KUBERNETES

k8s.io · San Francisco, United States of America

Kubernetes is an open-source container orchestration platform that automates deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications across clusters of hosts. It is maintained by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation and used by organizations of all sizes to run microservices and cloud-native workloads in on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments. The project is free to use, while commercial revenue is generated indirectly by vendors and cloud providers that offer managed Kubernetes services and enterprise support around the ecosystem.

  • Container & Kubernetes Platforms
  • Cloud Infrastructure & Hosting
Employees
80
Founded
2014
Headquarters
San Francisco, United States of America

What 131 Arbolus experts think of KUBERNETES

NPS is overwhelmingly positive, with most scores 8–10 and a high concentration of 9–10 among both high and mid spenders. Renewal intent and stickiness are strong, with high-confidence renewal from influential roles in large organizations. The majority use phase is MoreThan1Year, indicating institutionalization and platform entrenchment. Key themes include scalability and reliability as positives, with complexity and operational burden as the main concerns. Overall Customer Sentiment: Positive

Who reviewed KUBERNETES

Total customers 131 124 current · 7 former
Reviews growth +93 in six months
Seniority of respondents
  • C-Suite 65% (85)
  • Director 17% (22)
  • Manager 17% (22)
Engineering Engineer Director NPS 8 Will renew
Engineering Engineer Not specified NPS 9
Engineering Engineer Not specified NPS 9 Undecided

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Sentiment

74 Net Promoter Score, from 131 scored reviews
  • Promoters 101
  • Passives 26
  • Detractors 4

Cumulative NPS by month

+0 over 6 months
  • May 9
  • Jun 9
  • Jul 9
  • Aug 9
  • Sep 9
  • Oct 9

Net Promoter Score across 6 reviews, accumulated up to each month. Category median 51 across 6 companies.

Praised

  • Managed Services Expansion
  • Wider Adoption via Simplified Workflows
  • Operational Simplicity through AI
  • Portability Across Environments

Criticised

  • Management Overhead
  • Steep Learning Curve
  • Operational Complexity
  • Talent and Skills Gap

What customers say

Portability Across Environments
“Kubernetes gives us the ability to run the same application architecture across public cloud, private cloud, or on-premises, which reduces provider dependency and supports diverse customer needs.”
Scalability and High Availability
“I recommend Kubernetes because its automated scaling and self-healing features ensure high availability for all our containerized microservices, even during traffic spikes.”
Ecosystem Maturity
“Kubernetes has a deep ecosystem and fits perfectly with DevOps and CI/CD, making it easier to roll out updates, manage component services, and standardize complex workloads.”

Renewal intent

Plan to renew 77%
  • Will renew 59
  • Undecided 13
  • Not renewing 5

Plan to renew, by seniority

  • C-Suite 75% 44 answers
  • Director 93% 14 answers
  • Manager 67% 9 answers
  • Not specified 70% 10 answers
  • 9.2/10 Average score from customers who will renew
  • 9/10 Average score from undecided customers
  • 7.4/10 Average score from customers not renewing

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