You can also configure properties on the basis of which scaling of pods will be done. It makes your...Read more
Monty the Mongoose crying
Kubernetes has no more discussions with answers