EKS vs AWS Native Cluster FAQ

Platform9 supports both EKS clusters and AWS Native clusters built using EC2 and the supporting infrastructure.

Below is a comparison of supported features within Platform9 for EKS and AWS Native Cluster .

Deployment

EKS Clusters

AWS Native

Master Node Access and Configuration

No

Yes

Worker Node Access and Configuration

Limited

Yes

Platform9 Monitoring

Yes

Yes

Application Catalog

Yes

Yes




Cluster Lifecycle



Create Clusters

No

Yes

Upgrade Clusters

No

Yes

Scale/Autoscaling Clusters

No

Yes




Kubernetes Workloads



Kubeconfig Generation

No

Yes

View, Deploy, Delete Pods

Yes

Yes

View, Deploy, Delete Services

Yes

Yes

View, Deploy, Delete Deployments

Yes

Yes

Customize RBAC

Yes

Yes

Create/Delete Storage Classes

Yes

Yes




Platform9 Support



Platform9 Support for Growth and Enterprise

Limited

Full

Platform9 SLA

Yes

Yes





  Last updated by Anagha Pamidi