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Google GKEAmazon EKSMicrosoft AKSIBM IKSNotes
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Year started (GA)2014201820172017Google has a 3 year lead on everyone else and it shows!
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Kubernetes GA Versions1.3, 1.29, 1.27, 1.29, 1.291.29, 1.28, 1.271.26, 1.27*, 1.28, 1.29, 1.3, • Azure Policy 1.3.0, Upgrades from N-3 to a supported version, Platform (Azure) availability, Node pool scaling, VM availability, Storage, Networking related issues, Start/stop, Rotate certificates, Infrastructure SLA, Control Plane SLA, Platform (AKS) SLA, Kubernetes components (including Add-ons), Component updates, Component hotfixes, Applying bug fixes, Applying security patches, Kubernetes API support, Cluster or node pool creation, Node pool snapshot, Node image upgrade..Those are automatically scraped from specific URL's which you can find in the corresponding comment.
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Regions SupportedWorldwideWorldwideWorldwideWorldwideMicrosoft is missing some regions like South America
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Managed Control PlaneYesYesYesYes
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Control Plane HAMulti AZMulti AZNoMulti AZNo control plane HA on AKS is quite bad
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Cluster Create Time3 minutes9 mins15 mins15 mins
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Dynamic Admission ControlYesYesYesYesImportant for features like Istio sidecar injection
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Multiple Node PoolsYesYesYesYes
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SLA99.95 (regional), 99.5 (zonal)99.9599.95(AzureAZ), 99.999.99(MZRs), 99.90(SingleZone)
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Price10 cents per hour per master20 cents per hour per masterFreeFreeGKE is overall cheapest
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CompliancePCI DSS, ISO, SOC, HIPAAHIPAA, PCI, PCI DSS, ISOPCI DSS, ISO, SOC, HIPAACSA, PCI, ISO, SOC, CJIS, DoD DISA, FedRAMP, FFIEC, FISMA, ITAR, FFIEC, HIPAA, HITRUST
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Kubernetes MarketplaceYesYesYesNo
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IntegrationsGCP EcosystemAWS EcosystemAzure EcosystemIBM Ecosystem
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Dev UXGoodOKBadOKAny developer would choose GKE if they trialled all three
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On-Premises VersionYes (Anthos On-Prem) YesYesNo
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Managed Worker NodesYesYesYesYesEKS workers are setup with Cloudformation or Terraform
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Worker Node HAMulti AZMulti AZMulti AZMulti AZ
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Worker Node Live MigrationYesNoNoYes
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Worker Node Container Runtime SupportDocker, ContainerdDockerDockerContainerd
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Worker Node Windows Container SupportYesYesYesNo
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Worker Node GPU SupportYesYesYesYes
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Worker Node TPU SupportYesNoNoNo
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Maximum pods per node110Limited by ENI by default110110Azure CNI can be increased to 110. Be careful on EKS when selecting worker instance type.
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Maximum nodes per cluster500010001001000Notify EKS team if going above 500 nodes so they can vertically scale control plane
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New Worker Node Start time< 2 mins< 5 mins< 10 mins< 5 minsAzure VM starts are slow
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Bare metal Worker NodeYesYesNoYesGKE have bare metal in early access
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Worker Nodes AutoscalingYesYes (not managed)Yes (preview)Yes
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Worker Nodes Auto-provisioningYes NoNoYes
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Kubernetes UpgradesAutomatic or On DemandAutomatic security, On Demand upgradesOn DemandOn DemandOn AWS you can upgrade the masters but then you need to do the workers yourself. AKS upgrades can be problematic.
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Control Plane Integrated LoggingYesYesYesYes
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Auto RepairYesNoYesYes
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Application Layer Secret EncryptionYesNoNoYes
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Cross region load balancingYesNoNoYes
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Cross region networkingGlobally flat networkRequires VPC PeeringRequires VPNVRF
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Network Policy SupportYes (Calico, Cilium)Yes (Calico)Yes (Calico, Azure Network Policies*)Yes (Calico)
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Private Cluster Network SupportYesYesYesYes
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Aggregated API SupportYesYesYesYes
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Service BrokerYesYesYesYes
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Container as a Service integrationCloud RunVirtual Kubelet with FargateVirtual Kubelet with ACINoAWS working on Fargate integration with EKS
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Vertical Pod AutoscalerYesYesYesNo
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Workload IdentityYes
(even via AWS IAM)		YesYes (in preview)Yes
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Knative SupportYes with CloudRun NoYes
Yes (Experimental)
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Services Mesh Network IntegrationYes (Istio cluster add-on) (beta)App MeshNo (in preview)Yes (Istio cluster add-on)
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Services Mesh - Fully managedYes with ASMNoNoYes
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Spot/Preemptibile Worker Nodes supportYes YesYesNo
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Monitoring IntegrationYes (Cloud Monitoring)Yes (Container Insight)Yes
Yes (Sysdig)
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Sandbox support? (eg: gVisor)Yes NoNoNo
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Binary Authorization SupportYes NoNoYes
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Intranode Visibility YesNoNoNo
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Proprietary Ingress ControllerYesNoYesYes
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Proprietary Multi-Cluster (global) IngressYesNoNoYes
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Ingress managed SSL CertificateYesNoNoYes
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Release ChannelsYes (stable,regular,rapid)NoNoNo
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