Question

How is Kubernetes different from Docker Swarm?

Answer 1

Features	Kubernetes	Docker Swarm
Installation & Cluster Config	Setup is very complicated, but once installed cluster is robust.	Installation is very simple, but the cluster is not robust.
GUI	GUI is the Kubernetes Dashboard.	There is no GUI.
Scalability	Highly scalable and scales fast.	Highly scalable and scales 5x faster than Kubernetes.
Auto-scaling	Kubernetes can do auto-scaling.	Docker swarm cannot do auto-scaling.
Load Balancing	Manual intervention needed for load balancing traffic between different containers and pods.	Docker swarm does auto load balancing of traffic between containers in the cluster.
Rolling Updates & Rollbacks	Can deploy rolling updates and does automatic rollbacks.	Can deploy rolling updates, but not automatic rollback.
DATA Volumes	Can share storage volumes only with the other containers in the same pod.	Can share storage volumes with any other container.
Logging & Monitoring	In-built tools for logging and monitoring.	3rd party tools like ELK stack should be used for logging and monitoring.