Canonical Kubernetes vs. VMware vSphere Kubernetes Services (VKS)
A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.
| Metric | Canonical Kubernetes | VMware vSphere Kubernetes Services (VKS) |
|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 4.4 | 4.1 |
| Review count | 28 | 63 |
| Ease of use | 8.7 | 8.1 |
| Ease of setup | 8.4 | 7.7 |
| Quality of support | 8.4 | 8.3 |
| Meets requirements | 9.3 | 8.5 |
| NPS | 71.428571 | 38.709677 |
| Small Business | 39.3% | 41.0% |
| Mid-Market | 28.6% | 31.1% |
| Enterprise | 32.1% | 27.9% |
| Total page views | 38 | 325 |
| Total LLM citations | 156 | 44 |
Canonical Kubernetes
Ubuntu is the reference platform for Kubernetes on all major public clouds, including official support in Google’s GKE, Microsoft’s AKS and Amazon’s EKS CAAS offerings. We deliver pure upstream Kubernetes tested across the widest range of clouds — from public clouds to private data centres, from bare metal to virtualised infrastructure.
- Container Management
- Features
- Installation Ease
- Kubernetes Management
- Cluster Management
- Auto-scaling
VMware vSphere Kubernetes Services (VKS)
VMware vSphere Kubernetes Service (VKS) is the CNCF-certified Kubernetes runtime built directly into VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), to run all apps. VKS is among the first platforms certified under the new CNCF Kubernetes AI Conformance Program. VKS enables platform engineers to easily deploy, manage and scale Kubernetes clusters while leveraging a comprehensive set of cloud services included in VCF, as well as all CNCF-conformant third party services.