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Compare Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) and Marathon 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (45.4% of reviews)
Mid-Market (50.0% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
No pricing available
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
Star Rating
(331)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (45.4% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)Marathon
Star Rating
(10)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (50.0% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that Marathon excels in its access control features, scoring 8.2, which allows for fine-grained permissions and security settings, while Amazon ECS, lacking detailed access control options, does not provide the same level of customization.
- Reviewers mention that Marathon's orchestration capabilities, rated at 8.1, are robust for managing containerized applications, but users on G2 highlight that Amazon ECS offers superior integration with other AWS services, making it easier to deploy and manage applications in a cloud environment.
- G2 users indicate that Marathon's ease of setup is rated at 7.2, which some find challenging compared to Amazon ECS, which has a higher score of 8.1, suggesting that ECS provides a more user-friendly onboarding experience.
- Users say that Marathon's container networking, rated at 8.0, is effective but can be complex to configure, whereas Amazon ECS is praised for its seamless networking capabilities, allowing for easier communication between containers.
- Reviewers mention that Marathon's virtualization score of 8.3 reflects its strong support for various virtualization technologies, but users report that Amazon ECS's integration with AWS's virtualization services offers a more streamlined experience for users already within the AWS ecosystem.
- Users on G2 highlight that while both products have similar star ratings, Marathon's focus on mid-market users contrasts with Amazon ECS's appeal to enterprise-level clients, which may influence the choice based on the scale and needs of the organization.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
No pricing availableMarathon
No pricing availableFree Trial
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
No trial information availableMarathon
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
9.0
248
8.3
8
Ease of Use
8.2
250
8.3
8
Ease of Setup
8.2
146
7.2
6
Ease of Admin
8.3
138
8.6
6
Quality of Support
8.4
235
Not enough data
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.7
136
Not enough data
Product Direction (% positive)
8.8
225
8.5
8
Features by Category
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) and Marathon are categorized as Container Orchestration
Unique Categories
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) is categorized as Container Management
Marathon has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Marathon
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
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%
Information Technology and Services
20.0%
Computer Software
20.0%
Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
10.0%
Telecommunications
10.0%
Online Media
10.0%
Other
30.0%
Most Helpful Reviews
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
Most Helpful Favorable Review
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 Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
Still have to manage your own infrastructure. Charged when the service is up and charges can increase even if you aren't using it. Might be better to use a managed service.
Marathon
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Valeri K.
Verified User in Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
Marathon's a great point-and-click UI for managing docker containers. Restarting, adding more instances, and suspending your app servers only takes a couple clicks.
Most Helpful Critical Review
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.
Valeri K.
Verified User in Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
Marathon's a great point-and-click UI for managing docker containers. Restarting, adding more instances, and suspending your app servers only takes a couple clicks.
Verified User in Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
Still have to manage your own infrastructure. Charged when the service is up and charges can increase even if you aren't using it. Might be better to use a managed service.
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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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