VMware vSphere Kubernetes Services (VKS) vs. Control Plane
A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.
| Metric | VMware vSphere Kubernetes Services (VKS) | Control Plane |
|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 4.1 | 4.8 |
| Review count | 63 | 18 |
| Ease of use | 8.1 | 9.3 |
| Ease of setup | 7.7 | 9.0 |
| Quality of support | 8.3 | 9.9 |
| Meets requirements | 8.5 | 9.6 |
| NPS | 38.709677 | 94.117647 |
| Small Business | 41.0% | 55.6% |
| Mid-Market | 31.1% | 38.9% |
| Enterprise | 27.9% | 5.6% |
| Total page views | 325 | 226 |
| Total LLM citations | 44 | 125 |
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.
Control Plane
Control Plane is a cloud virtualization platform that enables devops teams to compose any combination of cloud infrastructure (bare metal, VMs, k8s, AWS, GCP, Azure, OCI) into one or more AI-native virtual clouds. Applications run at 99.999% availability, backed by an SLA, without added infrastructure complexity. Organizations use it to cut infrastructure costs by 30–50%, eliminate vendor lock-in, and securely deploy workloads, VMs, and AI agents across single-cloud, multi-cloud, hybrid, and on-prem environments from a single AI-enabled interface.