AKS vs Azure Native Cluster FAQ

Platform9 supports both importing of existing Azure AKS clusters as well as creating native Azure clusters PMK Azure provider that leverages Azure instances and the supporting infrastructure to create a Kubernetes cluster.

Below is a comparison of supported features for Azure native clusters and imported AKS clusters.

DeploymentAKS ClustersAzure Native
Master Node Access and Configuration 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
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  Last updated by Madhura Maskasky