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Amazon Elastic Container Service pros and cons

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PROS

Amazon Elastic Container Service is highly stable and reliable, with a reported uptime between 97% and 99.99%.
It offers robust features like auto-scaling, which effectively manages resources based on demand, benefiting cost-reduction efforts.
Service discovery functionality in Amazon ECS is valuable for reducing network-related costs and improving app efficiency.
Integration with AWS services like Elastic Load Balancer, Service Mesh, and Service Map simplifies service discovery and enhances scalability.
ECS provides a cost-effective solution for containerized applications, appealing to technical users for its efficiency and ease of use.

CONS

ECS needs improvement in orchestration and automation, particularly for identifying failing instances and replacing load balancers.
Users find the ECS pricing high compared to other alternatives, with complex billing structures.
There are challenges with ECS's stability, as instances may fail or have issues with stability during scaling operations.
Limited support and delays in response time from AWS impact user experience with ECS, leading to dissatisfaction.
Third-party integrations could be made easier within ECS to match its compatibility with internal AWS services.
 

Amazon Elastic Container Service Pros review quotes

Bharat Prajapati - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead DevSecOps Engineer & Founder of Spiderthings Solutions at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
Jun 2, 2026
Amazon Elastic Container Service has impacted my organization positively by being very helpful, cost-optimized, and easy to deploy; from a developer perspective, user perspective, and DevOps team perspective, it accommodates everyone, whether they are a fresher, intermediate, or advanced user, thanks to its easy UI features.
Rohit Kesharwani - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager, Engineering at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
Mar 23, 2026
As a user, I am mostly on the technical side in a techno-managerial role, so it becomes easy for me to host something onto Amazon Elastic Container Service; the onboarding time for Amazon Elastic Container Service is easy and there are all sorts of pre-baked templates to use.
FABIO NAGAO - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Technology Officer at Looplex SA
Dec 26, 2024
Amazon Elastic Container Service makes horizontal scaling easy and is especially effective when working under the ECS service.
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TP
General Manager at Vodafone Idea Ltd.
Apr 11, 2025
Overall, I would rate the solution highly over time as there is no reason not to, giving it a rating of 10 out of 10.
ShitanshuChandra - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Data Scientist at Ngenux
Nov 5, 2025
Auto scaling is the best feature found in Amazon Elastic Container Service, and it provides significant cost saving benefits.
Reyan LAIFA - PeerSpot reviewer
AWS Cloud and DevOps Consultant | Solutions Architect at Devoteam Management Consulting
Sep 25, 2024
A really good feature of ECS is the integration with AWS services, especially the networking services like Elastic Load Balancer, Service Mesh, and Service Map, which simplifies the service discovery process.
Sarbajit Rath - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Solutions Architect at Boeing
Aug 2, 2023
Amazon EC2 Container Service has multiple valuable features like load balancers and autoscalers.
PJ
Senior Systems Engineer at Mycom Osi
Sep 26, 2023
The most valuable feature of the solution is its scalability.
Pushkar Kodag - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Infrastructure Engineer at Principal Global Services
Aug 23, 2023
Amazon Elastic Container Service is more stable.
Venkateswar Ndt - PeerSpot reviewer
Controler at Emirates
Oct 19, 2023
Amazon EC2 Container Service is a stable solution.
 

Amazon Elastic Container Service Cons review quotes

Bharat Prajapati - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead DevSecOps Engineer & Founder of Spiderthings Solutions at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
Jun 2, 2026
Its scalability is good, though there are a few areas that need improvement.What needs to be improved with scalability is not specific, but it involves occasions when the scaling trigger does not perform up to the mark, and sometimes it gets stuck in the draining state when a container goes down due to reasons including being unhealthy or crashing, requiring a wait for the container to transition before a new one can come up.
Rohit Kesharwani - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager, Engineering at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
Mar 23, 2026
I think the UI should be enhanced to better visualize things.
FABIO NAGAO - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Technology Officer at Looplex SA
Dec 26, 2024
Currently, when scaling with Amazon Elastic Container Service, I have to choose between monitoring CPU or memory usage to scale up or scale out; there is no option to monitor both simultaneously.
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TP
General Manager at Vodafone Idea Ltd.
Apr 11, 2025
The services are costly, which is one potential drawback. Additionally, when it comes to new-age services around AI, particularly in the areas of LLMs and genomics, these services are not fully available in our region's availability domain. These are the areas where improvement is required.
ShitanshuChandra - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Data Scientist at Ngenux
Nov 5, 2025
Amazon Elastic Container Service receives a stability rating of eight, as there were some issues where AWS was down recently and experienced a few crashes, but overall, the rating is still pretty high.
Reyan LAIFA - PeerSpot reviewer
AWS Cloud and DevOps Consultant | Solutions Architect at Devoteam Management Consulting
Sep 25, 2024
The user interface of ECS could be improved for better navigation and to assist in quickly setting up a deployment.
Sarbajit Rath - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Solutions Architect at Boeing
Aug 2, 2023
The existing domain-joined capability the solution provides during the initial boot-up of the compute should be streamlined and made a little robust.
PJ
Senior Systems Engineer at Mycom Osi
Sep 26, 2023
My company has faced some stability issues with Amazon EC2 Container Service.
Pushkar Kodag - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Infrastructure Engineer at Principal Global Services
Aug 23, 2023
Amazon Elastic Container Service’s initial setup is a bit difficult.
Venkateswar Ndt - PeerSpot reviewer
Controler at Emirates
Oct 19, 2023
Amazon EC2 Container Service should include more enterprise project management features, typically available in an OpenShift environment.