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Managed Kubernetes · 4 alternatives · Amazon EKS iScore 66 (#5/5)

Every managed kubernetes provider this site tracks, ordered by iScore — the same peers Amazon EKS's own score is measured against. The line under each name is where its sourced facts differ from Amazon EKS's; where a full comparison exists, the row links to it.

Ranked by iScore
  1. CivoEntry paid plan: $5.43/month ($0.007440/hour) for the xSmall Standard compute instance: 1 core, 1 GB RAM,…74#1/5
  2. DigitalOcean KubernetesFree tier: Yes vs No71#2/5
  3. Azure Kubernetes ServiceFree tier: Yes vs No71#3/5
  4. Google Kubernetes EngineFree tier: Yes vs No71#4/5

Where Amazon EKS stands against these 4

Amazon EKS's own sourced figures, placed among the alternatives above that document the same thing in the same unit. A rank here is one criterion, not a verdict; the iScore above weighs all of them.

Free tier
No. 3 of the 4 alternatives that document it have one: Azure Kubernetes Service, DigitalOcean Kubernetes, Google Kubernetes Engine.
Uptime SLA
99.95% monthly for the Kubernetes endpoint of a Standard Control Plane cluster, measured in five-minute…Joint highest of the 3 that document it. Level with: Civo — 99.95% monthly uptime for all Civo public and private cloud services.

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