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Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)

byGoogle
in
4.4
Market Presence: Container Management, Hybrid Cloud Storage

Overview

Product Information on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)

Updated 13th October 2025

What is Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)?

Google Kubernetes Engine is a software that provides managed Kubernetes services for automating the deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. The software offers features including cluster management, integrated monitoring, automatic scaling, and load balancing. It supports multi-zone and multi-region clusters, allowing for high availability and reliability of applications. The software aims to solve business problems related to infrastructure management, resource optimization, and rapid application deployment by streamlining operations and simplifying maintenance for organizations leveraging containers in cloud environments.

Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) Pricing

Google Kubernetes Engine software uses a pay-as-you-go pricing model based on resources consumed such as compute instances, storage, and network usage. Charges apply for cluster management, each node, and additional services, with options for different node machine types and regional clusters to adjust pricing according to resource allocation.

Overall experience with Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)

SYSTEMS ENGINEER
<50M USD, Miscellaneous
FAVORABLE

“Reliable, fast and easy to manage - just watch out for add-on costs.”

4.0
Nov 13, 2025
My overall experience with Google Kubernetes Engine has been very positive. GKE makes managing Kubernetes clusters much easier than running them on-prem or manually in the cloud.
SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER
30B + USD, Manufacturing
CRITICAL

“RBAC Integration and Uptime Stable, Third-Party Support and Updates Still Limited”

3.0
Sep 15, 2025
Anthos allows us to have a management plane across our on-prem, cloud and cloud on Google. Policy control and service mesh integration saved us operations time. The tricky part is that once you get everything running: updating the clusters and keeping the config tool in sync with Google's updates still requires more manual work than we would like. Also we need to be careful about unexpected costs because we forgot to set limits (Would be nice to have some kind of warning)

About Company

Company Description

Updated 25th July 2024

Googlers is a company that creates products intended to create opportunities for an extensive audience, regardless of their location across the globe. The company values diverse perspectives, imaginations and non-conformity to predefined norms and impossibilities. The goal is to build products while incorporating uniqueness of each individual involved in this process, aiming to make their products accessible and useful to all.

Company Details

Updated 11th November 2024
Company type
Public
Year Founded
1998
Head office location
Mountain View, CA, United States
Annual Revenue
30B+ USD
Website
www.google.com

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Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) Likes & Dislikes

Like

Easy cluster management, strong performance and reliability with deep integration with Google Cloud. Logging, monitoring, IAM and VPC integration feels seamless. It's easy to connect GKE to other GCP services without complicated configurations.

Like

We liked the one sing-in and permission set up for all clusters with RBAC models. Also the config is git based and allows us to have a maintained version control of everything integrated int the tool. Uptime promised by google is great, we have not faced any problem regarding to these and not even our customers.

Like

The integration with the Google console and how from scratch you can have a complete K8s cluster is amazing, other providers need to spend many hours configuring the basics, but on GKE you have it from the first moment.

Dislike

Costs can add up with surrounding services. GKE itself is reasonably priced, but the surrounding services will add up quickly. Steep learning curve for beginners. Some features feel Google only.

Dislike

Updates can break, and a missed patch has already caused some of our on-prem clusters to roll back. We had to learn and install a bunch of components before having it operative. Third-party ecosystem is not as rich as for kubernetes

Dislike

Some specific resources cant be configured from the UI, but its something that happens in other clouds too.

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Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) Reviews and Ratings

4.4

(109 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star
58%
4 Star
36%
3 Star
6%
2 Star
0%
1 Star
0%
Why ratings and reviews count differ?

Customer Experience

Evaluation & Contracting

4.3

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4.4

Delivery & Execution

4.7

Integration & Deployment

4.5

Service & Support

4.3

Product Capabilities

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  • SYSTEMS ENGINEER
    <50M USD
    Miscellaneous
    Review Source

    Reliable, fast and easy to manage - just watch out for add-on costs.

    4.0
    Nov 13, 2025
    My overall experience with Google Kubernetes Engine has been very positive. GKE makes managing Kubernetes clusters much easier than running them on-prem or manually in the cloud.
  • DEVOPS
    <50M USD
    Travel and Hospitality
    Review Source

    GKE Enables Seamless Kubernetes Cluster Creation and Smooth Upgrades for Admins

    5.0
    Nov 7, 2025
    I have solid experience with GKE, upgrades and autoscaling is smooth. Many cool features are based on openSource projects in the background and the observability default view is amazing, no other cloud provider has that detail with zero-config.
  • SOFTWARE DEVELOPER
    50M-1B USD
    Banking
    Review Source

    GKE offers a reliable and scalable platform that simplifies Kubernetes management through strong automation, seamless integration and consistent performance. While there is some complexity around cost.

    5.0
    Nov 28, 2025
    Overall my experience with google kubernetes Engine has been very positive. The platform is stable, scalable and easy to manage, with smooth integration across the google cloud ecosystem. It simplifies cluster operations and provides reliable performance for production workloads.
  • DIRECTOR OF IT
    1B-10B USD
    Healthcare and Biotech
    Review Source

    GKE Increases Deployment Speed but Faces Challenges With Hybrid Infrastructure

    5.0
    Oct 9, 2025
    I have had a fantastic run with GKE. It has been a game-changer for our cloud-native push, ramping up deployment speeds by 25% and keeping things solid in landscape.
  • SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
    <50M USD
    Software
    Review Source

    Native Google Cloud Integration Enhances GKE, Despite Learning Curve And Cost Overruns

    5.0
    Oct 8, 2025
    Google Kubernetes Engine has proven to be an exceptional and mature platform. Our adoption of GKE was a strategic move to standardize our container orchestration and accelerate our transition to a micro-service architecture.
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