| Kubernetes | Docker |
| Kubernetes setup is very complicated, but once installed cluster is robust | Docker swarm installation is very simple, but the cluster is not robust |
| Kubernetes has the GUI as Dashboard | Docker swarm has no GUI |
| Kubernetes can do auto-scaling | Docker swarm cannot do auto-scaling |
| Kubernetes can deploy rolling updates and does automatic rollbacks | Docker swarm can deploy rolling updates, but not automatic rollback |
| Kubernetes share storage volumes only with the other containers in the same pod | Docker Swarm can share storage volumes with any other container |
| Kubernetes has in built tools for logging and monitoring | Docker Swarm use 3rd party tools like ELK stack |
| Kubernetes is highly scalable and scales fast | Docker Swarm is highly scalable and scales 5X faster than Kubernetes |