Amazon Web Services → Microsoft Azure
Azure equivalent of Amazon EKS
The Azure equivalent of Amazon EKS is Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
About Amazon EKS
| Provider | Amazon Web Services |
|---|---|
| Status | Generally available |
| What it is | Managed Kubernetes control plane across three AZs. You choose the nodes, which can be managed node groups, self-managed nodes, Karpenter, Fargate, Auto Mode, or Hybrid Nodes. |
| Documentation | docs.aws.amazon.com |
| Pricing | Official pricing page |
Azure mappings (1)
| Capability | Azure equivalent | Match |
|---|---|---|
| Managed Kubernetes | Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) | Direct match |
Kubernetes(1)
Managed Kubernetes Direct match
The Azure equivalent of Amazon EKS is Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). Both are conformant managed Kubernetes services where the provider runs the control plane and you choose how nodes are managed.
- Control-plane pricing. EKS charges a per-cluster hourly fee (higher in extended support). AKS has a Free tier (no SLA, for under 10 nodes), a Standard tier (uptime SLA, up to 5,000 nodes), and a Premium tier (adds LTS).
- Nodes. EKS uses managed node groups, self-managed nodes, Karpenter, Fargate, Auto Mode, or Hybrid Nodes. AKS uses node pools backed by VM scale sets, node autoprovisioning (Karpenter-based), virtual nodes (ACI), or the Automatic SKU.
- Networking. The EKS default is the Amazon VPC CNI (pods get VPC IPs). AKS offers Azure CNI (VNet or overlay) and Azure CNI powered by Cilium. Kubenet is legacy.