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Amazon Elastic Container Service vs Microsoft Azure Container Service comparison

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft are both solutions in the Containers as a Service (CaaS) category. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.4, while Microsoft is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.0. Amazon Web Services (AWS) holds a 36.0% mindshare in CSC, compared to Microsoft’s 25.7% mindshare. Additionally, 94% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Microsoft users who would recommend it.
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100% willing to recommend
 

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Executive Summary
We performed a comparison between Amazon Elastic Container Service and Microsoft Azure Container Service based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Containers as a Service (CaaS) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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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)
Microsoft Azure Container S...
Ranking in Containers as a Service (CaaS)
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2025, in the Containers as a Service (CaaS) category, the mindshare of Amazon Elastic Container Service is 36.0%, down from 37.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Azure Container Service is 25.7%, down from 34.9% 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.
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PrateekMehrotra - PeerSpot reviewer
Secure, good integration capability, and you don't have to maintain any infrastructure
I have been in touch with the Microsoft technical support team many times. Generally it is good, although it depends on the type of support that you have. They have multiple support plans available, and my interaction with them depends on the support that they subscribe to. Some of my clients have premium support plans, in which an engineer will be assigned to you. They track each and every issue and it will be a pretty quick turnaround time for the issues that you face. If you are on a standard support plan then it has its own affiliates that will be followed up by Microsoft. Even in this case, the response time is quite good.
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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

"In seven years, we have not faced a single second of downtime."
"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."
"ECS is a useful platform."
"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 has good performance."
"A really good feature of ECS is the integration with AWS services, especially the networking services like Elastic Load Balancer, Service Mesh, and Service Map, which simplifies the service discovery process."
"The support from AWS is incredible."
"The product's initial setup was very straightforward and not complex."
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"The most valuable feature is that you don't have to maintain the infrastructure."
"Visualization is the most important feature."
"The most valuable features are that it is simple, and the compression of the data."
"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."
"The product makes things easier since it's self-managed. Therefore, there is less administration workload and operational costs."
"Microsoft Azure Container Service has a good level of stability."
 

Cons

"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."
"Amazon Elastic Container Service’s initial setup is a bit difficult."
"Amazon EC2 Container Service should include more enterprise project management features, typically available in an OpenShift environment."
"We noticed a problem where our container doesn't always run, and the traffic in our secured license exceeds 100%, leading to increased container costs. We are working to understand and reduce this traffic to control costs."
"After the load balancer gets attached to Amazon Elastic Container Service clusters, I can't modify, remove, or replace it later."
"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."
"Billing is extremely complex."
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"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."
"I wasn't very impressed with the documentation."
"The customization is an area that needs improvement."
"In the future, I would like to see it generalized and have the ability to better integrate with open-source tools."
"In terms of the container strategy, they need to make it more compliant with the Linux OS."
"Since the product is fully managed, it is expensive."
"Standard support could be more helpful and responsive."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."
"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."
"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."
"The tool's licensing is monthly."
"The solution is pricey."
"On a scale of one to ten, where one is low price and ten is high price, I rate Amazon EC2 Container Service’s pricing a four or five out of ten."
"The product's pricing is good."
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"The solution's pricing is reasonable."
"The costs depend on the resources that you use, and there is a cost-management system to help calculate it."
"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."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
32%
Computer Software Company
14%
Government
8%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Computer Software Company
16%
Media Company
10%
Real Estate/Law Firm
8%
Government
8%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

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 Microsoft Azure Container Service?
The product makes things easier since it's self-managed. Therefore, there is less administration workload and operational costs.
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Azure Container Service?
The solution's pricing is reasonable.
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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
MS Azure Container Service
 

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.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

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.

Microsoft
 

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