Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets vs Kubernetes

Developers should use Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets when building scalable, resilient applications that need to handle variable traffic loads, such as web apps, microservices, or big data processing meets kubernetes is widely used in the industry and worth learning. Here's our take.

Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets

Nice Pick

Developers should use Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets when building scalable, resilient applications that need to handle variable traffic loads, such as web apps, microservices, or big data processing

Pros

• It's ideal for scenarios requiring automatic scaling, load balancing, and high availability, like e-commerce sites during peak sales or IoT data ingestion
• Related to: azure-compute, load-balancing

Cons

• Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

Kubernetes

Kubernetes is widely used in the industry and worth learning

Pros

• Widely used in the industry
• Related to: docker, helm

Cons

• Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

The Verdict

These tools serve different purposes. Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets is a platform while Kubernetes is a tool. We picked Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets based on overall popularity, but your choice depends on what you're building.

The Bottom Line

Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets wins

Based on overall popularity. Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets is more widely used, but Kubernetes excels in its own space.