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Amazon Elastic Container Service vs Google Container Engine comparison

 

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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 Container Management
7th
Ranking in Containers as a Service (CaaS)
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
49
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
1
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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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.
Hoang Do - PeerSpot reviewer
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…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"We use the product for website and email database hosting."
"They handle the backup process quite well. They automatically encapsulate it, including container backups, without relying heavily on the client's involvement. This is a significant advantage compared to other providers where clients often need to manage the process more independently. It's a feature that I find suitable and beneficial."
"The support from AWS is incredible."
"Amazon Elastic Container Service is more stable."
"Amazon EC2 Container Service has multiple valuable features like load balancers and autoscalers."
"The production environment is highly available, which nowadays is a requirement for all of the big companies."
"The most valuable feature is the volume size they offer."
"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 tool is very powerful, scalable, and easy to manage. Its autoscaling features helped us save costs."
 

Cons

"Since it is a managed service for container orchestration, it may limit our control over certain infrastructure functions."
"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."
"The solution needs to be more usable."
"There is room for improvement in the licensing costs. There can be better licensing costs."
"The documentation and usage for the users can be better because for new users it can be very hard to understand and use the solution. They can add small images and accessories."
"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’s UI should be improved."
"The product can become expensive if you don't choose what you want."
"Google Container Engine needs to be able to manage network products."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Amazon Elastic Container Service is an expensive solution."
"If you increase the sizes, you incur costs to your accounts."
"The product's pricing is good."
"Amazon EC2 Container Service is priced high."
"There is no need to pay anything towards the licensing costs of Amazon EC2 Container Service."
"Amazon Elastic Container Service's price is good."
"The tool's licensing is monthly."
"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."
"The tool's pricing is medium."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
33%
Computer Software Company
15%
Government
9%
Manufacturing Company
5%
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Company Size

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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 Google Container Engine?
The tool is very powerful, scalable, and easy to manage. Its autoscaling features helped us save costs.
What needs improvement with Google Container Engine?
Google Container Engine needs to be able to manage network products.
 

Also Known As

Amazon ECS, Amazon EC2 Container Service
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Sample Customers

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