Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) vs Google Kubernetes Engine
Head-to-head comparison · Compute
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Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Microsoft Azure
AKS is Microsoft’s managed Kubernetes offering, handling the control plane so you can deploy and scale containerized applications without managing master nodes. It focuses on secure cluster operations and fast delivery f…
CATEGORY
Compute
PRICING
Pay-as-you-go
FREE TIER
None
TIER
pay-as-you-go
GO
Google Kubernetes Engine
Google Cloud Platform
GKE is a managed Kubernetes platform that handles cluster operations, offering the full Kubernetes API alongside 4-way autoscaling and multi-cluster capabilities. It supports various release channels to manage version st…
CATEGORY
Compute
PRICING
Pay-as-you-go
FREE TIER
None
TIER
pay-as-you-go
Pricing Tiers
AZURE KUBERNETES SERVICE (AKS)
On-Demand
$0.0122/hour
On-Demand
$0.6000/hour
On-Demand
$0.0500/hour
GOOGLE KUBERNETES ENGINE
Autopilot Memory
$0.00393/GB/hour
Autopilot Storage
$50.00/1M GB/hours
Autopilot vCPU
$0.0358/vCPU/hour
Free Tier
Free/month
Standard Cluster
$0.1000/hour