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Azure Kubernetes Service comparisons

Freemium#2 of 30 in Container Orchestration SoftwareKubernetes Hosting Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS) Software

Azure Kubernetes Service is compared head-to-head with Kubernetes, Kubermatic Kubernetes Platform and Rancher and more: 7 head-to-heads in Container Orchestration Software, each with the specs and prices we checked.

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Azure Kubernetes Service vs each of them

#	Tool	Free plan	Paid from	Deployment model	Multi-cluster management	Autoscaling	Rolling updates	Score
2	Azure Kubernetes Service	Yes		Hybrid	Yes	Yes	Yes	9.2
1	Kubernetes	Yes	Free	Self-hosted		Yes	Yes	9.4
3	Kubermatic Kubernetes Platform	Yes		Self-hosted	Yes	Yes	Yes	9.0
4	Rancher	Yes		Hybrid	Yes	Yes	Yes	8.8
5	Google Kubernetes Engine	Yes	$0.10/unit usage-based	Managed	Yes	Yes	Yes	8.7
6	Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service	No	$0.10/unit usage-based	Hybrid	Yes	Yes	Yes	8.6
7	KubeSphere	Yes	Free	Hybrid	Yes	Yes	Yes	8.5
8	OKD	Yes	Free	Self-hosted		Yes	Yes	8.4

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