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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
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Azure Web App for Containers
Azure Web App for Containers
Star Rating
(44)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (37.2% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Azure Web App for Containers
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
  • Users report that Amazon ECS offers robust access control features, scoring 8.2, but reviewers mention that Azure Web App for Containers excels in this area with a higher ease of use rating of 9.3, making it more user-friendly for managing permissions.
  • Reviewers mention that while Amazon ECS has a solid orchestration score of 8.1, Azure Web App for Containers shines with a score of 9.5, indicating a more streamlined experience for deploying and managing containerized applications.
  • G2 users highlight that Amazon ECS has a lower ease of setup rating of 8.1 compared to Azure Web App for Containers, which boasts a score of 9.4, suggesting that users find Azure's setup process significantly more straightforward and less time-consuming.
  • Users on G2 report that Amazon ECS has a quality of support rating of 8.4, while Azure Web App for Containers impresses with a score of 9.4, indicating that users feel more supported and satisfied with Azure's customer service and resources.
  • Reviewers mention that Amazon ECS has a decent product direction score of 8.8, but Azure Web App for Containers outperforms with a score of 9.6, suggesting that users are more confident in Azure's future development and feature enhancements.
  • Users say that while Amazon ECS has a solid architecture score of 8.4, Azure Web App for Containers is favored for its higher score of 9.3, indicating that users appreciate Azure's architecture for its flexibility and ease of integration with other services.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
No pricing available
Azure Web App for Containers
No pricing available
Free Trial
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
No trial information available
Azure Web App for Containers
No trial information available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.0
248
9.4
33
Ease of Use
8.2
250
9.3
32
Ease of Setup
8.2
146
9.4
18
Ease of Admin
8.3
138
9.5
17
Quality of Support
8.4
235
9.4
31
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.7
136
9.5
17
Product Direction (% positive)
8.8
225
9.6
32
Features by Category
8.2
777
Not enough data
Management
8.2
105
Not enough data
8.1
102
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Organization
8.1
96
Not enough data
8.0
98
Not enough data
8.1
100
Not enough data
Development
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.4
97
Not enough data
8.1
86
Not enough data
8.3
93
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
Azure Web App for Containers
Azure Web App for Containers
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) and Azure Web App for Containers are categorized as Container Management
Unique Categories
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) is categorized as Container Orchestration
Azure Web App for Containers
Azure Web App for Containers 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 Web App for Containers
Azure Web App for Containers
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
30.2%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
37.2%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
32.6%
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 Web App for Containers
Azure Web App for Containers
Computer Software
23.3%
Information Technology and Services
20.9%
Computer & Network Security
7.0%
Telecommunications
4.7%
Insurance
4.7%
Other
39.5%
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 Web App for Containers
Azure Web App for Containers
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Martin P.
MP
Martin P.
Verified User in Computer Software

I can describe it in 3 words - shared, secured, scalable. I love that with Azure Containers, you can easily share large files with your team while only paying for the storage you use. Data is always safe while you're on the go, which was very important for...

Most Helpful Critical Review
Alternatives
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) Alternatives
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Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
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Azure Web App for Containers
Azure Web App for Containers Alternatives
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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
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Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) has no more discussions with answers
Azure Web App for Containers
Azure Web App for Containers Discussions
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