# Amazon EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service)

> Publicly sourced profile assembled by Optimly, in the Optimly AI Brand Index. Last refreshed 2026-10-04.

- **Business Profile:** https://optimly.ai/brand/amazon-eks-elastic-kubernetes-service
- **Dataset:** https://optimly.ai/brand/amazon-eks-elastic-kubernetes-service.json
- **Markdown:** https://optimly.ai/brand/amazon-eks-elastic-kubernetes-service/llms.txt
- **Official website:** https://amazon.com
- **Slug:** amazon-eks-elastic-kubernetes-service
- **Categories:** cloud-infrastructure, developer-tools, it-management-software

## Overview

- **Tagline:** Deepest integration with the AWS cloud ecosystem, including native IAM security, VPC networking, and Fargate serverless compute.
Source: Brand's website (https://amazon.com) · 2026-10-04

- **Description:** Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) is a managed container service used to run and scale Kubernetes applications in the cloud or on-premises. It handles the deployment, management, and scaling of the Kubernetes control plane, providing a secure and highly available environment for containerized workloads.
Source: Brand's website (https://amazon.com) · 2026-10-04

## Offerings

- **Core capabilities:**
  - Managed Kubernetes Control Plane
  - EKS Anywhere
  - EKS Distro
  - Managed Node Groups
  - EKS Pod Identity.
Source: Brand's website (https://amazon.com) · 2026-10-04

- **Pricing:** Usage-based ($0.10/hour per cluster) + compute (EC2/Fargate) costs.
Source: Brand's website (https://amazon.com) · 2026-10-04

## Audience

- **Target industry:** Enterprise IT, DevOps teams, Cloud-native startups, Financial Services, SaaS providers.
Source: Brand's website (https://amazon.com) · 2026-10-04

## Landscape

- **Competitors:**
  - Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
  - Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  - Red Hat OpenShift
  - DigitalOcean Kubernetes (DOKS)
Source: Brand's website (https://amazon.com) · 2026-10-04

Page last updated 2026-10-17.