And yet, they both fight for the same budget. They're absolutely alternatives in that sense. Not necessarily the right tool for the job, but alas, that's not

And yet, they both fight for the same budget. They're absolutely alternatives in that sense. Not necessarily the right tool for the job, but alas, that's not stopped the wave. And eventually, even Heroku will be based on K8s, as they see the writing on the wall. Also note that most adherents view K8s as a replacement (more accurately new API) that replaces EC2. the fundamental unit of computing becomes the Pod, not a VM.