Container Orchestration shortlist: Some experience
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GCP-managed Kubernetes with Autopilot mode for hands-off node management. Control plane at $0.10/hr ($73/mo); Autopilot charges per pod CPU/memory. GKE is the most opinionated managed Kubernetes — Aut…
AWS-managed Kubernetes with deep IAM, VPC, and service mesh integration. Control plane at $0.10/hr ($73/mo); Fargate option for serverless pods. EKS is the default Kubernetes for AWS-native organizati…
Azure-managed Kubernetes with free control plane, Azure AD integration, and Azure Arc for hybrid management. Pay only for worker node VMs. AKS differentiates on cost: the control plane is free — you o…
Simplified managed Kubernetes with free control plane and nodes starting at $12/month. Designed for small-to-mid teams that want Kubernetes without cloud provider complexity.
Render
PaaS that abstracts away Kubernetes entirely — deploy containers, static sites, and cron jobs without managing clusters, nodes, or YAML manifests. Render is not Kubernetes — it is a PaaS alternative f…
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