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We performed a comparison between Amazon Elastic Container Service and OpenShift Container Platform based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Container Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Amazon Elastic Container Service vs. OpenShift Container Platform Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Pros
"What I really like about Amazon ECS is its simplicity and ease of use. Amazon also has really good security.""The solution has good performance.""Amazon EC2 Container Service has multiple valuable features like load balancers and autoscalers.""The most valuable feature of Amazon EC2 Container Service is its flexibility.""Amazon Elastic Container Service is more stable.""I like the tool's availability and automated scalability. I need to define the port numbers, and when I have a large load of requests, I can get automated scalability.""The solution is easy to scale and implement and provides performance monitoring and management tools.""Good documentation and very straightforward to implement and use."

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"The most valuable feature is that the solution can be deployed in the cloud which removes the expense of a server.""The most valuable feature for me in the OpenShift Container Platform is the option to manage different containers and environments and also being able to switch among them.""The most valuable features are the monitoring and logging functionalities.""The product is stable, reliable, and easy to use, from a well-known company, has a large volume handling capacity, and more and more organizations are moving to OpenShift.""Autoscaling is an excellent feature that makes it very simple to scale our applications as required.""The architecture is the best. The solution is scalable if you are on a container-based solution.""On OpenShift, it's easy to scale applications. We can easily scale up or scale down.""Centralized control of container resources is most valuable."

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Cons
"It's a complex tool and should be simplified.""The solution's user experience and management are really bad.""The documentation and usage for the users can be better because for new users it can be very hard to understand and use the solution. They can add small images and accessories.""In the next release, they could add some customization options for high computer workloads.""Amazon EC2 Container Service's security can be improved.""The solution's stability is an area of concern where improvements are required.""The solution must improve backup and compatibility around OS like Windows and Mac.""Since it is a managed service for container orchestration, it may limit our control over certain infrastructure functions."

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"OpenShift Container Platform needs to work on integrations.""Getting the solution quickly and troubleshooting quickly are both areas where I think it needs some work.""Container Platform could be improved if we could aggregate logs out of the box instead of having to do it through integrations with other products.""The price needs to be improved in OpenShift Container Platform. When I choose this, the product is the first factor that we have to make a long analysis to compare the real cost for the other services. However, price is high.""I want to see more incorporation of native automation features; then, we could write a code, deploy it directly to OpenShift, and allow it to take care of the automated process. Using this method, we could write one application and have elements copy/pasted to other applications in the development process.""OpenShift Container Platform could improve by having better integration.""The product's interface is a bit buggy.""The UI could be more user-friendly to drive tasks more effectively through the interface."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "I don't exactly deal with the pricing. We have a separate Infra team that deals with the pricing. They are more into the scalability part. Based on our requirements, the pricing will increase. The automation teams will test some of the benefits to see how can we can optimize the cost. They'll have a security manager connection and some alerts based upon the usage to see how to reduce the building cost based upon the installations."
  • "Our client is paying between $400 and $500 USD per month for this service."
  • "I don't know the exact amount we were charged for our use of ECS, but I do know that it can be costly, especially when there is a bug or an error caused by default configurations."
  • "The tool's licensing is monthly."
  • "The pricing is good."
  • "The solution's cost could be reduced."
  • "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."
  • "The platform is inexpensive."
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  • "OpenShift with Red Hat support is pretty costly. We have done a comparison between AWS EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Services) which provides fully managed services from AWS. It's built on open-source-based Kubernetes clusters and it is much cheaper compared to Red Hat, but it is a little expensive compared to ECS provided by AWS."
  • "It depends on who you're talking to. For a large corporation, it is acceptable, other than the significant infrastructure requirements. For a small organization, it is in no way suitable, and we'd go for Amazon's container solution."
  • "The license to use the OpenShift Container Platform is free. If you are capable with Java you can modify it."
  • "The price is slightly on the higher side. It is something that can be worked on because most of the businesses now have margins."
  • "The pricing is a bit more expensive than expected."
  • "We paid for Cloud Pak for integration. It all depends on how many VMs or how many CPUs you are using. They do the licensing based on that."
  • "We currently have an annual license renewal."
  • "It largely depends on how much money they earn from the application being deployed; you don't normally deploy an app just for the purpose of having it. You must constantly look into your revenue and how much you spend every container, minute, or hour of how much it is working."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer: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… more »
    Top Answer:The solution must improve backup and compatibility around OS like Windows and Mac.
    Top Answer:Red Hat Openshift is ideal for organizations using microservices and cloud environments. I like that the platform is auto-scalable, which saves overhead time for developers. I think Openshift can be a… more »
    Top Answer:The tool's most valuable features include high availability, scalability, and security. Other features like advanced cluster management, advanced cluster security, and Red Hat Quay make it powerful… more »
    Top Answer:The solution is expensive, and I rate it an eight out of ten. There is a subscription called OpenShift Plus, which offers additional features and products the vendor provides to complement the… more »
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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.

    Red Hat® OpenShift® offers a consistent hybrid cloud foundation for building and scaling containerized applications. Benefit from streamlined platform installation and upgrades from one of the enterprise Kubernetes leaders.

    Sample Customers
    Ubisoft, GoPro, TIBCO, Remind
    Edenor, BMW, Ford, Argentine Ministry of Health
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company30%
    Financial Services Firm15%
    Recruiting/Hr Firm15%
    Manufacturing Company10%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm30%
    Computer Software Company10%
    Government8%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm42%
    Computer Software Company21%
    Comms Service Provider11%
    Government5%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm20%
    Computer Software Company15%
    Government9%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business52%
    Midsize Enterprise17%
    Large Enterprise31%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business16%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise73%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business17%
    Midsize Enterprise7%
    Large Enterprise76%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business16%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise71%
    Buyer's Guide
    Amazon Elastic Container Service vs. OpenShift Container Platform
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Amazon Elastic Container Service vs. OpenShift Container Platform and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
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    Amazon Elastic Container Service is ranked 8th in Container Management with 46 reviews while OpenShift Container Platform is ranked 1st in Container Management with 36 reviews. Amazon Elastic Container Service is rated 8.4, while OpenShift Container Platform is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Amazon Elastic Container Service writes "An easy to compute solution that can be used to take complete workloads to the cloud". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OpenShift Container Platform writes "Provides automation that speeds up our process by 30% and helps us achieve zero downtime". Amazon Elastic Container Service is most compared with Microsoft Azure Container Service, VMware Tanzu Mission Control, Google Kubernetes Engine and Linode, whereas OpenShift Container Platform is most compared with Amazon EKS, VMware Tanzu Mission Control, Nutanix Kubernetes Engine NKE, Rancher Labs and Kubernetes. See our Amazon Elastic Container Service vs. OpenShift Container Platform report.

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