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At a Glance
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
Star Rating
(331)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (45.4% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Star Rating
(193)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (42.7% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
  • Users report that Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) excels in its Access Control feature, scoring 8.9 compared to Amazon ECS's 8.2, indicating a more robust and flexible approach to managing user permissions and roles.
  • Reviewers mention that the Ease of Use for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) is rated at 8.7, which is higher than Amazon ECS's 8.2, suggesting that users find AKS more intuitive and user-friendly for container orchestration.
  • G2 users highlight that Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) has a superior Product Direction score of 9.6, reflecting a strong confidence in the future development and enhancements of the platform compared to Amazon ECS's 8.8.
  • Users on G2 report that the Quality of Support for Amazon ECS is slightly better, with a score of 8.4, while AKS scored 8.3, indicating that users may find more responsive and helpful support with Amazon ECS.
  • Reviewers mention that Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) shines in Container Networking with a score of 8.5, compared to Amazon ECS's 8.0, suggesting that AKS offers more advanced networking capabilities for containerized applications.
  • Users say that both platforms have their strengths in Orchestration, but AKS's score of 8.4 versus Amazon ECS's 8.1 indicates that AKS may provide a more comprehensive orchestration experience for managing containerized workloads.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
No pricing available
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
No pricing available
Free Trial
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
No trial information available
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
No trial information available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.0
248
8.8
168
Ease of Use
8.2
250
8.7
170
Ease of Setup
8.2
146
8.8
99
Ease of Admin
8.3
138
8.6
86
Quality of Support
8.4
235
8.4
159
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.7
136
8.9
83
Product Direction (% positive)
8.8
225
9.6
163
Features by Category
8.2
777
8.3
134
Management
8.2
105
8.9
17
8.1
102
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
Organization
8.1
96
8.3
16
8.0
98
8.5
17
8.1
100
8.4
16
Development
Feature Not Available
7.8
18
8.4
97
8.2
17
8.1
86
7.8
16
8.3
93
8.2
17
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) are categorized as Container Management and Container Orchestration
Unique Categories
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) has no unique categories
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
17.7%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
36.9%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
45.4%
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
23.8%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
33.5%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
42.7%
Reviewers' Industry
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
Computer Software
14.0%
Information Technology and Services
11.9%
Financial Services
8.2%
Marketing and Advertising
4.8%
Insurance
3.8%
Other
57.3%
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Information Technology and Services
27.0%
Computer Software
20.5%
Telecommunications
6.5%
Financial Services
5.4%
Health, Wellness and Fitness
3.8%
Other
36.8%
Most Helpful Reviews
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Vamshi P.
VP
Vamshi P.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services

1. Makes it so easy to bring up an instance. It takes under 30 seconds to bring up a working ec2 machine which is just awesome! 2. Wide range of memory and compute configurations to choose from. 3. per second billing, pay only for what you use.

Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User in Computer Software
GC
Verified User in Computer Software

I don't like that the navigation workflow is clunky. It makes it difficult to find exactly what I'm looking for.

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Verified User
G
Verified User in Information Technology and Services

- I love its features, adaptability of any endpoints, connectivity to the cloud - Azure keeps updating the features of AKS and there are lots of documents and articles if you need to integrate much-needed service - Its easy to use auto-scaling technology...

Most Helpful Critical Review
TP
Teo P.
Verified User in Building Materials

The solution configures the Kubernetes cluster as a VM. Therefore it is an IaaS and not PaaS infrastructure.

Alternatives
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) Alternatives
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Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Alternatives
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Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)
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Discussions
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) Discussions
Simpler
1 comment
SP
ECS (containers) service page itself has main metrics link CPU utilization and memory utilization reports. If you need more stats you can go to cloudwatch...Read more
Monty the Mongoose crying
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) has no more discussions with answers
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Discussions
What is azure Kubernetes service aks?
1 comment
Nikhil B.
NB
It is the managed service from the Azure for hosting Kubernetes cluster on the Azure CLoud.Read more
Monty the Mongoose crying
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) has no more discussions with answers