--- title: Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) Reviews meta\_title: 'Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 283 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.3 review\_count: 283 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: Containerization url: https://www.g2.com/categories/containerization --- # Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) but has limited features. Are you part of the Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) team? [Upgrade your plan](https://sell.g2.com) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) is a fully managed container orchestration service that simplifies the deployment, management, and scaling of containerized applications. By eliminating the complexities of infrastructure management, Amazon ECS enables development teams to focus on building and innovating applications without the overhead of managing servers or clusters. Key Features and Functionality: - Flexible Deployment Options: Amazon ECS supports running containers on Amazon EC2 instances, AWS Fargate for serverless compute, and on-premises servers through Amazon ECS Anywhere, providing versatility across different environments. - Integrated Security: The service offers robust security features, including application isolation, IAM roles, automated patching, and encrypted storage, ensuring that applications are protected throughout their lifecycle. - High Performance and Scalability: Amazon ECS automatically scales applications to meet varying demand, maintaining consistent performance and high availability without manual intervention. - Deep AWS Integration: Seamless integration with other AWS services, such as Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR), AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), and Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), allows for a cohesive and efficient development and deployment experience. Primary Value and Problem Solved: Amazon ECS addresses the challenges of managing containerized applications by providing a fully managed service that abstracts the underlying infrastructure complexities. This allows development teams to deploy and scale applications rapidly, reduce operational overhead, and enhance security. By leveraging Amazon ECS, organizations can accelerate their application development cycles, improve resource utilization, and focus on delivering business value without the need to manage the intricacies of container orchestration. * * * Seller [Amazon Web Services (AWS)](https://www.g2.com/sellers/amazon-web-services-aws-3e93cc28-2e9b-4961-b258-c6ce0feec7dd) Discussions [Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) Community](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-elastic-container-service-amazon-ecs/discuss) Solution Type Best-of-Breed Overview by John Miranda (Digital Marketing Specialist at Amazon Web Services) Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Time to Implement 3 months ### Return on Investment 13 months [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-elastic-container-service-amazon-ecs/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Red Hat OpenShift](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Red Hat OpenShift") Red Hat OpenShift 4.5/5(306) ](https://www.g2.com/products/red-hat-red-hat-openshift/reviews) [ ![Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)") Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise) 4.4/5(286) ](https://www.g2.com/products/mirantis-kubernetes-engine-formerly-docker-enterprise/reviews) [ ![Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)") Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) 4.5/5(260) ](https://www.g2.com/products/google-kubernetes-engine-gke/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-elastic-container-service-amazon-ecs/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 283 real user reviews. 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I like that you can choose to manage it with EC2 servers or serverless Fargate. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)? The awsvpc Networking Mode is supposed to make the networking easier but in my experience it was way more difficult Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS): Consider whether you need to deploy your image in a server managed or serverless environment before starting to configure. Also make sure you understand how the networking works. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) solving and how is that benefiting you? We use docker heavily so using ECS to manage and deploy images is great Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 Gives Campaign ![Gerry C.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Gerry C.") GC Gerry C. Principal Database Administrator Information Technology and Services Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 11/27/2018 "ECS is the future" 5/5 What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)? Love the robust and rapid features of using containers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)? Have not found anything that I do not like now. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) solving and how is that benefiting you? Much faster to build and deploy. We are in the beginning stages, but can see how this is the future of application management and deploy management Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 Gives Campaign WG Winfield G. Principal System Administrator Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 11/26/2018 "Love to use EC2" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)? It is easy to stoop up and convient to do POC for architect. It is cost effective and faster. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)? It does not contained the ec2 instance for some of the technology, like all oracle data integrator. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) solving and how is that benefiting you? I used it to solve problem for travel industry. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 Gives Campaign DW darren w. solutions architect Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 11/28/2018 "great integration with AWS Services" 4/5 What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)? if you aren't using kubernetes, or have workloads that are AWS native, ECS is a fantastic option for seamless integration Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)? can't think of anything at this time. Really great solution for aws native Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) solving and how is that benefiting you? standard applications that can scale with an RDS backend..lots of them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 Gives Campaign ![Verified User in Restaurants](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Restaurants") AR Verified User in Restaurants Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 11/28/2018 "Great way to get started with hosting containers." 4.5/5 What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)? Ease of gettting started with either a simple single container deployment or multple containers and still being able to control secrets and configuration so you dont feel like you have your IP hanging out. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)? I think this service is great for a starting step, once you get to a certain point its better to step into something like EKS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS): Give it a test drive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) solving and how is that benefiting you? Ease of getting developers started and self sufficient with setting up services they are creating. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 Gives Campaign BS Ben S. Devops Engineer Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 11/26/2018 "fast and reliable" 4/5 What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)? I love how fast this deployments go. I love the healthchecks and autoredployment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)? steep learning curve in the beginning, I wish the actual ecs logs were a little easier to find and more clear. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) solving and how is that benefiting you? I moved off of servers to serverless infrastructure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 Gives Campaign KS kapil s. solutions architect Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 11/26/2018 "really elastic" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)? there are multiple options to choose and integrsate with S3 using intance profile. no keys required by the program Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)? nreed more info on differences between fargate eks ecs bean stalk and other services Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) solving and how is that benefiting you? grear product and environment creation is faster Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 Gives Campaign ![Verified User in Government Relations](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Government Relations") UG Verified User in Government Relations Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 11/29/2018 "Container Review" 3/5 What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)? Deployability and easy usage. also allow our applications to be bundled into container which can be scaled as needed based on useage. Once our software engineers figured out how to use this product it has been beneficial. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)? some of the documentation was lacking when we first started using it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS): since this product is part of the AWS cloud offering, it works in the cloud. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) solving and how is that benefiting you? deployment to the cloud and to have a container for our apps Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 Gives Campaign PM Pete M. senior systems admin Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 11/27/2018 "Excellent product to offload on-prem servers too" 5/5 What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)? I really the speed I can bring a instance up and with the flexibility of computer/ram resources depending on requirements Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)? Nothing really, it us working great for us. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) solving and how is that benefiting you? I do not have to worry about on-prem hardware issues Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 Gives Campaign ![Verified User in Financial Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Financial Services") UF Verified User in Financial Services Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 11/28/2018 "ECS is great for running containers in production" 5/5 What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)? ECS enables my organization to scale our product while not worrying about the underlying infrastructure. ECS has definitely saved myself and team tons of time worrying about infrastructure and managing servers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)? ECS monitoring can definitely be improved, especially with respect to the Fargate launch type. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS): ECS is great, would recommend. Especially take a look at Fargate. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) solving and how is that benefiting you? ECS helps scale our workload dynamically while not having to worry about setting up docker runtimes and clustering. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 Gives Campaign ## Questions about Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. 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