Kubernetes is easy to use after some exposure; it's pretty convenient too. But it is super hard to set up.
eksctl is a good tool for folks who don't want to spend hours/days/weeks debugging VPC configuration in 1000s of lines of CloudFormation. None of the other tools seem to be that much easier to use (kops, kubeadm, etc.).
But even with EKS and eksctl you are constrained to Amazon Linux worker nodes. AMIs are practically impossible to discover.
I haven't spent much time with GKE.
And while eksctl operates on the right level for developers needing to administrate small/medium-sized systems, it... doesn't exist outside EKS.
It is unfortunate the only major container orchestration system is this complex to administer. The user-facing APIs are pretty solid and guide toward sustainable system design. It is really hard to see the value for most companies with medium-sized deployments tasked with administration. Among serious proprietary alternatives, sure, there's ECS and Google App Engine. But there's little advantage in existing Kubernetes user knowledge. The OSS alternatives don't have the adoption to seem like a good investment.
OpenStack's magnum or OpenShift seem like possible high-level providers for a generic environment. But neither are particularly known for stability.
In all, the ecosystem has gotten friendlier. There will probably be a time in the future (3-5 years from now?) when Kubernetes is fairly easy to administer.
I'd love to hear your thoughts and experiences administering Kubernetes.