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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AAmazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) is a scalable, high performance container management service that supports Docker containers.

    $0

    per hour per GB

    Vultr

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AVultr is an independent cloud computing platform on a mission to provide businesses and developers around the world with unrivaled ease of use, price-to-performance, and global reach.

    $2.50

    per month

    Pricing
    Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)Vultr
    Editions & Modules
    AWS Fargate Launch Type Model
    Spot price: $0.0013335. Ephemeral Storage Pricing: $0.000111
    per hour per storage
    Amazon EC2 Launch Type Model
    Free
    Amazon ECS on AWS Outposts
    Free
    Block Storage
    $1
    per month
    Cloud Compute
    $2.50
    per month
    Object Storage
    $5
    per month
    Kubernetes Engine
    $10
    per month
    Load Balancers
    $10
    per month
    Managed Databases
    $15
    per month
    Optimized Cloud Compute
    $28
    per month
    Cloud GPU
    $90
    per month
    Bare Metal
    $120
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)Vultr
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsThere is no additional charge for Amazon ECS. You pay for AWS resources (e.g., Amazon EC2 instances or Amazon EBS volumes) you create to store and run your application. You only pay for what you use, as you use it; there are no minimum fees and no upfront commitments.Pricing is based on specifications chosen in each product category. Bandwidth is also included up to a certain amount per month.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)Vultr
    Considered Both Products
    Amazon AWS
    No answer on this topic
    Vultr
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    12 Answers
    91%
    Would buy again
    59 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    12 Answers
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    60 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    12 Answers
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    64 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    11 Answers
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    57 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    12 Answers
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    62 Answers
    Features
    Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)Vultr
    Container Management
    Comparison of Container Management features of Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) and Vultr
    Feature
    Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
    8.1
    6 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Vultr
    -
    Ratings
    Security and Isolation9.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Container Orchestration8.45 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cluster Management7.86 Ratings00 Ratings
    Storage Management8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Resource Allocation and Optimization7.35 Ratings00 Ratings
    Discovery Tools7.34 Ratings00 Ratings
    Update Rollouts and Rollbacks8.56 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self-Healing and Recovery8.46 Ratings00 Ratings
    Analytics, Monitoring, and Logging8.26 Ratings00 Ratings
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) and Vultr
    Feature
    Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
    -
    Ratings
    Vultr
    8.8
    62 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime00 Ratings9.555 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling00 Ratings9.047 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing00 Ratings9.334 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates00 Ratings9.243 Ratings
    Monitoring tools00 Ratings6.748 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images00 Ratings9.053 Ratings
    Operating system support00 Ratings9.358 Ratings
    Security controls00 Ratings8.651 Ratings
    Automation00 Ratings8.741 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)Vultr
    Small Businesses
    Mirantis Kubernetes Engine
    Score8 out of 10
    IBM Cloud Object Storage
    Score9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Kubernetes
    Score9.1 out of 10
    IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    SUSE Rancher
    Score9.4 out of 10
    SAP on IBM Cloud
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)Vultr
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (12 ratings)
    8.9
    (65 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.2
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    7.9
    (6 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.7
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.7
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.4
    (4 ratings)
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.9
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.7
    (2 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.2
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.7
    (2 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.7
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.7
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)Vultr
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Amazon AWS
    Amazon ECS is well suited for the scenarios where you want to deploy a microservice to a cloud and instead of manually specifying instance size, number of instances and then specifying the configurations and connecting it with other cloud services like database service, secret manager service etc., you just want to specify these configurations as a file and using that file, the ECS would deploy the service and keep it healthy. It might be less suited for a scenario when you don't want to stick to AWS specific solution for your microservice deployment. The ECS configuration file is specific to AWS ECS and may not be useful for other cloud providers like Azure etc.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Vultr
    Vultr is amazing for anyone who needs a server and wants to spend time taking care of it, or for someone who wants in on it. WordPress Minecraft kids can use Votr. The scenario is not as appropriate for the people who do not have as much technical knowledge and capacity and don't want to invest in it, not because of Votr itself, but because VPS is not kids' play. Even though we have a Minecraft server and they're quite easy, there will come a time when, if you put your business infrastructure inside Vultr or any VPS, you need to take care of it. Otherwise, it will have a problem.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Amazon AWS
    • 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.
    Incentivized
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    Vultr
    • Email hosting is viable because they maintain a clean IP reputation.
    • They have an easy to use platform with console access.
    • They offer many useful OS choices to fit any project.
    • The price is fair and affordable.
    • They offer VPC for large projects.
    • I have never experienced down time, so the network is stable and well maintained.
    • Responsive and helpful support.
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    Cons
    Amazon AWS
    • Another AWS Service - While AWS has a service for just about everything, that is also a negative point. There is no service that does 4 out of 4 things you need. This service does 3 out of 4, another service does the fourth thing you need and another two things that the other service does.
    • With AWS things in general, it's really hard to remain cloud agnostic. Keep that in mind.
    Incentivized
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    Vultr
    • There have been times where my VPS is affected by a noisy nieghbour. Would be good to have this actively monitored and mitigated.
    • Being based in South Africa, it would be nice to have pricing parity options for weaker countries (even if for lower level servers). Sometimes I need throw away or temporary servers, but USD 5 is still expensive in weaker currencies, and can stack up quickly.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Vultr
    Just a great product with no bells and whistles, which is the advantage. We spend very little time learning and using Vultr and more time using the systems we have in Vultr to complete our tasks. Not having to worry about the IT overhead is huge and saves a great deal of time
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Amazon AWS
    Aside from some ECS-specific terms to learn at first, learning & starting to use ECS is relatively straightforward. AWS docs on the topic are also of high quality, with sound & relevant examples to follow. Troubleshooting container issues is also a breeze thanks to CloudWatch integration & helpful error messages on the AWS console.
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    Vultr
    easy to use and configure. great bang for the buck. I need an affordable solution to host in the cloud data from systems installed at our client's site with the ability to drill down and change the configuration remotely. Vultr enabled us to do that in an efficient and affordable way.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Amazon AWS
    Support is relatively good, although the documentation sometimes is lacking, as well as outdated in our experience, especially when we initiated the process of using this service. But once we found how to assemble things, we haven't really required support from anyone at AWS, the service works without problems so we haven't had the need to contact support, which speaks well of how ECS is built.
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    Vultr
    Vultr makes it easy to contact technical support. The techs are very competent. In a number of occasions they have bounced the responsibility back to me when they could have saved us all time and heartache by simply implementing the solution directly
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Vultr
    Vultr implementation seemed based on open-source tools and basic cloud principles - some things were more complicated to do compared with more developed cloud providers, but on the other hand it was more extensible by open-source tools.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Amazon AWS
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Vultr
    Linode is a more old-school offering. Linode pricing model and infrastructure rely on classic Virtual Machines. What we like about Vultr is that they offer the same at the front, but in the back, the machines are much more flexible and can be tailor-made to our needs, which of course also impacts the costs of running the infrastructure.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Vultr
    Pricing is fair and did not increase
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    Return on Investment
    Amazon AWS
    • Easy to manage as it has an orchestrator to manage the containers.
    • Less costs and more flexibility with Fargate.
    • Negative (tied to AWS, so could not easily integrate other tools like running a Redis cluster. Still, it works but not easily like Kubernetes.
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    Vultr
    • We have experienced a 200% return on using Vultr products with a 100% Customer Satisfaction rating.
    • Vultr gives us the regions to deploy where our small business customers are located.
    • Vultr has helped us scale up our company and our cloud solutions.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Vultr Screenshots

    Screenshot of Vultr's control panel helps users spend less time managing infrastructure.Screenshot of Vultr's services offer additional configuration and inside of the simplified control panel.Screenshot of a display of when peak activity happens on an application. The server health graphs provide insight from the moment the server is created.Screenshot of Vultr's interface, which allows users to deploy high performance servers worldwide from any device.Screenshot of how to reach the 24/7/365 technical support team that is available through Vultr's ticketing system.