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Amazon Elastic Container Service vs IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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 Containers as a Service (CaaS)
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
49
Ranking in other categories
Container Management (7th)
IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
Ranking in Containers as a Service (CaaS)
4th
Average Rating
6.6
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Containers as a Service (CaaS) category, the mindshare of Amazon Elastic Container Service is 33.6%, down from 37.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service is 5.2%, up from 4.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Containers as a Service (CaaS)
 

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.
Andrea Castorino - PeerSpot reviewer
A stable solution that can be deployed in parts to improve its robustness and reliability
Our clients are usually enterprise businesses. IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service is a good solution because our customer requires very rapid deployment, and the solution is critical for his business. If the system is down, the lawyer cannot send documents, and people may be in jail. Overall, I rate IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service an eight out of ten.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It has helped our organization greatly and especially on weekends because we have many transactions as our users are buying some kind of tools and paying online."
"The most valuable feature, after using Amazon EC2 Container Service for two years, is to set the availability and also for network throughput."
"The solution has good performance."
"Scalability and availability are the most valuable features of Amazon Elastic Container Service."
"Performance is our top priority. So, if we need to deploy on a high-specification machine, we can choose it from the software. If we just need a low-specification one, we can just choose it based on the requirement handling software configuration."
"Amazon EC2 Container Service has multiple valuable features like load balancers and autoscalers."
"The solution's technical support is good."
"ECS is a useful platform."
"IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service has enough flexibility that we needed."
"We deploy the solution in parts so we can easily manage the parts to improve the robustness and reliability of the software."
 

Cons

"After the load balancer gets attached to Amazon Elastic Container Service clusters, I can't modify, remove, or replace it later."
"I think that it would help if the vendor provided more use cases and explanations as to how ECS can be utilized."
"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 product can become expensive if you don't choose what you want."
"The solution's pricing could be improved."
"The solution’s UI should be improved."
"The solution must improve backup and compatibility around OS like Windows and Mac."
"In the next release, they could add some customization options for high computer workloads."
"IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service's log management should be improved because it is a bit complicated."
"IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service is not user-friendly, they could improve the user interface, and add more features to compete with Amazon AWS which is better."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is expensive, but not too much."
"Amazon Elastic Container Service is an expensive solution."
"They offer a pay-as-you-go pricing model for the product."
"Amazon EC2 Container Service is an expensive solution."
"The solution's cost could be reduced."
"Amazon EC2 Container Service is priced high."
"The pricing of Amazon EC2 Container Service is average."
"I rate the product's pricing an eight on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive."
"The price of the solution was fine."
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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

By reviewers
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 IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service?
We deploy the solution in parts so we can easily manage the parts to improve the robustness and reliability of the software.
What needs improvement with IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service?
IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service's log management should be improved because it is a bit complicated.
What is your primary use case for IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service?
We developed a solution that allows lawyers to send public documents to our customers about the panel judgment. We are expanding the solution to allow depositing all kinds of legal documents associ...
 

Also Known As

Amazon ECS, Amazon EC2 Container Service
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Sample Customers

Ubisoft, GoPro, TIBCO, Remind
Think Research, Eurobits Technologies
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