--- title: Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) Reviews meta\_title: 'Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 110 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.5 review\_count: 110 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: Containerization url: https://www.g2.com/categories/containerization --- # Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) but has limited features. Are you part of the Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) team? [Upgrade your plan](https://sell.g2.com) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! Amazon Elastic Container Service for Kubernetes (Amazon EKS) makes it easy to deploy, manage, and scale containerized applications using Kubernetes on AWS. Amazon EKS runs the Kubernetes management infrastructure for you across multiple AWS availability zones to eliminate a single point of failure. Amazon EKS is certified Kubernetes conformant so you can use existing tooling and plugins from partners and the Kubernetes community. Applications running on any standard Kubernetes environment are fully compatible and can be easily migrated to Amazon EKS. * * * Seller [Amazon Web Services (AWS)](https://www.g2.com/sellers/amazon-web-services-aws-3e93cc28-2e9b-4961-b258-c6ce0feec7dd) Discussions [Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) Community](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-elastic-kubernetes-service-amazon-eks/discuss) Solution Type Best-of-Breed Overview by John Miranda (Digital Marketing Specialist at Amazon Web Services) Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Time to Implement 3 months ### Return on Investment 14 months [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-elastic-kubernetes-service-amazon-eks/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Red Hat OpenShift](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Red Hat OpenShift") Red Hat OpenShift 4.5/5(306) ](https://www.g2.com/products/red-hat-red-hat-openshift/reviews) [ ![Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)") Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) 4.4/5(116) ](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-kubernetes-service-aks/reviews) [ ![Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Container Engine for Kubernetes](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Container Engine for Kubernetes") Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Container Engine for Kubernetes 3.8/5(10) ](https://www.g2.com/products/oracle-cloud-infrastructure-container-engine-for-kubernetes/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-elastic-kubernetes-service-amazon-eks/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 110 real user reviews. 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Their Serverless capabilities. Timely upgrades. Less downtime. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)? Pricing for the master node, which is more expensive than their competitor. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) solving and how is that benefiting you? Amazon AKS manages my Kubernetes infrastructure, I just need to focus on my application logic. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite AG Arunraj G. Chief Architect Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 12/7/2021 "Nice Kubernetes service" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)? Scaling is very simple and the User Interface gives excellent options to decide what is we look for and also customization on various levels. Its so nice with AWS interface and High availability, entirely managed service. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)? Connecting to the EKS is sometimes challenging and adding every user is little complex. Initial setup is very tough which needs lot of expertize sometimes or read through manual Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) solving and how is that benefiting you? Infrastructure is the key which are been solved. Also monitoring and security is one of the key which solves many of my problems. Launching of the cluster is simple and easy Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Verified User in Computer Software](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer Software") AC Verified User in Computer Software Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 1/18/2022 "Elastic Kubernetes Service Review" 4/5 What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)? 1. Fully managed service in the AWS environment 2. AWS Farget support is available so easy to scale at minimum cost 3. Easy to integrate with AWS services and development tools Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)? 1. Master node management is paid unlike other Kubernetes service providers 2. Cluster creation takes too much time as compared to other providers 3. Limited control over cluster from the Dashboard Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) solving and how is that benefiting you? We are running some of our dev, staging, and prod services in the AWS environment. Recently we shifted from ECS to EKS as we were looking for Kubernetes in the AWS environment. EKS checked all the requirements in our checklist, but it's a bit costly as compared to other providers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Shiva Reddy R.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Shiva Reddy R.") SR Shiva Reddy R. System Engineer Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 1/16/2022 "EKS is the best platform to deploy the applications for onboarding" 5/5 What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)? We can deploy the applications and track the logs for services. Easily we can access the application from external sites Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)? Nodes will not update automatically. Node imbalance for node pool spans. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) solving and how is that benefiting you? Deploying the application to EKS and storing the data pipelines to preprocess the data by using kubeflow application Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Seller invite ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services") UI Verified User in Information Technology and Services Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 8/31/2021 "EKS : Kubernetes the Amazon Way" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)? High availability, entirely managed service, and a host of network and security options given by AWS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)? We do not have complete control over the master node or the control plane of Kubernetes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS): If you are starting with Kubernetes, EKS is a great place to start. It provides a host of services like load balancing, network customizations, security, and much more, along with container orchestration. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) solving and how is that benefiting you? Infrastructure management, autoscaling, and monitoring would be the top three problems that EKS solves. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services") AI Verified User in Information Technology and Services Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 5/25/2021 "EKS - Best K8s Management" 5/5 What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)? Setup is completed within 5–10 minutes Fully automated cluster management by AWS EKS makes master management easy EKS nodes are more customizable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)? aws-iam-authenticator for every user adding and customizing node is complex. Node updates are not automatic Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) solving and how is that benefiting you? Cluster launch is ease and doesn't need more efforts Terraform integrate works nicely for EKS cluster launch Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![MATTHEW P.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "MATTHEW P.") MP MATTHEW P. Devops Engineer Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 8/26/2019 "Cloud Kubernetes using the same AWS tools you know and love" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)? I really enjoy the level of integration that Amazon has done to make EKS such a great tool to the lineup of services already offered. The network connections make every pod feel like their own micro ec2 instance, and can be managed as such. There are even tasks in the works to allow specific IAM roles assigned to each service/pod, which will narrow the level of attack to a minuscule level. Each pod then can only access what is needed, and the cluster as a whole becomes much safer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)? On the flip side of full integration with AWS, it does make trying to pivot between Kubnertes designs that much more challenging. It does make you almost need to design around AWS services, so as much as EKS is considered a certified kubernetes, some of the choices that are the easiest do lock you in to AWS only. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS): If you are looking for a way to deploy Kubernetes onto AWS, you should look into EKS. It offers all that Kubernetes does, and also expands on it by fully integrating with AWS services. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) solving and how is that benefiting you? We are using EKS to migrate from a typical monolithic application to a containerized, scalable application deployed solely on Kubernetes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Civic & Social Organization](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Civic & Social Organization") UC Verified User in Civic & Social Organization Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 10/10/2019 "Containers as a service" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)? This platform permits to have containers-as-a-service in an easily and really inexpensive way. The application permits to pay per use and to avoid unnecessary charges on the account Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)? The platform is quite difficult to be used by non-tecnical people, but the support is really effective and effcient. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS): Try to use services that are not self-provided, such as virtual servers and others. With those services you can save money. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) solving and how is that benefiting you? Distribution in a large scale of software containerized in docker images. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Computer Software](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer Software") AC Verified User in Computer Software Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 10/25/2019 "Initial adoption is tough but further use and support is top-notch" 4/5 What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)? The fact that it's managed by the AWS Team, brings with itself a considerable amount of trust and reliance. Can use the AWS Console to view all our pods, services and Ingress Routers etc. Clear Documentation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)? Requires teams to go through rigorous reading and learning for initial setup! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS): Definitely try AWS EKS for its Support and AWS environment on a whole Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) solving and how is that benefiting you? Micro-services Deployment and Management Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services") UI Verified User in Information Technology and Services Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 10/15/2019 Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores. "dta Driven machine learning stufio" 4/5 What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)? best GPU support with best tech stack integration support Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)? sometimes scalability with multiple tenacy becomes problem Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) solving and how is that benefiting you? Banking and fintechs anti money laundering for different transaction monitoring systems Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 Gives Campaign ## Questions about Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. 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