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Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

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4.6

Overview

Product Information on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Updated 13th October 2025

What is Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)?

Azure Kubernetes Service AKS is a software that enables organizations to deploy, manage, and scale containerized applications using Kubernetes on the Azure cloud platform. The software automates critical tasks such as provisioning, upgrading, and scaling resources, facilitating efficient management of distributed workloads. AKS provides integrated monitoring and security features, supports both Linux and Windows containers, and offers identity and access controls. The software addresses business needs for orchestrating containers, improving operational efficiency, and supporting application modernization by streamlining the lifecycle of containerized workloads in cloud environments.

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Pricing

Azure Kubernetes Service software uses a pay-as-you-go pricing model based on the number and size of virtual machines, storage used, and network resources consumed. The software does not charge for cluster management. Additional features such as node pools, private clusters, and integrations can affect total cost depending on usage.

Overall experience with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

SENIOR ANALYST
50M - 250M USD, Healthcare and Biotech
FAVORABLE

“Automated Scaling Enhances Enterprise Solutions but Limits Future Customization Options”

5.0
Nov 27, 2025
AKS helps automate and scale enterprise business solutions across domains and regions with ease. It comes with a simplified managed interface for users across clusters who are pre-validated and provided with access via a managed identity resource platform.
HEAD OF SECURITY
<50M USD, IT Services
CRITICAL

“AKS One of the best tool in Market for Container Orchestration”

3.0
Jan 19, 2024
Azure Kubernetes Services alias AKS has been our goto service for all our application deployment and integration until recently we found a replacement.It easy to manage and the governance was also easy.

About Company

Company Description

Updated 11th August 2023

Microsoft enables digital transformation for the era of an intelligent cloud and an intelligent edge. Its mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Microsoft is dedicated to advancing human and organizational achievement. Microsoft Security helps protect people and data against cyberthreats to give peace of mind.

Company Details

Updated 25th March 2024
Company type
Public
Year Founded
1975
Head office location
Redmond, Washington, United States
Number of employees
10000+
Annual Revenue
30B+ USD
Website
https://microsoft.com

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Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Reviews and Ratings

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4.6

(76 Ratings)

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  • SENIOR ANALYST
    50M-1B USD
    Healthcare and Biotech
    Review Source

    Automated Scaling Enhances Enterprise Solutions but Limits Future Customization Options

    5.0
    Nov 27, 2025
    AKS helps automate and scale enterprise business solutions across domains and regions with ease. It comes with a simplified managed interface for users across clusters who are pre-validated and provided with access via a managed identity resource platform.
  • It Associate
    Gov't/PS/Ed
    Education
    Review Source

    Migrating to AKS brings improvements in cost and performance, but configuration challenges remain.

    5.0
    Feb 21, 2026
    My overall experience with the product has been very positive, as I migrated an internal environment that was on VMs to AKS OOP, and the improvement was noticeable in terms of cost and performance.
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  • IT Associate
    <50M USD
    Manufacturing
    Review Source

    Careful Consideration Needed for AKS Costs Despite Positive Monitoring Experience

    4.0
    Dec 1, 2025
    I only used Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS) with Reader rights over the RBAC model. You need to understand the management of microservices at AKS when you want to develope your own microsservices. Other collegues told me to be aware of the charging and costs, so I decided not to follow it.
  • Senior Business Analyst
    1B-10B USD
    Banking
    Review Source

    Managed Control Plane And RBAC Features Streamline Cluster Operations In AKS Platform

    5.0
    Mar 2, 2026
    AKS provides a reliable, scalable and fully managed environment for running containerized applications, we used it in setting up the Trade Based Money Laundering systems. It integrates well with the broader Azure ecosystem, including Azure Compute, VM, Events Hub etc. For example, we use RBAC on Kubernetes clusters to provide granular filtering on actions that users can perform and also configure relevant authorization policies.
  • It Associate
    <50M USD
    Retail
    Review Source

    Extensive Features and Seamless Integration Make Azure AKS Suitable for Production

    5.0
    Mar 23, 2026
    Reliable, full of features, extremely scalable. Azure AKS is our preferred Kubernetes cloud provider.
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Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Likes & Dislikes

Like

Simplistic management procedure allowing users to control operations across centrally specified nodes. Scalability across different data and company sizes on autopilot helps bring down overcharges under control. Advanced security protocols make way for collaboration from anywhere, anytime.

Like

Continuous Integration and Deployment were effortless in AKS, Azure threat detection modules made sure all the AKS clusters were secure and compliant with key security standards. Since we are a Microsoft factory, it was easy to manage and scale applications.

Like

I really like the tool's documentation, as it is very complete and helps us with day-to-day configurations; The flexibility of being able to use the service via code or via Leens. The speed with which our configurations are applied through the tool.

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Dislike

Stringent one-time configurations with no future backtracking induces lack of customization. Non-consistent delivery performance at the gateway node end sometimes.

Dislike

The main challenge around AKS was we needed to always update the clusters manually, which interim was relatively easy and automatic with its competitors. If we are setting a new policy, then this new policy cannot be applied to the existing clusters. This was a challenge, as we need a lot of manual intervention in his kind of situation.

Dislike

I had some difficulty configuring the LoadBalancer's Healtz. At this point, I believe it could be a little simpler.

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