Core concept

Autopilot: no node management. Pay per pod resources. Auto-scaling. Simpler + slightly pricier per pod-hour.

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How it works

Anthos extends GKE to on-prem + other clouds. Managed multi-cluster.

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Trade-offs + gotchas

Autopilot for most. Standard when you need node customization (GPUs, custom OS, specific instance types).