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Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) Overview

What is Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)?

Amazon EC2 Container Service (ECS) is a container management service that supports Docker containers and allows users to easily run applications on a managed cluster of Amazon EC2 instances.

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Amazon EC2 Container Service (ECS) is a container management service that supports Docker containers and allows users to easily run applications on a managed cluster of Amazon EC2 instances.


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Recent Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) Reviews

vinayak b.
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vinayak b.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"One of the best service to deploy and run a application on AWS"
See there is a option to deploy application on EC2 but why i like ECS is because it easily integrates with CICD tools like Jenkins and the fargate ...
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Verified UserMid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
4.0 out of 5
"ECS: hassle-free containerised deployment"
it is easy to use and deploy. The deployment can be done with terraform or cloudformaton.
Ryan S.
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Ryan S.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Amazon ECS"
It's highly scalable it supports Docker so that's great. Easy to cluster applications and manage networks on the cloud. It's better than E2 in its ...

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Time to Implement

3 months

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13 months

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What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)?

It's easy to set up and use. I don't like the max price bidding system but if you're already using the AWS system this is probably the easiest to set up and use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)?

Needs more diversity in the EC2 instances offered. I feel like this service could be cheaper. You need to be comfortabe with using the command line ,ssh, bash and writing shell scripts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) solving and how is that benefiting you?

We use EC2 containers and Amazon ELB's to service our web applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Amazon has always put on customers first I love all the different products applications and sectors of the business Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)?

Amazon has always been one of my favorite apps, they always put the customer first. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) solving and how is that benefiting you?

None Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)?

Very quick to spin up and highly configurable Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)?

For large data projects, price and speed don't always scale Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) solving and how is that benefiting you?

We use Docker containers to support our Spark needs. The quick out of the box solution has minimized our time performing slow software installs and otherwise being overly dependent on IT. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)?

The flexible container placement feature is amazing. We have automated a variety of processes and can monitor it easily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)?

It was a bit time consuming to transition to this system and train other team members. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS):

Go ahead! You might face people opposing and thinking why do you need it, but once your shift, the team will love it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) solving and how is that benefiting you?

A bunch of script based testing for our software is done on EC2 clusters. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)?

After getting my container setup, it was easy to build my service on top of it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)?

The interface isn't particularly great. Some of the controls do not provide adequate feedback. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) solving and how is that benefiting you?

I have been using EC2 Containers to improve the maintainability of my software and ease deployment. I was previously using non-containerized solutions that were complex. I've managed to save a lot of time going this route. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)?

Easy maintenance, don't need to manage the boxes individually. Free scaling. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)?

Don't have pas much control over the systems as I would like to. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) solving and how is that benefiting you?

Less maintenance cost Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)?

Amazon EC2 supports Docker containers and lets you run applications on a managed cluster of Amazon EC2 instances Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)?

The cost associated in using Amazon EC2 Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) solving and how is that benefiting you?

Many of our cloud products are hosted on AWS. EC2 encourages scalable deployment of applications by providing a web service through which a user can boot an Amazon Machine Image to configure a VM. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)?

We are already using AWS for EC2 storage and routing, so we were able to get started quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)?

AWS has a console that is extremely functional, but there is a steep learning curve learning how to navigate and manage your resources. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) solving and how is that benefiting you?

We wanted to be able to run services on demand, without the need for managing distinct servers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)?

a) ease of setting it up

b) lower cost than buying a new server

c) easy to reboot, take snapshots Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)?

a) Not entirely reliable, sometimes it can crash

b) more expensive than google cloud Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) solving and how is that benefiting you?

it is very easy to use for any project, like hosting a app or running ML models Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)?

Powerful and has a lot of features if you know what you are doing. Fairly easy to get going. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)?

Bit of a learning curve and it seems to be slow at times Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS):

Go through tutorials and AWS training before Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) solving and how is that benefiting you?

Can quickly create new clusters and cheaper than owning own servers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.