How do you pick your Kubernetes cloud provider? Azure vs. GCP vs. AWS?

Question

Hey HN, I'd love your experience on how you pick which cloud provider to go with for your Kubernetes needs?Specifically, what do you look for when you're on the online portal playing around with the service? Like the Azure/AWS online console for example.Specifically, what do you like about the current online portal you use, what options do they give you, and what are things you hate in the online portal?At the end, what makes you pick a service provider over another after you test the water with the online portal for Kubernetes at AWS, Azure, or GCP for that matter.

laurensr · Accepted Answer

As bg24 has indicated it has become quite easy to install Kubernetes on "bare metal". And this bare metal can also be virtual machines (preferrably with a dedicated CPU share and docker support) hosted at virtually any cloud provider.

bg24 · Answer

Kubernetes has become so simple to run that you can pick any provider. The challenging part is everything else you need to do - logging, monitoring, backup, secrets encryption, etc. Pick any provider that works for you. Day 2 ops is more critical in my opinion.