# Kubernetes vs ZooKeeper Comparison | | Kubernetes | ZooKeeper | |---|---|---| | **Star Rating** | 4.6 out of 5 | 4.3 out of 5 | | **Total Reviews** | 158 | 99 | | **Largest Market Segment** | Enterprise (38.2% of reviews) | Enterprise (42.5% of reviews) | | **Entry Level Price** | No pricing available | No pricing available | --- ## Top Pros & Cons ### Kubernetes Pros: - Auto-scaling (6 reviews) - Auto-Scaling (5 reviews) Cons: - Learning Curve (9 reviews) - Difficult Learning (7 reviews) ### ZooKeeper **Not enough data** --- ## Ratings Comparison | Rating | Kubernetes | ZooKeeper | |---|---|---| | **Meets Requirements** | 9.2 (131 reviews) | 8.9 (68 reviews) | | **Ease of Use** | 7.9 (139 reviews) | 8.2 (69 reviews) | | **Ease of Setup** | 7.4 (93 reviews) | 8.3 (25 reviews) | | **Ease of Admin** | 8.0 (71 reviews) | 8.3 (24 reviews) | | **Quality of Support** | 8.4 (113 reviews) | 8.5 (55 reviews) | | **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?** | 8.9 (57 reviews) | 8.6 (19 reviews) | | **Product Direction (% positive)** | 9.7 (126 reviews) | 7.2 (67 reviews) | --- ## Pricing ### Kubernetes #### Entry-Level Pricing No pricing available #### Free Trial No information available ### ZooKeeper #### Entry-Level Pricing No pricing available #### Free Trial No information available --- ## Features Comparison By Category ### Container Management | Product | Score | Reviews | |---|---|---| | **Kubernetes** | 9.0/10 | 77 | | **ZooKeeper** | N/A | N/A | #### Management | Feature | Kubernetes | ZooKeeper | |---|---|---| | **Access Control** | 8.9 (71 reviews) | Not enough data | | **Network Isolation** | Feature Not Available | Not enough data | | **File Isolation** | Feature Not Available | Not enough data | #### Organization | Feature | Kubernetes | ZooKeeper | |---|---|---| | **Packaging ** | 9.1 (65 reviews) | Not enough data | | **Container Networking** | 9.1 (71 reviews) | Not enough data | | **Orchestration** | 9.6 (74 reviews) | Not enough data | #### Development | Feature | Kubernetes | ZooKeeper | |---|---|---| | **Developer Toolkit** | 8.7 (54 reviews) | Not enough data | | **Architecture** | 9.1 (70 reviews) | Not enough data | | **Datacenter** | 9.0 (55 reviews) | Not enough data | | **Virtualization** | 9.0 (57 reviews) | Not enough data | --- ## Categories **Unique to Kubernetes (2):** [Container Orchestration Tools](https://www.g2.com/categories/container-orchestration), [Container Management Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/container-management) **Unique to ZooKeeper (1):** [Service Discovery Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/service-discovery) --- ## Reviewer Demographics ### By Company Size | Segment | Kubernetes | ZooKeeper | |---|---|---| | **Small-Business** | 28.9% | 24.1% | | **Mid-Market** | 32.9% | 33.3% | | **Enterprise** | 38.2% | 42.5% | ### By Industry #### Kubernetes - **Computer Software:** 32.9% - **Information Technology and Services:** 21.1% - **Telecommunications:** 9.2% - **Financial Services:** 5.3% - **Banking:** 3.3% - **Internet:** 3.3% - **Computer & Network Security:** 2.6% - **Government Administration:** 2.6% - **Retail:** 2.0% - **Computer Networking:** 2.0% - **Other:** 15.8% #### ZooKeeper - **Computer Software:** 32.2% - **Information Technology and Services:** 13.8% - **Telecommunications:** 8.0% - **Retail:** 5.7% - **Higher Education:** 4.6% - **Banking:** 3.4% - **Computer & Network Security:** 3.4% - **Financial Services:** 3.4% - **Leisure, Travel & Tourism:** 3.4% - **Computer Networking:** 2.3% - **Other:** 19.5% --- ## Alternatives ### Alternatives to Kubernetes - [Red Hat OpenShift](https://www.g2.com/products/red-hat-red-hat-openshift/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (304 reviews) - [Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-elastic-container-service-amazon-ecs/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (283 reviews) - [Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)](https://www.g2.com/products/mirantis-kubernetes-engine-formerly-docker-enterprise/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (281 reviews) - [Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)](https://www.g2.com/products/google-kubernetes-engine-gke/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (260 reviews) - [Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-kubernetes-service-aks/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (116 reviews) - [Portainer](https://www.g2.com/products/portainer/reviews) — 4.8/5 stars (296 reviews) - [Google Cloud Run](https://www.g2.com/products/google-cloud-run/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (241 reviews) - [SUSE Rancher](https://www.g2.com/products/suse-rancher/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (122 reviews) - [Cloud Foundry](https://www.g2.com/products/cloud-foundry/reviews) — 4.0/5 stars (19 reviews) - [Apache Mesos](https://www.g2.com/products/apache-mesos/reviews) — 4.2/5 stars (16 reviews) ### Alternatives to ZooKeeper - [HashiCorp Consul](https://www.g2.com/products/hashicorp-consul/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (23 reviews) - [Eureka](https://www.g2.com/products/netflix-eureka/reviews) — 4.1/5 stars (14 reviews) - [Docker](https://www.g2.com/products/docker-inc-docker/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (298 reviews) - [Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)](https://www.g2.com/products/google-kubernetes-engine-gke/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (260 reviews) - [Traefik](https://www.g2.com/products/traefik/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (35 reviews) - [GRPC](https://www.g2.com/products/grpc/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (23 reviews) - [AWS Cloud Map](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-cloud-map/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (57 reviews) - [Hysterix](https://www.g2.com/products/hysterix/reviews) — 3.4/5 stars (15 reviews) - [SkyDNS](https://www.g2.com/products/skydns/reviews) — 4.0/5 stars (15 reviews) - [CoreDNS](https://www.g2.com/products/coredns/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (2 reviews) --- ## Top Discussions ### Kubernetes - Title: [What does Kubernetes do?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-does-kubernetes-do) — 1 comment > **Top comment:** "Container orchestration and container management. You can also configure properties on the basis of which scaling of pods will be done. It makes your..." - Title: [What are the main features of Kubernetes?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-are-the-main-features-of-kubernetes) — 1 comment > **Top comment:** "- Container orchestration utilising available hardware or VMs, thus decreasing costs - High Availability within a data center / availability zone - Ability..." ### ZooKeeper - Title: [Does Kafka still need ZooKeeper?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/does-kafka-still-need-zookeeper) — 1 comment > **Top comment:** "Zookeeper is required for running Kafka for the current version (3.2.3) and previous versions. However, Kafka is planning to work independently of Zookeeper..." - Title: [Can zookeeper be used as database.](https://www.g2.com/discussions/25552-can-zookeeper-be-used-as-database) — 1 comment, 1 upvote > **Top comment:** "Zookeeper is a unit where the information regarding configuration, naming and group services are stored. It is a centralized unit and using these..." --- **Source:** [G2.com](https://www.g2.com) | [Comparison Page](https://www.g2.com/compare/kubernetes-vs-zookeeper)