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Amazon Elastic Container Service vs Spot comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Apr 8, 2025

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

Categories and Ranking

Amazon Elastic Container Se...
Ranking in Containers as a Service (CaaS)
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
50
Ranking in other categories
Container Management (6th)
Spot
Ranking in Containers as a Service (CaaS)
7th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Management (32nd), Server Virtualization Software (14th), Cloud Operations Analytics (3rd), Cloud Analytics (5th), Compute Service (11th), Cloud Cost Management (9th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Containers as a Service (CaaS) category, the mindshare of Amazon Elastic Container Service is 30.5%, down from 38.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Spot is 2.5%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Containers as a Service (CaaS)
 

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.
Manpreet_Singh - PeerSpot reviewer
Used to manage Kubernetes infrastructure, but it doesn't have support from OCI
Spot Ocean is deployed on the cloud in our organization. I would recommend the solution to other users. You need to have an experience with Kubernetes, or else this product is of no use. It is not difficult to learn to use Spot Ocean. Overall, I rate the solution a seven 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

"We primarily employ the Linux platform in terms of architecture. It utilizes its database, MySQL. Additionally, for CI/CD processes, we rely on Amazon CodeBuild. Furthermore, we use Amazon S3 storage to store specific static files. Currently, the system is running smoothly, and we don't actively perform any maintenance tasks as everything is automated."
"The solution's technical support is good."
"We use the product for website and email database hosting."
"It's quick and easy to have the solution working."
"The most valuable feature is the volume size they offer."
"The support from AWS is incredible."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is its scalability."
"Performance is our top priority. So, if we need to deploy on a high-specification machine, we can choose it from the software. If we just need a low-specification one, we can just choose it based on the requirement handling software configuration."
"The solution helps us to manage and scale automatically whenever there is a limit to the increase in the application workflow."
"The solution offers both block access and file access, making it a nice solution for customers."
 

Cons

"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 solution could provide more reliability."
"Sometimes, the instances fail under the ECS container cluster, and we have to manually go and find out the black sheep in the ECS container instance. We had an issue earlier where one of the instances under the ECS container cluster went down, and we were not able to identify that instance. The instance got terminated, but a new instance did not come up. Therefore, I had to manually get that instance up. It could be optimized better. In production, we normally cannot sustain such things. It can be optimized in terms of instances, durability, and serving the requests of customers."
"In the next release, they could add some customization options for high computer workloads."
"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."
"After the load balancer gets attached to Amazon Elastic Container Service clusters, I can't modify, remove, or replace it later."
"The solution can still be expensive, even with per-second billing."
"The solution is expensive compared to other alternatives like Azure."
"The solution doesn't have support from OCI, and it should start working to onboard OCI."
"There are no particular areas for improvement I can identify."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Amazon EC2 Container Service is worth the money."
"The product's pricing is good."
"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 Elastic Container Service has a decent price, which is neither cheap nor expensive."
"Amazon ECS is expensive."
"The platform is inexpensive."
"The pricing of Amazon EC2 Container Service is average."
"The tool's cost is good."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
29%
Computer Software Company
15%
Government
8%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Manufacturing Company
22%
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Real Estate/Law Firm
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
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.
What do you like most about Spot Ocean?
The solution helps us to manage and scale automatically whenever there is a limit to the increase in the application workflow.
What needs improvement with Spot Ocean?
There are no particular areas for improvement I can identify.
What is your primary use case for Spot Ocean?
Spot by NetApp is primarily used for backup and also for Fiservware.
 

Also Known As

Amazon ECS, Amazon EC2 Container Service
Spot Ocean, Spot Elastigroup, Spot Eco
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Ubisoft, GoPro, TIBCO, Remind
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