Amazon Elastic Container Service vs Google Container Engine comparison

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google are both solutions in the Container Management category. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ranked #7 with an average rating of 8.4, while Google is ranked #17 with an average rating of 8.0. Amazon Web Services (AWS) holds a 1.4% mindshare in CM, compared to Google’s 0.2% mindshare. Additionally, 94% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Google users who would recommend it.

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon Elastic Container Se...

Ranking in Container Management

7th

Ranking in Containers as a Service (CaaS)

1st

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Google Container Engine

Ranking in Container Management

17th

Ranking in Containers as a Service (CaaS)

3rd

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

8.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Container Management category, the mindshare of Amazon Elastic Container Service is 1.4%, down from 2.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Google Container Engine is 0.2%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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FABIO NAGAO

Chief Technology Officer at Looplex SA

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.

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Hoang Do

DevOps Engineer at The Digital Group Inc

Has autoscaling features that helps to save costs

We use the solution to deploy microservices. The tool is very powerful, scalable, and easy to manage. Its autoscaling features helped us save costs. Google Container Engine needs to be able to manage network products. I have been using the product for two years. I rate the product's…

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It is a highly stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."

"In seven years, we have not faced a single second of downtime."

"The support from AWS is incredible."

"The tool helps us with maneuverability. Its most valuable feature is autoscaling."

"I like Amazon EC2 Container Service's elasticity."

"For me, the best feature of ECS is Fargate because I don't have to manage anything. Instead, everything is managed by AWS and all I have to do, in essence, is configure my containers and deploy them."

"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 containerization is a valuable feature for us."

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"The tool is very powerful, scalable, and easy to manage. Its autoscaling features helped us save costs."

Cons

"Amazon EC2 Container Service's security can be improved."

"Amazon Elastic Container Service’s initial setup is a bit difficult."

"The pricing could be a bit better."

"There is room for improvement in the pricing of Amazon EC2 Container Service."

"The solution is expensive compared to other alternatives like Azure."

"The tool initially required a significant amount of development time on the backend, but in terms of efficiency, it's a one-time effort."

"The solution needs to be more usable."

"After the load balancer gets attached to Amazon Elastic Container Service clusters, I can't modify, remove, or replace it later."

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"Google Container Engine needs to be able to manage network products."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The platform is inexpensive."

"They offer a pay-as-you-go pricing model for the product."

"If you want to scale without the traditional methods, the solution is a bit cost-effective."

"Amazon EC2 Container Service is cheap."

"Amazon Elastic Container Service has a decent price, which is neither cheap nor expensive."

"There is no need to pay anything towards the licensing costs of Amazon EC2 Container 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."

"Licensing can be purchased directly from AWS or used with existing licenses, depending on the company's preference. The licensing structure is complex and depends on factors such as machine size, number of processors, and Container size. Companies have dedicated staff members managing license considerations full-time to find the most cost-effective options. Also, I have seen some companies opt for a combination of AWS and Azure, using more of Azure for Microsoft licenses due to potentially lower costs compared to AWS."

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"The tool's pricing is medium."

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Financial Services Firm

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Computer Software Company

15%

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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 ...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Amazon Elastic Container Service?

The product's pricing is good.

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What needs improvement with Amazon Elastic Container Service?

The solution must improve backup and compatibility around OS like Windows and Mac.

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What do you like most about Google Container Engine?

The tool is very powerful, scalable, and easy to manage. Its autoscaling features helped us save costs.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Google Container Engine?

The tool's pricing is medium.

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What needs improvement with Google Container Engine?

Google Container Engine needs to be able to manage network products.

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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.

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Google Container Engine is a powerful cluster manager and orchestration system for running your Docker containers. Container Engine schedules your containers into the cluster and manages them automatically based on requirements you define (such as CPU and memory). It's built on the open source Kubernetes system, giving you the flexibility to take advantage of on-premises, hybrid, or public cloud infrastructure.

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