Amazon Elastic Container Service vs Google Container Engine comparison

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google are both solutions in the Container Management category. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ranked #8 with an average rating of 8.4, while Google is ranked #17 with an average rating of 8.0. Amazon Web Services (AWS) holds a 1.3% mindshare in CM, compared to Google’s 0.2% mindshare. Additionally, 94% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Google users who would recommend it.

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon Elastic Container Se...

Ranking in Container Management

8th

Ranking in Containers as a Service (CaaS)

1st

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Google Container Engine

Ranking in Container Management

17th

Ranking in Containers as a Service (CaaS)

3rd

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

8.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Container Management category, the mindshare of Amazon Elastic Container Service is 1.3%, down from 2.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Google Container Engine is 0.2%, down from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Container Management Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Amazon Elastic Container Service	1.3%
Google Container Engine	0.2%
Other	98.5%

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FABIO NAGAO

Chief Technology Officer at Looplex SA

Horizontal scaling is streamlined when deploying modern workloads

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. This limitation makes it challenging to define a balanced scale-out automation since a well-written software should balance between processing and memory.

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Hoang Do

DevOps Engineer at The Digital Group Inc

Has autoscaling features that helps to save costs

We use the solution to deploy microservices. The tool is very powerful, scalable, and easy to manage. Its autoscaling features helped us save costs. Google Container Engine needs to be able to manage network products. I have been using the product for two years. I rate the product's…

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"ECS is flexible and easy to use."

"The most valuable feature, after using Amazon EC2 Container Service for two years, is to set the availability and also for network throughput."

"ECS is a useful platform."

"Implementing the product has helped me monitor the parameters. I utilize tools like CloudWatch and AWS systems to track these parameters. If any issues arise, I alert our developer team to address and resolve them. The product helps to have a global file system. Also, it helps in data replication from region to region."

"For Amazon EC2 Container Service, providing the ability for users to select specific processor, memory, disk, and interface types might be an ideal feature. But, the practicality of offering all possible physical combinations is nearly impossible due to the underlying physical machines. AWS and Azure organize options into groups based on essential components like powerful processors or critical interfaces, considering physical restrictions. While expanding these choices is conceivable, it may not be feasible from a financial and practical perspective. Customers generally comprehend this limitation, as even in their own data centers, exact physical machine requirements are often a result of a combination of factors such as price, availability, and new machine generations."

"They handle the backup process quite well. They automatically encapsulate it, including container backups, without relying heavily on the client's involvement. This is a significant advantage compared to other providers where clients often need to manage the process more independently. It's a feature that I find suitable and beneficial."

"For me, the best feature of ECS is Fargate because I don't have to manage anything. Instead, everything is managed by AWS and all I have to do, in essence, is configure my containers and deploy them."

"Overall, it is a user-friendly and efficient tool for managing containers."

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"The tool is very powerful, scalable, and easy to manage. Its autoscaling features helped us save costs."

Cons

"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."

"The user interface of ECS could be improved for better navigation and to assist in quickly setting up a deployment."

"The orchestration of the workloads running in ECS needs improvement."

"The solution needs to be more usable."

"Amazon EC2 Container Service needs to improve the menu design. It needs to improve deployment with better documentation."

"Amazon Elastic Container Service should simplify its management. It can be difficult for someone who doesn't have much experience with the tool. Also, the tool needs to add the ability to manage networks."

"The solution’s UI should be improved."

"The product can become expensive if you don't choose what you want."

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"Google Container Engine needs to be able to manage network products."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Amazon ECS is expensive."

"There is no need to pay anything towards the licensing costs of Amazon EC2 Container Service."

"On a scale of one to ten, where one is low price and ten is high price, I rate Amazon EC2 Container Service’s pricing a four or five out of ten."

"Amazon EC2 Container Service is an expensive solution."

"The solution is pricey."

"The pricing of Amazon EC2 Container Service is average."

"The pricing is good."

"If you want to scale without the traditional methods, the solution is a bit cost-effective."

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"The tool's pricing is medium."

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

25%

Computer Software Company

16%

Government

Transportation Company

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Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	27
Midsize Enterprise	7
Large Enterprise	18

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Amazon Elastic Container Service?

Implementing the product has helped me monitor the parameters. I utilize tools like CloudWatch and AWS systems to track these parameters. If any issues arise, I alert our developer team to address ...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Amazon Elastic Container Service?

The product's pricing is good.

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What needs improvement with Amazon Elastic Container Service?

The solution must improve backup and compatibility around OS like Windows and Mac.

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What do you like most about Google Container Engine?

The tool is very powerful, scalable, and easy to manage. Its autoscaling features helped us save costs.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Google Container Engine?

The tool's pricing is medium.

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What needs improvement with Google Container Engine?

Google Container Engine needs to be able to manage network products.

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Also Known As

Amazon ECS, Amazon EC2 Container Service

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Overview

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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Google Container Engine is a powerful cluster manager and orchestration system for running your Docker containers. Container Engine schedules your containers into the cluster and manages them automatically based on requirements you define (such as CPU and memory). It's built on the open source Kubernetes system, giving you the flexibility to take advantage of on-premises, hybrid, or public cloud infrastructure.

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