Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) vs Google Kubernetes Engine vs Kubernetes vs Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Compare Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) vs Google Kubernetes Engine vs Kubernetes vs Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) — features, pricing, and free tier across 4 cloud providers.
Provider
AWS
Google Cloud Platform
Linode (Akamai)
Microsoft Azure
Category
Compute
Compute
Compute
Compute
Pricing
See pricing page
Pay-as-you-go
Pay-as-you-go
Pay-as-you-go
Free Tier
Free Tier Details
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Scoring
Overall Leader: Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)
Google Kubernetes Engine
Kubernetes
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Features
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) leads in features with a score of 60 vs 32
Pricing
Google Kubernetes Engine
Google Kubernetes Engine leads in pricing with a score of 80 vs 70
Reliability
Tied
Kubernetes and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) are tied in reliability
Community
Tied
Google Kubernetes Engine and Kubernetes are tied in community
Ecosystem
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) leads in ecosystem with a score of 93 vs 90
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) leads overall with a score of 66/100. It excels in features and ecosystem. Google Kubernetes Engine (60/100) is stronger in pricing.