Amazon Elastic Container Service vs Microsoft Azure Container Service comparison

Amazon Elastic Container Service vs. Microsoft Azure Container Service

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon Elastic Container Se...

Ranking in Containers as a Service (CaaS)

1st

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Container Management (7th)

Microsoft Azure Container S...

Ranking in Containers as a Service (CaaS)

2nd

Average Rating

8.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Featured Reviews

Salvador Fernández

Cloud Architect at iwell iwell Co.Co.

Helps to maintain a global file system but improvement is needed in backup

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 and resolve them. The product helps to have a global file system. Also, it helps in data replication from region to region.

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Charles Daou

Senior system Engineer at Soft Flow

A nice hybrid solution that offers good visualization and an easy setup

It could be faster. The speed is not good in our country. The migration process takes a long time. We don't have fast internet services, and that slows us down. Standard support could be more helpful and responsive. We'd like to have more stable updates. It updates too often. Instead of updating more often, they should update less often and offer very stable updates.

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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

"ECS is flexible and easy to use."

"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 solution is simple to access."

"Amazon ECS allows users to deploy and manage container applications like microservices or web applications on Amazon clusters. It's easy to install and designed for AWS targets, serving as a serverless container platform. It offers features such as automatic scanning, load balancing, and service discovery to help users manage their container applications."

"The most valuable feature, after using Amazon EC2 Container Service for two years, is to set the availability and also for network throughput."

"I use the tool to manage containerized applications. What I like about Amazon ECS is the interface it provides. Although the configurations can be extensive, such as setting up auto-scaling groups and configuring separate tasks and services for each application, the interface makes it manageable."

"Once you get the procedure right, and set a pattern, it just works."

"The solution is user-friendly."

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"The most valuable features are that it is simple, and the compression of the data."

"Microsoft Azure Container Service has a good level of stability."

"The product makes things easier since it's self-managed. Therefore, there is less administration workload and operational costs."

"The most valuable feature is that you don't have to maintain the infrastructure."

"Visualization is the most important feature."

"Storage is one of the most beneficial features of cloud providers, specifically Azure because when you are working in their cloud environment, you can easily use a storage interface and a storage object that is provided by Microsoft Azure. In a local environment, you have to be involved in establishing and setting up distributed storage file systems for containers which are very difficult and complex. In a cloud environment, you are not concerned about the storage and the dashboard provides you with storage objects with high availability."

"It's a great product if you are in a Microsoft environment."

Cons

"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 solution needs to be more usable."

"Since it is a managed service for container orchestration, it may limit our control over certain infrastructure functions."

"The solution's stability is an area of concern where improvements are required."

"I also believe there are limitations in terms of upgrading. The software has the concept of dedicated servers that you can manage. However, an issue arises when you can't match one operating system with another that you've already purchased. You can't simply merge them; instead, you have to buy a completely new one. This limitation has caused some challenges for us."

"While it is generally stable, there have been some issues, especially when working on client projects where troubleshooting was needed."

"The user interface of ECS could be improved for better navigation and to assist in quickly setting up a deployment."

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

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"In the future, I would like to see it generalized and have the ability to better integrate with open-source tools."

"Standard support could be more helpful and responsive."

"I wasn't very impressed with the documentation."

"Since the product is fully managed, it is expensive."

"f Microsoft Azure can provide GUI dashboards for end-users and administrators to work separately to manage all the Kubernetes clusters without a need to connect to Azure environments and through CLI it would be better."

"The customization is an area that needs improvement."

"In terms of the container strategy, they need to make it more compliant with the Linux OS."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Our client is paying between $400 and $500 USD per month for this service."

"The pricing of Amazon EC2 Container Service is average."

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

"Amazon EC2 Container Service is an expensive solution."

"Although AWS has successfully captured over 60 percent of the market in the cloud part, the tool is competitively way cheaper for the resources it provides compared to the other solutions."

"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."

"Amazon Elastic Container Service is an expensive solution."

"The solution's cost could be reduced."

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"Microsoft Azure Container Service has costs but in the container environment, there are no costs because it is open source and we are using Docker as the container engine in the master and worker nodes established in the Azure environment."

"The costs depend on the resources that you use, and there is a cost-management system to help calculate it."

"The solution's pricing is reasonable."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

32%

Computer Software Company

14%

Government

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

21%

Real Estate/Law Firm

Media Company

Government

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Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Amazon Elastic Container Service?

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

The product's pricing is good.

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 Microsoft Azure Container Service?

The product makes things easier since it's self-managed. Therefore, there is less administration workload and operational costs.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Azure Container Service?

The solution's pricing is reasonable.

What needs improvement with Microsoft Azure Container Service?

Since the product is fully managed, it is expensive.

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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.

Azure Container Service optimizes the configuration of popular open source tools and technologies specifically for Azure. You get an open solution that offers portability for both your containers and your application configuration. You select the size, the number of hosts, and choice of orchestrator tools, and Container Service handles everything else.

Sample Customers

Ubisoft, GoPro, TIBCO, Remind

Esri, BIO CATCH

Amazon Elastic Container Service vs. Microsoft Azure Container Service