Comparison

Amazon EKS vs kind

On the evidence we track, kind leads this comparison with a composite score of 54/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Amazon EKS46

★kind54

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Amazon EKS	kindLeader
Vioscale score	46 / 100medium · 73%	54 / 100low · 42%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	✗	-
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	11	-
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	✓
Fedrampsecurity.fedramp	✓	-
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	-
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	✓	-
Pcisecurity.pci	✓	-
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	-	6.6
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=sigs.k8s.io%2Fkind&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	-
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	2,126
Github starsadoption.github_stars	-	15,448
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	-	16
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	-	85
Historyrelease.history	-	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	Apache-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	-	Go
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · Popular in US · HQ US	Available worldwide

Score

Vioscale score

Amazon EKS46 / 100medium · 73%

kind54 / 100low · 42%

Pricing

Free tier

Amazon EKS✓

kind✓

Model

Amazon EKSfreemium

kindcommercial

Price level

Amazon EKSlow

kindfree

Transparent

Amazon EKS✗

kind–

Integrations

Count

Amazon EKS11

kind–

Security

Disclosure policy

Amazon EKS✓

kind✓

Fedramp

Amazon EKS✓

kind–

Gdpr

Amazon EKS✓

kind–

Hipaa

Amazon EKS✓

kind–

Pci

Amazon EKS✓

kind–

Scorecard

Amazon EKS–

kind6.6

Vulnerabilities

Amazon EKS–

kindCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=sigs.k8s.io%2Fkind&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Reliability

Status page

Amazon EKS✓

kind–

Adoption

Dependent repos

Amazon EKS–

kind2,126

Github stars

Amazon EKS–

kind15,448

Activity

Commits last 30d

Amazon EKS–

kind16

Release

Cadence days

Amazon EKS–

kind85

History

Amazon EKS–

kind20 items

License

Spdx

Amazon EKS–

kindApache-2.0

Language

Primary

Amazon EKS–

kindGo

Market

Availability

Amazon EKSAvailable worldwide · Popular in US · HQ US

kindAvailable worldwide

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for container orchestration tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for Container Orchestration Tools
Capability	Amazon EKS	kind
Core
Orchestration scope	Kubernetes	Kubernetes
Deployment
Hosting	Cloud + self-hosted	Self-hosted only
Standards
OCI / CRI compliant	-	-
CNCF Certified Kubernetes conformant	-	✓
Security
Rootless operation	-	✓
Architecture
Daemonless architecture	-	-
Platform
Windows containers	-	-
ARM architecture support	-	✓
Workloads
GPU scheduling	-	-
Stateful workloads	-	-
Networking
Built-in networking / CNI	-	-
Ops
Vendor-managed control plane	✓	-
Ecosystem
CNCF maturity	-	-
UX
GUI dashboard	✓	✗

Core

Orchestration scope

Amazon EKSKubernetes

kindKubernetes

Deployment

Hosting

Amazon EKSCloud + self-hosted

kindSelf-hosted only

Standards

OCI / CRI compliant

Amazon EKS-

kind-

CNCF Certified Kubernetes conformant

Amazon EKS-

kind✓

Security

Rootless operation

Amazon EKS-

kind✓

Architecture

Daemonless architecture

Amazon EKS-

kind-

Platform

Windows containers

Amazon EKS-

kind-

ARM architecture support

Amazon EKS-

kind✓

Workloads

GPU scheduling

Amazon EKS-

kind-

Stateful workloads

Amazon EKS-

kind-

Networking

Built-in networking / CNI

Amazon EKS-

kind-

Ops

Vendor-managed control plane

Amazon EKS✓

kind-

Ecosystem

CNCF maturity

Amazon EKS-

kind-

GUI dashboard

Amazon EKS✓

kind✗

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Amazon EKS

A fully managed Kubernetes platform that automates cluster and infrastructure management, allowing teams to build and run production-grade containerized workloads with AWS's operational reliability and security. Supports unified workload management across cloud, on-premises, and edge locations.

Independently observed

kind

Leader

kind enables developers to set up isolated Kubernetes clusters locally using Docker for testing, development, and CI/CD purposes. Originally built for testing Kubernetes itself, it provides CNCF-conformant Kubernetes clusters on a single machine.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Amazon EKS

from $0.10/moUsage-based

From $0.10 per cluster per hour. No minimum fees or upfront commitments. Additional charges for compute resources (EC2, EBS, IP addresses, cross-AZ traffic).

Standard Kubernetes version support$0.10 per cluster per hour (standard support for 14 months after release)
Extended Kubernetes version support$0.60 per cluster per hour (extended support for 12 months after standard support ends)

as of 2026-08-05verify ↗

kind

Leader

Open sourceFree tier

as of 2026-08-03verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Amazon EKS	kind
WebPlatforms	✓	✗
macOSPlatforms	✗	✓
WindowsPlatforms	✗	✓
LinuxPlatforms	✗	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✗
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✓	✗
HybridDeployment	✓	✗

Platforms

Web

Amazon EKS✓

kind✗

macOS

Amazon EKS✗

kind✓

Windows

Amazon EKS✗

kind✓

Linux

Amazon EKS✗

kind✓

CLI

Amazon EKS✓

kind✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Amazon EKS✓

kind✗

Self-hosted

Amazon EKS✓

kind✓

On-premise

Amazon EKS✓

kind✗

Hybrid

Amazon EKS✓

kind✗

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Amazon EKS

11 total

Cast AI
Tailscale
1Password
Okta
Trend Micro
Orca Security
Vanta
Arctic Wolf
Asana
LucidLink
Brave Search API

Independently observed

kind

Leader

Not documented yet.

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.