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Cycle vs. AWS EKS

At its core, EKS is still Kubernetes. Powerful, but fragmented, and tightly coupled to AWS. Cycle offers a unified platform with orchestration, networking, storage, and automation, all without locking you into a single cloud provider.
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EKS Runs Kubernetes. Cycle Runs Your Platform.

While EKS manages the control plane, your team is still responsible for YAML, Helm charts, IAM policies, and infrastructure like networking and storage. Cycle replaces that complexity with a fully integrated platform—freeing your team to ship software, not maintain Kubernetes.
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Simplicity
(More opinionated)
Customizability
(More complex)

Data Sovereignty & Compliance

EKS runs only in AWS regions, keeping data under U.S. jurisdiction. Cycle deploys in sovereign EU datacenters or any provider, ensuring GDPR compliance without losing a unified control plane.

Avoid AWS Lock-In

EKS ties you to AWS services like IAM, VPC, and ALB. Cycle runs on your hardware or any cloud, without re-architecting.

Less Add-On Sprawl

EKS depends on a stack of AWS services and OSS add-ons. Cycle delivers networking, storage, monitoring, and upgrades out of the box.

More Than Just Containers

EKS only runs containers. Cycle supports containers and full VMs in one control plane, plus functions for task-based workloads.

Predictable Costs

EKS charges per cluster and across AWS services. Cycle’s tiered pricing stays predictable as you scale.

No Upgrade Fire Drills

EKS version deadlines force risky upgrade projects. Cycle handles rolling updates automatically. No weekend fire drills.

Expert Support Included

EKS support is fragmented across AWS services. Cycle includes direct access to engineers for design, migration, and day-to-day operations.

Features

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AWS EKS

Architecture and Deployment
Model
Hybrid SaaS & PaaS
SaaS
Management
hybrid(Self + Fully-Managed)
cloud
Scope
On-prem / Colo / Cloud
AWS
Pricing
Tiered(Seats & Servers)
Cluster fee & Usage
Bring Your Own Infrastructure
Bare Metal
Multi‑Cloud
Edge Support
Upgrade Automation
automatic
Auto(opt-in)
Core Infrastructure
Containers
VMs
Functions
BETA
add-on
Service Mesh
(Discovery)
Add-on
Load Balancing
ELB/ALB
DNS
Route 53
Networking
Automatic(managed overlay)
Automatic(AWS VPC CNI)
Storage
Automatic(managed volumes)
Automatic(EBS/EFS provisioner)
DevOps & Automation
CI/CD
Integrations
CodePipeline
Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Stacks(JSON / YAML)
CloudFormation
API
REST & Webhooks
AWS & K8s
Monitoring
CloudWatch
Operations & Governance
ACL / RBAC
IAM
Multi‑Tenancy
Strong(Environments + Clusters + Namespaces)
Namespaces/IAM
Support Model
Included & Community
Paid & Community
Cycle on any infrastructure
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Simplify DevOps Without the Cloud Complexity

Our team is here to help you move beyond AWS complexity. Get started with a free proof-of-concept and see how simple provider-agnostic orchestration can be with Cycle.

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