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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. Amazon Web Services (AWS) holds a 27.3% mindshare in CSC, compared to Microsoft’s 24.0% 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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We performed a comparison between Amazon Elastic Container Service and Microsoft Azure Container Service based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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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
7.4
Number of Reviews
50
Ranking in other categories
Container Management (6th)
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 July 2025, in the Containers as a Service (CaaS) category, the mindshare of Amazon Elastic Container Service is 27.3%, down from 38.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Azure Container Service is 24.0%, down from 33.6% 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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Charles Daou - PeerSpot reviewer
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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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."
"Overall, I would rate the solution highly over time as there is no reason not to, giving it a rating of 10 out of 10."
"It has an Auto Scaling group feature. We can use this feature to have an Auto Scaling group to specify a minimum and maximum count for all types of configurations. Based on the specified values, Amazon Elastic Container Service scales the required CPU environmental metrics."
"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."
"The product's most valuable feature is service discovery functionality. It is an excellent feature impacting cost reduction."
"What I really like about Amazon ECS is its simplicity and ease of use. Amazon also has really good security."
"The support from AWS is incredible."
"Once you get the procedure right, and set a pattern, it just works."
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"Microsoft Azure Container Service has a good level of stability."
"The most valuable features are that it is simple, and the compression of the data."
"It's a great product if you are in a Microsoft environment."
"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."
"The product makes things easier since it's self-managed. Therefore, there is less administration workload and operational costs."
"Visualization is the most important feature."
"The most valuable feature is that you don't have to maintain the infrastructure."
 

Cons

"The solution could provide more reliability."
"The product can become expensive if you don't choose what you want."
"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."
"Probably, they should include automated graphing, and monitoring solutions."
"They could provide easier options for third-party integrations similar to internal AWS services."
"The pricing could be a bit better."
"Billing is extremely complex."
"The product should improve its price."
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"In terms of the container strategy, they need to make it more compliant with the Linux OS."
"Standard support could be more helpful and responsive."
"The customization is an area that needs improvement."
"I wasn't very impressed with the documentation."
"In the future, I would like to see it generalized and have the ability to better integrate with open-source tools."
"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."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is pricey."
"I don't exactly deal with the pricing. We have a separate Infra team that deals with the pricing. They are more into the scalability part. Based on our requirements, the pricing will increase. The automation teams will test some of the benefits to see how can we can optimize the cost. They'll have a security manager connection and some alerts based upon the usage to see how to reduce the building cost based upon the installations."
"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."
"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."
"The solution's cost could be reduced."
"The tool's licensing is monthly."
"Amazon EC2 Container Service is priced high."
"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."
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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 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."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
28%
Computer Software Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Government
6%
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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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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.

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