G2

Atharva P.

Cloud BI Engineer

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

7/18/2026

"Amazon EKS: Managed Kubernetes with Seamless AWS Integration"

4.5/5

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

What I like most about Amazon EKS is how it removes much of the operational burden of running Kubernetes while still preserving the flexibility and portability of upstream Kubernetes. With AWS managing the control plane, high availability, and upgrades, teams can spend their time deploying and operating applications instead of maintaining the underlying Kubernetes infrastructure.

I also appreciate the seamless integration with other AWS services such as IAM, VPC, Load Balancers, CloudWatch, Auto Scaling, and ECR. That tight integration makes EKS a strong platform for running production-grade, containerized workloads. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Although AWS manages the Kubernetes control plane, Kubernetes still comes with a significant learning curve. Areas like networking, RBAC, ingress controllers, storage classes, and cluster upgrades often require experienced administrators to handle properly. Costs can also add up quickly, especially for larger production clusters. 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 EKS helps address container orchestration and application scalability challenges.

Example:

We deployed multiple microservices on EKS using Horizontal Pod Autoscaling and the AWS Load Balancer Controller. When traffic spiked, Kubernetes automatically scaled the application pods, while the Cluster Autoscaler provisioned additional worker nodes as needed. Rolling deployments helped ensure zero downtime, and any unhealthy pods were automatically replaced.

Overall, this improved application availability, made deployments easier to manage, and reduced the effort required for infrastructure management. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.