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# [Is Kubernetes Right for YOU? - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLygD4A-Mco)
## [0:27](https://www.youtube.com/?yinotetimestamp=27)
Kubernetes is an open-source system for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications.
## [1:54](https://www.youtube.com/?yinotetimestamp=114)
Kubernetes is a way to run and manage containers.
## [2:08](https://www.youtube.com/?yinotetimestamp=128)
Alternatives to Kubernetes?
- On-prem
- Colocation
- Bare metal cloud
- Dedicated hosts/instances
- Virtual machines
- Managed services
- Platform as a service
## [3:40](https://www.youtube.com/?yinotetimestamp=220)
Platform as a Service: Heroku
## [3:42](https://www.youtube.com/?yinotetimestamp=222)
AppEngine, Render
## [4:05](https://www.youtube.com/?yinotetimestamp=245)
Kubernetes falls somewhere in between Virtual Machines and Platform as a Service
## [4:58](https://www.youtube.com/?yinotetimestamp=298)
Why Kubernetes?
- It's battle-tested
- Large community around it
- Good for standardization
## [5:24](https://www.youtube.com/?yinotetimestamp=324)
Why NOT Kubernetes?
- Complexity
## [5:37](https://www.youtube.com/?yinotetimestamp=337)
Managed Kubernetes services:
- GKE: Google Kubernetes Engine
- EKS: Elastic Kubernetes Service
- Azure Kubernetes Service
- Civo Cloud Kubernetes
## [5:41](https://www.youtube.com/?yinotetimestamp=341)
Digital Ocean Kubernetes
Linode Kubernetes Engine
Vulture Kubernetes Engine
## [6:01](https://www.youtube.com/?yinotetimestamp=361)
Kubernetes is abstract
## [6:09](https://www.youtube.com/?yinotetimestamp=369)
Many layers between application code and the machine it's running on
## [6:36](https://www.youtube.com/?yinotetimestamp=396)
3. Kubernetes is sprawling. HUGE CNCF Cloud Native Interactive Landscape
## [7:00](https://www.youtube.com/?yinotetimestamp=420)
Advice: Use a PaaS until you outgrow it.
## [7:24](https://www.youtube.com/?yinotetimestamp=444)
If you are managing many services, consider Kubernetes and use a managed cluster.
## Citation
```
[^rightforyou]: Palas, S. (2022). _Is Kubernetes right for you?_ Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLygD4A-Mco
```