Kubernetes Practical By Samson Tanimawo, PhD Published Nov 19, 2025 4 min read

EKS vs GKE vs AKS

Three managed K8s offerings.

EKS

AWS native. Tight IAM, VPC.

Best for AWS-heavy.

GKE

GCP native. More opinionated; Anthos for hybrid.

Best for GCP-heavy.

AKS

Azure native. Active Directory tight integration.

Best for Microsoft-heavy.