Elastic Kubernetes Service - AWS managed Kubernetes service that handles the complexity of running Kubernetes clusters. Like having a professional orchestra conductor manage your musicians.
A startup uses EKS to deploy their microservices without worrying about Kubernetes cluster management.
EKS, AKS, GKE, and OKE are managed Kubernetes services. They run the Kubernetes control plane for you and integrate with each cloud’s networking, identity, logging, and load balancing services. Differences are mainly in pricing, default integrations, and operational tooling, but the Kubernetes API and core concepts are largely the same.