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Likelihood to Recommend
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) is well suited where you need the ease of managing the clusters by letting AWS do the stuff for you. Obviously, whenever you want to run the docker based workloads, it is always better to go for either AWS ECS or AWS EKS. If you are interested in staying at AWS only and don't want to be cloud-agnostic, then go for AWS ECS instead of AWS EKS. AWS ECS is cheaper than AWS EKS and also more managed by AWS and better integrated with other AWS services. If you want to run those workloads as serverless, then AWS ECS Fargate is the best option to go with. If you already have a Kubernetes based setup that you want to migrate to AWS, then go for AWS EKS instead of AWS ECS.
DevOps Engineer
CallSign (Pvt.) Ltd.Information Technology & Services, 201-500 employees
OpenShift
As with any solution, it depends on how and why you want to deploy it. OpenShift is excellent for medium to large deployments, but I would caution against smaller deployments unless you're planning on ramping up to a larger deployment in short order. It just doesn't make financial sense to deploy it in a small configuration.

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Financial Services Company, 11-50 employeesFeature Rating Comparison
Platform-as-a-Service
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
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OpenShift
8.4
Ease of building user interfaces
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
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OpenShift
8.6
Scalability
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
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OpenShift
8.8
Platform management overhead
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
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OpenShift
8.0
Workflow engine capability
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
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OpenShift
8.3
Platform access control
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
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OpenShift
9.6
Services-enabled integration
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
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OpenShift
8.4
Development environment creation
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
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OpenShift
8.8
Development environment replication
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
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OpenShift
8.4
Issue monitoring and notification
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
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OpenShift
7.0
Issue recovery
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
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OpenShift
7.4
Upgrades and platform fixes
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
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OpenShift
9.2
Pros
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
- One of the biggest advantages is the flexibility to change underlying EC2 instances. As the traffic or demand increases, we can easily change EC2 instances without any issues.
- Amazon ECS APIs are extremely robust and one can start and stop containers by firing one post request only. So, it is not mandatory to keep the demo solutions up for every time. Just at the time of demo fire the command - make the container up and running - do the demo - down the container with API. A simple portal can control every container which helps non-technical (sales, marketing) to do the demo without keeping the solutions up for the entire time frame.
Senior Solutions Architect
InfostretchInformation Technology and Services, 1001-5000 employees
OpenShift
- Pre built cartridges, giving a huge range of software ready to go. Reduces the amount of time required to get up and running.
- Integration with GIT was an advantage, cloning the repo and making changes was straight forward.
- Speed, creating an environment in minutes, ready to deploy.

Verified User
Professional in Information Technology
Retail Company, 1001-5000 employeesCons
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
- There is room for better documentation.
- Is not exactly Kubernetes (there is more knowledge in the market on this orchestrator).
- Logging can be difficult.
CEO (Chief Executive Officer)
Global Bestlogistics Systems S.A. de C.V.Computer Software, 11-50 employees
OpenShift
- I would like to see a public cloud using OpenShift and Docker integration. I am not aware if this is already available now.
- I would like to see a tool that can help with extracting log files from the remote server like it being available on a Samba shared folder. And other applications that want to scan for keywords in the application log can check if there have been any errors or exceptions thrown by the application.
Senior (Consultant) Software Engineer
Intermountain HealthcareHospital & Health Care, 10,001+ employees
Likelihood to Renew
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
OpenShift
OpenShift 10.0
Based on 4 answers
Leverage OpenShift Online constantly at both the free and paid tiers. While AWS is convenient, it often brings more administration than I want to deal with for a quick application (i.e. Drupal or Wordpress blog). OpenShift also simplifies the DNS registration and ability to share application environments with team members
Architect, Infrastructure Services
VizuriInformation Technology and Services, 51-200 employees
Usability
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) 5.0
Based on 1 answer
This is a tool that is relatively simple to start using. The hardest part of getting started is getting a docker image setup for the first time, which typically falls outside the responsibility of ECS. Getting workflows and tasks setup is simple to understand conceptually and to implement. To move beyond a simple Queue -> executor workflow is difficult and best handled by using Amazon's Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) instead.

Verified User
Professional in Information Technology
Human Resources Company, 51-200 employeesOpenShift
OpenShift 8.5
Based on 2 answers
It is easy to understand. Gives our team freedom to focus on the quality of our coding and not worry too much about build and deployment which honestly can be a headache for some of us. Also, customer support is fast and responsive so we don't have to wait for weeks for issues to get fixed.

Verified User
Consultant in Engineering
Information Technology and Services Company, 5001-10,000 employeesSupport Rating
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) 7.9
Based on 7 answers
AWS support is usually pretty good at solving issues and pretty quick with communication, but buyer beware - this is a market where what you are paying matters. The higher the support tier, as with anything else, the better service you receive.

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Information Services Company, 501-1000 employeesOpenShift
OpenShift 9.0
Based on 6 answers
First of all OpenShift Help Portal is a great place to get assistance in case of any OpenShift platform related technical questions. When it comes to paid support subscription friendly support agents can find the right answer for you in a matter of minutes which is super efficient way of solving any critical issues.

Verified User
Employee in Information Technology
Information Technology and Services Company, 10,001+ employeesAlternatives Considered
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
I chose Amazon ECS over Amazon EKS and other products because the whole infrastructure was decided to be designed on AWS cloud and Amazon ECS made it easier to make the clusters live in just a few minutes. Amazon ECS has better integration with other AWS services and we don't have to look for plugins to do the things, everything is available and can be configured from the AWS console.
DevOps Engineer
CallSign (Pvt.) Ltd.Information Technology & Services, 201-500 employees
OpenShift
EC2 seems really cheap until you realize how many hours there are in a year, so it is expensive for something that runs 24/7. And scaling is a challenge (and even more expensive) to set up for.Bluehost has very reasonable prices, but it feels so cluttered whenever I login to cPanel. Thank goodness they have an SSH option also, but I remember having to send a picture ID or something and pay extra for the privilege
Full Stack Developer
GeneSys FoundationInternet, 1-10 employees
Return on Investment
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
- We run 8 web applications (demo instances) on a single machine. At a particular time, no more than 3 applications run simultaneously. So, we keep only required containers up. This helps us to provision small EC2 machines without compromising performance.
- Overall Amazon ECS helps to have less number of dedicated machines as more than one solution can be deployed on a single instance. This reduces costs a lot.
Senior Solutions Architect
InfostretchInformation Technology and Services, 1001-5000 employees
OpenShift
- Cost - OpenShift is extremely inexpensive. I use a free account for Dev and QA. For production, I am planning on using a low cost paid subscription.
- Time - You can get your application up and running in minutes so if you find that the service is not for you, you don't have much to lose.
Software Consultant/Architect
Viverae, Inc.Information Technology and Services, 201-500 employees
Pricing Details
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) Editions & Modules
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Additional Pricing Details
—OpenShift
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
OpenShift Editions & Modules
Edition
Azure On Demand | $0.1711 |
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1-Year Reserved Instance | $0.1141 |
3-Year Reserved Instance | $0.0761 |
- Per Hour