Compare Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) and Kubernetes 
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At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (46.3% of reviews)
Enterprise (38.8% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
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Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
Star Rating
(280)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (46.3% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)Kubernetes
Star Rating
(153)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (38.8% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about KubernetesAmazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) vs Kubernetes
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) easier to use, set up, and administer. However, reviewers preferred doing business with Kubernetes overall.
- Reviewers felt that Kubernetes meets the needs of their business better than Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS).
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Kubernetes is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Kubernetes over Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS).
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
No pricing availableKubernetes
No pricing availableFree Trial
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
No trial information availableKubernetes
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
8.8
204
9.2
127
Ease of Use
8.1
204
7.9
135
Ease of Setup
8.1
120
7.4
89
Ease of Admin
8.2
114
8.0
71
Quality of Support
8.3
189
8.5
109
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.7
112
8.9
57
Product Direction (% positive)
8.7
182
9.7
123
Features by Category
Management
8.2
108
8.8
68
8.2
104
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
Organization
8.1
98
9.1
65
8.0
100
9.0
69
8.2
103
9.6
71
Development
Feature Not Available
8.7
54
8.4
98
9.1
68
8.1
87
9.0
54
8.2
94
9.0
57
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) and Kubernetes are categorized as Container Management and Container Orchestration
Unique Categories
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) has no unique categories
Kubernetes has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Kubernetes
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Computer Software
11.9%
Information Technology and Services
9.4%
Financial Services
7.8%
Marketing and Advertising
5.3%
Insurance
4.1%
Other
61.5%
Computer Software
33.8%
Information Technology and Services
20.9%
Telecommunications
9.5%
Financial Services
4.7%
Banking
3.4%
Other
27.7%
Alternatives
Discussions
Simpler
1 Comment
SP
ECS (containers) service page itself has main metrics link CPU utilization and memory utilization reports. If you need more stats you can go to cloudwatch...Read more
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) has no more discussions with answers
What does Kubernetes do?
1 Comment
MG
Container orchestration and container management.
You can also configure properties on the basis of which scaling of pods will be done.
It makes your...Read more
What are the main features of Kubernetes?
1 Comment
YA
- Container orchestration utilising available hardware or VMs, thus decreasing costs
- High Availability within a data center / availability zone
- Ability...Read more
Kubernetes has no more discussions with answers
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