Amazon Elastic Container Service Reviews

Name: Amazon Elastic Container Service
Brand: Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Rating: 4 (47 reviews)

Vendor: Amazon Web Services (AWS)

4.2 out of 5

47 reviews
93% willing to recommend

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What is Amazon Elastic Container Service?

Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) is a highly scalable, high-performance container orchestration service that supports Docker containers and allows you to easily run and scale containerized applications on AWS. Amazon ECS eliminates the need for you to install and operate your own container orchestration software, manage and scale a cluster of virtual machines, or schedule containers on those virtual machines.

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Amazon Elastic Container Service is the #1 ranked solution in top Containers as a Service vendors and #8 ranked solution in Container Management software. PeerSpot users give Amazon Elastic Container Service an average rating of 8.4 out of 10. Amazon Elastic Container Service is most commonly compared to Linode: Amazon Elastic Container Service vs Linode. Amazon Elastic Container Service is popular among the large enterprise segment, accounting for 71% of users researching this solution on PeerSpot. The top industry researching this solution are professionals from a financial services firm, accounting for 31% of all views.

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Amazon Elastic Container Service

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Featured reviews

Salvador Fernández

Cloud Architect at iwell iwell Co.Co.

I use the product for Azure folders, which act as a shared folder between the servers. I utilize it as a network file system for storing logs and managing software across all the servers in various availability zones. I have two instances: one for production and another for QA and testing purposes…

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Pushkar Kodag

Senior Software Engineer at Capgemini

We had a new product, and we used Amazon Elastic Container Service to do a proof of concept for it. We used Amazon Elastic Container Service for deploying a web application Amazon Elastic Container Service is more stable. We didn't do a stress test on the solution, but I could say it cost much…

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Filip Kopecký

Chief Technology Officer at HOPI HOLDING a.s.

We use Amazon EC2 Container Service for running applications and data The most valuable feature of Amazon EC2 Container Service is its flexibility. I have been using Amazon EC2 Container Service for quite a long time. The solution's stability is almost perfect, but some outages occasionally…

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Amazon Elastic Container Service mindshare

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As of September 2024, the mindshare of Amazon Elastic Container Service in the Container Management category stands at 2.9%, down from 3.3% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Key learnings from peers

Valuable Features

"I use the tool to manage containerized applications. What I like about Amazon ECS is the interface it provides. Although the configurations can be extensive, such as setting up auto-scaling groups and configuring separate tasks and services for each application, the interface makes it manageable."
"It is a highly stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"Amazon ECS allows users to deploy and manage container applications like microservices or web applications on Amazon clusters. It's easy to install and designed for AWS targets, serving as a serverless container platform. It offers features such as automatic scanning, load balancing, and service discovery to help users manage their container applications."

Room for Improvement

"The tool initially required a significant amount of development time on the backend, but in terms of efficiency, it's a one-time effort."
"After the load balancer gets attached to Amazon Elastic Container Service clusters, I can't modify, remove, or replace it later."
"We noticed a problem where our container doesn't always run, and the traffic in our secured license exceeds 100%, leading to increased container costs. We are working to understand and reduce this traffic to control costs."

Pricing

"Although AWS has successfully captured over 60 percent of the market in the cloud part, the tool is competitively way cheaper for the resources it provides compared to the other solutions."
"Amazon ECS is expensive."
"They offer a pay-as-you-go pricing model for the product."

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