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Opinion: Why You Should Use Azure AKS Instead of AWS EKS in 2026 – 25% Lower Cost for Node Groups

DEV Community·ANKUSH CHOUDHARY JOHAL·6 months ago
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In 2026, after benchmarking 12 production-grade Kubernetes clusters across Azure AKS and AWS EKS for 18 months, my team found Azure AKS node groups cost 25% less than equivalent AWS EKS node groups—with identical performance, SLAs, and feature parity. If you’re still defaulting to EKS for managed Kubernetes, you’re leaving 25% of your compute budget on the table.

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