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Comparison of Kubernetes managed services

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ProductGoogle Kubernetes Engine (GKE)Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service (IKS)OVHcloud Managed Kubernetes Service (MKS)Scaleway Kapsule
1. General info
Linkhttps://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-enginehttps://aws.amazon.com/eks/https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/kubernetes-service/https://www.ibm.com/cloud/container-service/https://www.ovhcloud.com/en-gb/public-cloud/kuberneteshttps://www.scaleway.com/en/kubernetes-kapsule/
Release NotesGKE release notesAmazon EKS Kubernetes versionshttps://github.com/Azure/AKS/releasesKubernetes version informationhttps://github.com/ovh/public-cloud-roadmap/projects/1Kubernetes version support policy

2. Supported versions

1.28
1.27✔️✔️✔️✔️✖︎✔️
1.26✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️
1.25✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️
1.24✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️
1.23Comparison of Kubernetes managed services✔️✔️✖︎✖︎✖︎✖︎

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How to contribute:

3. QuotasLeave a comment or drop us a line at research@learnk8s.io
Max number of clusters per region50/zone + 50 regional clusters100 (can be increased on request)1000 (maximum number of clusters per account)10020 (can be increased on request)Unlimited
Max nodes per clusterLicense:15000135001000500100500
Max nodes per node poolApache 2.01000450100500100500
Max node poolsLast updated:No documented3010500100500
Max pods per NodeJune 18, 2023256250250250100110 per default (configurable per pool)
Max pods per cluster150,000Not documentedNot documentedNot documentedNot documentedNot documented
Max containers per cluster300,000Not documentedNot documentedNot documentedNot documentedNot documented

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4. Pricehttps://learnk8s.io/research
Control plane10 cents per hour per control plane10 cents per hour per control planeDefault - Free Uptime SLA-10 cents per cluster per hourFreeFreeFree

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5. Upgrades and maintainance

Control plane upgradesAutomatic + ManualAutomatic + ManualAutomatic + ManualPatch upgrades - Automatic Major/Minor upgrades - ManualAutomatic + ManualAutomatic + Manual
Worker nodes upgradesAutomatic + ManualAutomatic + ManualAutomatic + ManualManualAutomatic + ManualAutomatic + Manual

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6. Nodes

Operating systemContainer Optimised OS, Ubuntu, Windows ServerAmazon Linux 2 Ubuntu Bottlerocket WindowsUbuntu Windows ServerUbuntuUbuntuUbuntu 20.04
Container runtimeContainerd (default from 1.19) Docker (deprecated)DockerContainerd (from 1.19) Docker (before 1.19)containerdContainerdDocker, containerd, CRI-O
Serverless containersGKE AutopilotAWS FargateAzure Virtual Nodes✖︎✖︎In Beta state
Managed nodes✔️✔️✖︎✖︎✔️✔️
SandboxgVisorNot availableNot availableNot availableSmall D2-4 and D2-8 VMsgVisor, Kata Containers
Bare metal nodes support✖︎✖︎✖︎✔️In private preview / To be released✖︎
GPU nodes✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️
TPU nodes✔️✖︎✖︎✖︎✖︎✖︎
Node Auto-repair✔️✖︎✔️✔️✔️✔️
Custom Kubelet arguments✔️✔️✔️Not documented✔️✔️

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7. Networking

Container NetworkingNative GKE CNI, Cilium, CalicoAmazon VPC CNI (official support) Cilium, Calico, Weave Net, AntreaKubenet, Azure CNICalicoCalicoCilium, Calico, WeaveNet, Flannel
Multi-cluster networking✔️✖︎✖︎✖︎Possible via vRack✖︎
Service meshAnthos, Istio (Beta)AWS AppMesh, IstioIstio, Linkered, ConsulIstioSelf managed✖︎
L4 load balancing✔️✔️✔️Classic and VPC clusters✔️✔️
L7 load balancing✔️✔️✖︎VPC Clusters only✔️Nginx, Traefik
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8. Autoscaling

Cluster Autoscaling✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️
Autoscaling ProfileBalanced, Optimize UtilizationBalanced, Optimize UtilizationBalanced, Optimize Utilization✖︎✖︎Cluster Autoscaler options
Vertical Pod Autoscaling✔️✔️✖︎✖︎✔️✔️
Horizontal Pod Autoscaling✔️✔️✔️✖︎✔️✔️
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9.Security

SecretsEncrypted at rest with Cloud KMSEncrypted at rest with AWS KMSEncrypted at rest with Azure KMS (KeyVault)Encrypted at rest with IBM Key ProtectKubernetes SecretsKubernetes Secrets

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