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At a Glance
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
Star Rating
(261)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (45.8% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
Pterodactyl Panel
Pterodactyl Panel
Star Rating
(6)4.8 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (66.7% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Pterodactyl Panel
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
No pricing available
Pterodactyl Panel
No pricing available
Free Trial
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
No trial information available
Pterodactyl Panel
No trial information available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.0
142
9.3
5
Ease of Use
8.5
143
9.0
5
Ease of Setup
8.3
85
Not enough data
Ease of Admin
8.2
77
Not enough data
Quality of Support
8.1
135
Not enough data
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.2
73
Not enough data
Product Direction (% positive)
9.3
134
Not enough data
Features by Category
8.5
404
Not enough data
Management
8.3
56
Not enough data
8.4
55
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Organization
8.2
57
Not enough data
8.6
60
Not enough data
8.9
61
Not enough data
Development
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.8
59
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.3
56
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
Pterodactyl Panel
Pterodactyl Panel
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) and Pterodactyl Panel are categorized as Container Management
Unique Categories
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) is categorized as Container Orchestration, Container Networking, and Service Discovery
Pterodactyl Panel
Pterodactyl Panel has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
23.1%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
31.0%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
45.8%
Pterodactyl Panel
Pterodactyl Panel
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
66.7%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
33.3%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
0%
Reviewers' Industry
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
Information Technology and Services
20.4%
Computer Software
20.4%
Retail
5.6%
Financial Services
5.1%
Computer & Network Security
3.7%
Other
44.9%
Pterodactyl Panel
Pterodactyl Panel
Consumer Services
33.3%
Computer Software
33.3%
Pharmaceuticals
16.7%
Internet
16.7%
Other
0.0%
Most Helpful Reviews
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Dimuthu d.
DD
Dimuthu d.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Google Kubernetes Engine comes somewhere in the middle of Iaas and Paas. It is a great tool with lesser management overhead with servers or kubernetes installation etc. and at the same time gives you the flexibility to manage the cluster and related...

Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User in Computer Software
GC
Verified User in Computer Software

how much of a pain it is to use with shared vpcs, the required public addresses for management, the inability to have auto-configured firewalls, the lack of access of internally load balanced clusters from other regions...

Pterodactyl Panel
Pterodactyl Panel
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Eric J.
EJ
Eric J.
Verified User in Internet

One of the best feature in Pterodactyl must be that it keeps all applications in Dockers aka containers. It helps contain memory usage, CPU usage, and security. Let's say if an application has a memory leak, it will not keep consuming the computer's entire...

Most Helpful Critical Review
MJ
Mark J.
Verified User in Consumer Services

I personally dislike that Pterodactyl Panel only allows SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol) which gets customers confused. YES, it's secure and that's a GREAT feature but customers aren't familiar with SFTP and creates confusion which ends up having support...

Alternatives
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) Alternatives
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Red Hat OpenShift
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Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
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Pterodactyl Panel
Pterodactyl Panel Alternatives
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Portainer
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DigitalOcean
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Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
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Rancher
Rancher
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Discussions
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) Discussions
What is Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) used for?
1 comment
Surya K.
SK
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) is a tool that helps manage and organize your computer programs. It uses containers to neatly package each part of your...Read more
Monty the Mongoose crying
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) has no more discussions with answers
Pterodactyl Panel
Pterodactyl Panel Discussions
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Pterodactyl Panel has no discussions with answers