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Kubernetes (K8s)

Composite Score
8.2 /10
CX Score
8.4 /10
Category
Kubernetes (K8s)
8.2 /10

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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Kubernetes (K8s) Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

92 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

92 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value


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Emotional Footprint Overview

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+91 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Kubernetes (K8s)?

0% Negative
5% Neutral
95% Positive

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Enables Productivity
  • Unique Features
  • Includes Product Enhancements

Feature Ratings

Average 87

Resource Availability

90

Dynamic Scalability

90

Multi Tenancy

89

Task Process Automation

88

Resource Definition

88

Agent or Agentless

87

Workflow Support

87

Configuration Management

86

Systems Administration

86

Service Templates

85

Scripting Support

84

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 85

Ease of Customization

90

Breadth of Features

89

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

89

Business Value Created

89

Quality of Features

89

Ease of Data Integration

84

Availability and Quality of Training

84

Ease of IT Administration

80

Ease of Implementation

80

Usability and Intuitiveness

79

Vendor Support

76

Kubernetes (K8s) Reviews

Kamran A.

  • Role: Consultant
  • Industry: Finance
  • Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Dec 2023

From a Multi-Cloud Architect's Lenses

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Kubernetes (K8s) from other similar products?

Its containerization and easy to use approach has made it stand out with the peer technologies

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The security provided in the architecture is the finest thing in K8S

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing as such, this seems to be solving most of the problems

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Must adopt this approach in building new application and adding resources in your own architecture.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing

Sasi P.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Technology
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2023

Best open-source container orchestration platform

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Kubernetes (K8s) from other similar products?

Kubernetes is portable across different cloud providers and platforms, including AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, and VMware vSphere.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Kubernetes supports multiple container runtimes, including Docker, containerd, and rkt

What do you dislike most about this product?

Lack of documentation. Kubernetes is a relatively new product, and there is still not a lot of documentation available

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you are new to Kubernetes, it is a good idea to start with a basic setup and gradually add more complexity as you need it. This will help you to avoid getting overwhelmed.

Pros

  • Enables Productivity
  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable

Ajibade A.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Technology
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2025

Robust Orchestration Tool for Modern DevOps Teams

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

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