k8s doesn't do anything of those things you mention (except autoscaling) without a bunch of extra components. The one virtue of k8s (that you hint at when you m

k8s doesn't do anything of those things you mention (except autoscaling) without a bunch of extra components. The one virtue of k8s (that you hint at when you mention Digital Ocean) is it provides a somewhat cloud-agnostic framework for plugging in all those pieces you mention.