Cloud Kubernetes shootout: EKS vs GKE vs AKS Cost & Resources


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Written by Percy Grunwald

— Last Updated April 8, 2024

Introduction

In this article we’ll compare the cost and allocatable resources (the CPU and memory available for your applications) in the various “Kubernetes as a Service” (KaaS) offerings from the three major public cloud providers:

  • Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) in Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  • Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) in Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) in Microsoft Azure

Costs in EKS vs GKE vs AKS

EKS Costs

GKE Costs

AKS Costs

Allocatable Resources in EKS vs GKE vs AKS

EKS Allocatable Resources

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GKE Allocatable Resources

AKS Allocatable Resources

Conclusion

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