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Amazon Elastic Container Service vs IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon Elastic Container Se...
Ranking in Containers as a Service (CaaS)
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
51
Ranking in other categories
Container Management (7th)
IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
Ranking in Containers as a Service (CaaS)
7th
Average Rating
6.6
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Containers as a Service (CaaS) category, the mindshare of Amazon Elastic Container Service is 27.3%, down from 37.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service is 7.1%, up from 4.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

FABIO NAGAO - PeerSpot reviewer
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.
Andrea Castorino - PeerSpot reviewer
A stable solution that can be deployed in parts to improve its robustness and reliability
Our clients are usually enterprise businesses. IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service is a good solution because our customer requires very rapid deployment, and the solution is critical for his business. If the system is down, the lawyer cannot send documents, and people may be in jail. Overall, I rate IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service an eight out of ten.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Once you get the procedure right, and set a pattern, it just works."
"The tool helps us with maneuverability. Its most valuable feature is autoscaling."
"The containerization is a valuable feature for us."
"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."
"The cloud services are readily available."
"Amazon Elastic Container Service makes horizontal scaling easy and is especially effective when working under the ECS service."
"The production environment is highly available, which nowadays is a requirement for all of the big companies."
"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."
"We deploy the solution in parts so we can easily manage the parts to improve the robustness and reliability of the software."
"IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service has enough flexibility that we needed."
 

Cons

"The user interface of ECS could be improved for better navigation and to assist in quickly setting up a deployment."
"The solution's pricing could be improved."
"I think that it would help if the vendor provided more use cases and explanations as to how ECS can be utilized."
"The existing domain-joined capability the solution provides during the initial boot-up of the compute should be streamlined and made a little robust."
"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."
"Visualization is an important factor for me, and I don't think that the visuals within ECS are good enough because it doesn't show you all the details you might need to see at a glance."
"I would like the product to improve integration with different platforms."
"Since it is a managed service for container orchestration, it may limit our control over certain infrastructure functions."
"IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service's log management should be improved because it is a bit complicated."
"IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service is not user-friendly, they could improve the user interface, and add more features to compete with Amazon AWS which is better."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"If you want to scale without the traditional methods, the solution is a bit cost-effective."
"Amazon EC2 Container Service is cheap."
"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."
"There is no need to pay anything towards the licensing costs of Amazon EC2 Container Service."
"The tool's cost is good."
"The solution is pricey."
"The platform is inexpensive."
"We have to pay a monthly licensing fee for Amazon EC2 Container Service."
"The price of the solution was fine."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
27%
Computer Software Company
15%
Government
7%
Manufacturing Company
6%
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Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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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 ...
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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Also Known As

Amazon ECS, Amazon EC2 Container Service
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Sample Customers

Ubisoft, GoPro, TIBCO, Remind
Think Research, Eurobits Technologies
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