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Managed EKS on AWS (2026): Auto Mode vs Self-Managed Karpenter vs Partner MSP
For a product SaaS (~12 production nodes, 3 clusters), EKS Auto Mode cut internal K8s ops from 80 to 35 hours/month at similar compute spend — partner MSP quote was $6,500/mo on top for 24/7 paging alone.