Why We Moved from GKE to EKS

Why We Moved from GKE to EKS When we initially adopted Kubernetes, Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) Autopilot seemed like the perfect choice — fully managed, minimal operational overhead, and quick to get started. But as our workloads matured, three major challenges started to surface: Rising and unpredictable costs Compliance constraints The need for deeper infrastructure control This blog walks through why we migrated to Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) with Karpenter, the architectural c