# [[Managed Kubernetes Services]] Managed Kubernetes services implement [[Kubernetes]] as a platform, making it a significantly simpler option for deploying Kubernetes than the self-hosted version. Below are some examples of managed Kubernetes services. - [[Rancher]] - [site](https://rancher.com/) - [[Giant Swarm]] - [site](https://www.giantswarm.io/) - [[Google Kubernetes Engine]] - [site](https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/) - [[AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service]] - [site](https://aws.amazon.com/eks/) - [[Azure Kubernetes Services]] - [[Civo Cloud Kubernetes]] - [[DigitalOcean Kubernetes]] - [[Linode Kubernetes Engine]] - [[Vulture Kubernetes Engine]]