For small setups, it is better to stay away from Kubernetes until it reaches a good level of stability. We jumped early on in the K8S bandwagon (before AWS EKS)

For small setups, it is better to stay away from Kubernetes until it reaches a good level of stability. We jumped early on in the K8S bandwagon (before AWS EKS) and paid a steep price for that. We continue to pay. Our AWS cost has doubled since the time we transitioned to K8S from AWS Elastic Beanstalk. I really wish I could say what would be a good time to embrace K8S, but your mileage might vary. When we made the switch, our service was at about 80TPS during regular load and would go up to 300TPS during peak load.