# Amazon EKS Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Is Amazon EKS the right Patch Management solution for you? Explore 10 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/235073/Amazon-EKS/reviews --- Amazon EKS 4.5 (10) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/235073/Amazon-EKS/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Reviews of Amazon EKS Ease of use 3.9 Customer Service 4.2 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-10 of 10 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Gianluigi M. Dev and DevOps Engineer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Easy Kubernetes management tool" May 12, 2022 4.0 With EKS we can concentrate our effort on the infrastructure and on our applications. No more problem related to master node, down status, upgrades and so on. Excellent. Pros Maintenance overhead needed when you install self provisioned K8S cluster is very high. With EKS maintenance of master nodes is not needed anymore. Reliability of the service is another plus. Furthermore the easy integration with vertical cluster autoscaler allows to scale up/down nodes saving many money. Cons Managed master node means you can't have totale control over the cluster. Limited network management is an example. Support for the latest version of K8S is usually not really fast. Review Source GR Gaspar R. Infrastructure Principal Media Production Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "One of the best managed Kubernetes implementations out there" July 6, 2023 5.0 By using EKS (migrated from VMs) we've improved costs, reliability and ease of deployments. Plus, thanks to Kubernetes namespaces, we created sandbox per git branch, which is a big plus for development teams. Pros \- Flexible upgrades. Compared with other implementations, such as GKE on which they force upgrades without noticing, you can control when and how the cluster is gonna be upgraded.- IAM integration.- EKS Managed add-ons- Managed nodes based on Fargate or EC2- Terraform EKS module maintained officially by AWS- Integrations with almost all AWS services, including ALB as an Ingress controller- Secrets encryption using KMS Cons Nothing comes to mind right now regarding improvements (compared with major providers, such as GKE) Review Source IP Isak P. Developer Computer Software Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Convenient and reliable Kubernetes on AWS" December 29, 2022 4.0 Amazon EKS is a convenient and reliable option for running Kubernetes on AWS. It is a good choice for users who want to focus on running their applications rather than managing the underlying infrastructure, but it may not be the best fit for those who want more control over their Kubernetes clusters and it is quite expensive for small clusters. Pros Amazon EKS simplifies the process of running Kubernetes on AWS. You don't have to worry about setting up and maintaining the infrastructure for your Kubernetes clusters. It integrates seamlessly with other AWS services, making it pretty easy to integrate with other AWS tools and services. Cons Amazon EKS can be more expensive than running your own Kubernetes clusters, as you have to pay for the managed service. Some users may prefer to have more control over the infrastructure and configuration of their Kubernetes clusters, which is not possible with Amazon EKS. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Platform Engineer Banking Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Amazon EKS is the solution to 8/10 of your cluster requirements" October 6, 2022 5.0 Overall Amazon EKS is the way to go for best kubernetes cloud service. AWS are still the leaders in cloud services. Pros Using Amazon EKS you have very less to worry about underlying infrastructure, so you can focus more on getting your features & services deployed. It is highly scalable, highly available & AWS support has always been on spot. Depending upon your needs, you can choose to manage the underlying nodes & pods manually, through node groups or fargate if your product is not too complex & can be automatically managed by AWS. Cons Cost is one of the biggest cons, just comparing it with other similar kubernetes services. Specially if you are using fargate. Another con would be on dashboard management & automatic alerts in case resources or pods are left running. Reason for choosing Amazon EKS Matured product, better support & higher reliability. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Devops Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "One of the best Managed Kubernetes Platform" March 23, 2023 5.0 Pros Control Plane management is very easy, we just have to focus on the addons. Managed Node Group and Self Managed Node group are good mix of flexibility and reliability principle. EKS Blueprint is another thing which is supported AWS community. Cons Sometimes they release latest Kubernetes version on EKS little late. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Software Developer Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Cluster created without sweat" December 11, 2022 4.0 Elastic Kubernetes Service in short is expensive but highly recommended software my side as the master node cannot be used by any without any permission and adding node groups and providing permission is very easy. Pros It's a great feature in AWS having many features. It helped me create multiple cluster of kubernetes without much hassle as the core dns is set-up initially. But in manual installation we need to install network driver seperately so it will be difficult for fresher. Cons I don't find anything as such as con but sometimes node groups fails to auto scale which I am not sure as Iam role attached is working fine. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Cloud Engineer Transportation/Trucking/Railroad Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "EKS is a great tool if you are doing only AWS" December 30, 2022 5.0 I enjoy using it and support is quick. It can be a bit slow at times. Pros It integrates easily with your AWS stack and upgrading is a safe and easy process. Cons Plugins and add-ons are a bit tricky to manage when you have a large number of clusters. Alternatives considered [Nomad](https://www.capterra.com/p/246773/Nomad/) Review Source VR Verified Reviewer ICT Business Solution Manager Mining & Metals Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "scalable service to run kubernetes" September 9, 2022 4.0 I'm deploying and monitoring application on EKS, both process are executed perfectly Pros excellent service for running and scaling kubernetes, great security and integrated with various AWS service Cons EKS is expensive, and although EKS can integrate with other AWS service (obviously) but you have to do it manually Review Source Pawe W. Softwarem Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Managing Kubernetes with AWS Service" August 27, 2022 4.0 It helped to automate some of the DevOps processes that were previously done manually. Pros I really enjoyed using EKS to create web applications that are automatically scaling and running with High Availability using Kubernetes underneath. It takes some of the configuration burden from the engineers. Cons This is definetely not an easy service to use - I personally find it one of the most difficult services of AWS that required knowledge of not only AWS itself but Kubernetes as well. I found Google Cloud Platform to be easier to integrate with Kubernetes (Google Compute Engine + GKE) Review Source SV Sakthi V. System Administrator Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Good service for Kubernetes cluster management" March 28, 2023 5.0 Good kubernetes management tool Pros Amazon EKS support to manage containers with highly scalable,load balancing and provide more security AWS EKS support container deployment to AWS Outposts, virtual machines, or bare metal servers. Cons AWS EKS are good for container management but it will not support all regions. Need to add all regions support and need to add kubernetes versions early when kubernetes release. 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