Which Kubernetes Management Platform is Right for Your Enterprise?

It is clear that 2017 was the year that Kubernetes underwent explosive growth, emerging as the clear winner in the battle between orchestration tools. In a survey by 451 Research, 71% of IT decision makers use Kubernetes to manage their container infrastructure. Several major cloud service providers support Kubernetes, and even Docker added Kubernetes support to their container management platform. Surrounding Kubernetes' explosive growth is an ecosystem of tools designed to simplify installing and managing Kubernetes clusters.

“The focus is on your applications, not infrastructure.  # Kubernetes  # K8s  # cloudnative”  Alen Komeljen

Many of these tools provide features such as web-based interfaces, real-time monitoring, automatic updates, and faster deployments. Some offer a fully managed cluster, allowing you to focus strictly on deploying applications. The solution you choose depends on how much effort you want to put into managing a Kubernetes cluster, and whether that cluster exists on-premise or in the cloud. Because of this, this list is split into two categories: hosted solutions, and solutions you can use in your own data center.

Cloud Provider Solutions

Implementing a Kubernetes cluster can be difficult and time-consuming. To reduce the time to deployment, several cloud providers provide fully managed Kubernetes clusters.

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