What is Kubernetes (K8s)?
Kubernetes is a portable, extensible open-source platform for managing containerized workloads and services, that facilitates both declarative configuration and automation. It has a large, rapidly growing ecosystem. Kubernetes services, support, and tools are widely available.
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92 Likeliness to Recommend
100 Plan to Renew
92 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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+91 Net Emotional Footprint
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How much do users love Kubernetes (K8s)?
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Enables Productivity
- Unique Features
- Includes Product Enhancements
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Kubernetes (K8s) Reviews
Ajibade A.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted May 2025
Robust Orchestration Tool for Modern DevOps Teams
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Kubernetes (K8s) from other similar products?
Kubernetes is the most widely adopted container orchestration platform, offering scalability, self-healing, and flexibility. It supports a declarative configuration model and automates deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications backed by a strong open-source ecosystem and cloud-agnostic design.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
The automated scaling and self-healing capabilities are incredibly powerful, allowing applications to stay resilient and responsive with minimal manual intervention.
What do you dislike most about this product?
The initial complexity and steep learning curve can be challenging, especially for teams new to container orchestration or infrastructure management.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Start small with managed Kubernetes services (like GKE, AKS, or EKS) to reduce overhead. Focus on learning the core concepts (pods, services, deployments), and use tools like Helm for easier app management. Plan for monitoring and security early in your adoption.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
Tushar P.
- Role: Consultant
- Industry: Banking
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Sep 2024
Kubernetes: Heart of container orchestration
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Kubernetes (K8s) from other similar products?
Kubetnetes major differentiation, that it is Open-Source and Vendor-Neutral
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
My favorite aspect of Kubernetes is its scalability and automation. Kubernetes excels at automatically scaling applications up or down based on demand, efficiently distributing workloads across clusters. Its self-healing capabilities (like automatically restarting failed containers, replacing or rescheduling them) ensure high availability and reliability.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Nothing specific
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
I would recommend Kubernetes to end users who are looking for a powerful, flexible, and scalable platform for managing containerized applications.
Pros
- Performance Enhancing
- Helps Innovate
- Saves Time
- Security Protects
Akash S.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Engineering
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Nov 2023
Fantastic product!
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Kubernetes (K8s) from other similar products?
the ease of implementation and support of CRD
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
A lot of resources available to learn about the product
What do you dislike most about this product?
Nothing as such
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Initially it would be cumbersome but after sometime you'll love it
Pros
- Unique Features
- Effective Service
- Client Friendly Policies
- Appreciates Incumbent Status