# Amazon EKS alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 138 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Amazon EKS holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/amazon-eks/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- DigitalOcean Kubernetes: 40
- Google Kubernetes Engine: 24
- Azure Kubernetes Service: 5
- Civo Kubernetes: 3
- Red Hat OpenShift: 3
- Linode Kubernetes Engine: 2

## Managed Kubernetes platforms

**Small business**: 57 of 84 answers did not name Amazon EKS (Amazon EKS is #13 of 14 at 0%).

- DigitalOcean Kubernetes: first choice in 30 of those 57
- Google Kubernetes Engine: first choice in 15 of those 57
- Civo Kubernetes: first choice in 2 of those 57
- AKS Automatic: first choice in 1 of those 57
- Control Plane: first choice in 1 of those 57
- Northflank: first choice in 1 of those 57
- OVHcloud Managed K8s: first choice in 1 of those 57
- Portainer: first choice in 1 of those 57

**Mid-market**: 43 of 84 answers did not name Amazon EKS (Amazon EKS is #4 of 12 at 4%).

- DigitalOcean Kubernetes: first choice in 10 of those 43
- Google Kubernetes Engine: first choice in 5 of those 43
- Linode Kubernetes Engine: first choice in 2 of those 43
- Azure Kubernetes Service: first choice in 1 of those 43
- Civo Kubernetes: first choice in 1 of those 43
- Scaleway Kapsule: first choice in 1 of those 43

**Enterprise**: 38 of 84 answers did not name Amazon EKS (Amazon EKS is #4 of 8 at 6%).

- Azure Kubernetes Service: first choice in 4 of those 38
- Google Kubernetes Engine: first choice in 4 of those 38
- Red Hat OpenShift: first choice in 3 of those 38
- Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes: first choice in 1 of those 38

Published under CC BY 4.0. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.