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Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) vs. Google Kubernetes Engine

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)

    Score8.5 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

    Google Kubernetes Engine

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AGoogle Kubernetes Engine supplies containerized application management powered by Kubernetes which includes Google Cloud services including load balancing, automatic scaling and upgrade, and other Google Cloud services.

    $0.04

    vCPU-hr Autopilot Mode

    Pricing
    Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)Google Kubernetes Engine
    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
    Autopilot Mode - 3 year commitment price (USD)
    $0
    GKE Autopilot Ephemeral Storage Price GB-hr
    Autopilot Mode - 1 year commitment price (USD)
    $0.0000438
    GKE Autopilot Ephemeral Storage Price GB-hr
    Autopilot Mode - Regular Price
    $0.0000548
    GKE Autopilot Ephemeral Storage Price GB-hr
    Autopilot Mode - Spot Price
    $0.0000548
    GKE Autopilot Ephemeral Storage Price GB-hr
    Autopilot Mode - Spot Price
    $0.0014767
    GKE Autopilot Pod Memory Price GB-hr
    Autopilot Mode - 3 year commitment price (USD)
    $0
    GKE Autopilot Pod Memory Price GB-hr
    Autopilot Mode - 1 year commitment price (USD)
    $0.0039380
    GKE Autopilot Pod Memory Price GB-hr
    Autopilot Mode - Regular Price
    $0.0049225
    GKE Autopilot Price GB-hr
    Autopilot Mode - Spot Price
    $0.0133
    GKE Autopilot vCPU Price vCPU-hr
    Autopilot Mode - 3 year commitment price (USD)
    $0.02
    GKE Autopilot vCPU Price vCPU-hr
    Autopilot Mode - 1 year commitment price (USD)
    $0.0356000
    GKE Autopilot vCPU Price vCPU-hr
    Autopilot Mode - Regular Price
    $0.0445
    vCPU Price vCPU-hr
    Standard Mode
    $0.10
    per hour
    Cluster Management
    $0.10
    per cluster per hour
    Cluster Management
    $74.40 monthly credit
    per month per hour
    Standard Mode - Free Version
    Free
    per hour
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)Google Kubernetes Engine
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    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.—
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    Community Pulse
    Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)Google Kubernetes Engine
    Considered Both Products
    Amazon AWS
    Chose Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
    We like Elastic Containers better because of the simplicity to create an application without losing control over it. It is simple, yet powerful, exposing only the parts that are needed without complicating the access to the nuts and bolts when more complicated adjustments are …
    Incentivized
    Google
    Chose Google Kubernetes Engine
    Google Kubernetes Engine has better upgrades and auto-scale management. Google Kubernetes Engine is also the cheapest option for managed Kubernetes, and Google is the principal contributor to the Kubernetes project.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)Google Kubernetes Engine
    Container Management
    Comparison of Container Management features of Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) and Google Kubernetes Engine
    Feature
    Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
    8.1
    6 Ratings
    Google Kubernetes Engine
    8.6
    1 Ratings
    Security and Isolation9.06 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Container Orchestration8.45 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Cluster Management7.86 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Storage Management8.03 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Resource Allocation and Optimization7.35 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Discovery Tools7.34 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Update Rollouts and Rollbacks8.56 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Self-Healing and Recovery8.46 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Analytics, Monitoring, and Logging8.26 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)Google Kubernetes Engine
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (12 ratings)
    8.0
    (8 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.4
    (4 ratings)
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)