preferred deployment method (Helm vs Kustomize vs other)

[nicholasgibson2]

I'm curious about how people in the community deploy this project. Based on the documentation and discussions I would guess Helm is more popular. I have been using Helm for my deployments, but the Helm CRD limitations have been a huge pain point for my automation. I am in the process of converting to a Kustomize based deployment, but even simple configuration such as setting the sync period seems much more tedious compared to Helm (--set syncPeriod=5m).