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Time to Implement

3 months

Return on Investment

15 months

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Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) Reviews (103)

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Users consistently praise the ease of use and seamless integration with other AWS services, which simplifies Kubernetes management and reduces operational overhead. The fully managed nature of Amazon EKS allows teams to focus on application development rather than infrastructure concerns. However, some users note that the service can be costly for smaller workloads.

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Diogo L.
DL
Head of DevOps
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Effortless Kubernetes Management with EKS"
What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)?

I like how Amazon EKS is easy to set up and fully integrated into the AWS cloud and services ecosystem. Lots of good tweaks on how it integrates with other services, and I find the AWS CLI quite good. The AWS CLI makes it easy to manage EKS, reducing the operational burden. Integration with IAM is especially great, allowing for a proper zero trust environment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)?

I feel that the UI does not properly reflect node groups when they are managed by Karpenter. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Insurance
AI
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Amazon EKS:managed k8s orchestrator service that's easy to set up, user-friendly and cost-effective"
What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)?

AWS EKS makes k8s easy to implement , setup , configurate,integrate and manage with quite low cost Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)?

Upgrading the aws eks cluster version has become nighmare as there are atleast 2-3 updates in a year which need to be upgraded . If the aws comes up with a service/feature which takes care of these upgrade so that it can save a lot of time for us Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
UC
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Fully Managed EKS with High Availability and Reliable AWS Infrastructure"
What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)?

The best think about EKS is the fully managed kubernets control plane reducing operational overhead and most importantly the high availability and reliability of aws infrastructure Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)?

I always wanted aws eks to be lesser complex personally but yeah it's complex due to the enormous features and controls it offers but console can me made easier to use Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Dasaradha V.
DV
Software Engineering Specialist
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Effortless Kubernetes Management with Seamless AWS Integration"
What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)?

Fully managed kubernates

Ease of implementation with native AWS integration

Flexible compute options

HPA provides scalability

Reduced operational overhead and ease of use Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)?

Additional costs for load balancer

learning required compare to ECS Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Vivekkumar P.
VP
DevOps Engineer
Computer Software
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"AWS review by DevOps Engineer"
What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)?

AWS is the leading cloud provider in the market having the highest share. I find it easy to use their service because they have a good documentation on various services available on the platform.

So when you are developing a new feature, it's easy to refer and implement it in your product. Which makes integration very smooth. I use it daily in my job for various features that it provides.

It also has a good customer care support if we need to ask any queries Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)?

It can be a little costly sometimes. It may not be very beginner friendly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

KK
System administrator - L1
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Amazon EKS"
What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)?

Amazon EKS makes running Kubernetes easy by handling setup, scaling, security, and updates, so you can focus on your apps Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)?

Amazon EKS can be complex to configure, and costs can add up, especially when scaling or using additional services. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jyothi Koushik P.
JP
Visiting Scholar
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"My Review - Elastic Kubernetes Service"
What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)?

Elastic Kubernetes Service offers a lot of flexibility by automatically setting up clusters (Master Node and Worker nodes), Taking care of scaling, backup, networking, and Authentication (IAM), and ensuring deployment across various Availability Zones and Regions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)?

I felt that the cluster cost is a little high for large-scale applications. Nevertheless, we can manage it effectively through financial operations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Bikash s.
BS
DevOps Engineer
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Kubernetes Management with Amazon EKS"
What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)?

It efficiently manages Docker containers and provides high availability. Additionally, since most Kubernetes components are managed by AWS, we don’t need to handle version upgrades. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)?

The implementation is a bit complex, as it requires prior Kubernetes experience to manage the cluster, and the pricing is slightly high. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

CP
Fullstack Developer
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Amazon EKS: place to run your container and orchestration"
What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)?

The Amazon Elastic kubernetes service provides an best cluster envoirnments for our containerised applications, great scaling features and auto pod creation helps for high availability of an application. also i personally loved the option of auto-upgrading the cluster. east to impliment and configure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)?

Amazon EKS can give more guides about setup of security group and rule allocation, sometimes because of wrong resource allocation it causes problem in intializing cluster, it should have proper logs so that user will be able to trobleshoot easily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Hanumantha Rao B.
HB
Senior Site Reliability Engineer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Amazing EKS"
What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)?

Managed kubernetes are always the best when you are dealing with production environment.

When an outage occurs you clearly know that its nothing to do with EKS core. Unlike if you host kubernetes inhouse you ahve to think of 1000 places where it might go wrong. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)?

It would have been great if amazon would have provided an IDE to look at the cluster. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Pricing Insights

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Time to Implement

3 months

Return on Investment

15 months

Average Discount

9%

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