GKE vs AKS vs EKS

This article provides a comprehensive comparison of managed Kubernetes services offered by Google Cloud Platform (GKE), Microsoft Azure (AKS), and Amazon Web Services (EKS). The author discusses onboarding, availability, scalability, add-ons, and pricing for each service. GKE is noted to have the fastest provisioning time, while EKS has a more complex onboarding process. AKS does not offer high availability for master nodes, whereas both GKE and EKS provide HA for their master and worker nodes. All three providers allow easy scaling of nodes through their UIs. In terms of add-ons, all services support running K8s on GPU powered nodes, but only GKE provides Calico as its network plugin out-of-the-box. Pricing varies between the providers, with EKS being more expensive due to charging for master nodes. The author concludes by noting that managed Kubernetes services are rapidly evolving and providing significant value to end users.