Amazon Elastic Container Service vs Kubernetes
Amazon Elastic Container Service
aws.amazon.comKubernetes
kubernetes.ioSide by side
| Figure | Amazon Elastic Container Service | Kubernetes |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $0.01/mo | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 2 | 1 |
| Spec score · Auto Scaling Software | 8.7 (#1) | 8.0 (#7) |
| Scaling | ECS helps teams deploy, manage, and scale containerized applications without managing the orchestration control plane, nodes, or add-ons. | Applications can be scaled manually or automatically based on CPU usage, and resource requests and limits can be adjusted based on usage patterns. |
| Support | AWS lists support as a way to access proactive guidance, issue resolution, and support tools. | The Kubernetes project says Kubernetes services, support, and tools are widely available. |
Plans
Amazon Elastic Container Service
- Amazon ECS orchestrationFree
- ECS Anywhere$0.01 a month
In their own words
Amazon Elastic Container Service
Amazon Elastic Container Service has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
Kubernetes
Kubernetes is an open-source system for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. It supports stateless, stateful, and data-processing workloads, and can run locally, in a cloud, or in a datacenter; users can also choose a managed service rather than operate a cluster themselves. It coordinates gradual updates while monitoring application health and can roll back a change if something goes wrong. Pods receive IP addresses and groups of Pods can share a DNS name, with load balancing across them. Kubernetes can mount storage from local, public-cloud, or network systems such as iSCSI or NFS. Secrets and configuration can be updated without rebuilding images. Scaling can be manual or automatic based on CPU use. Security mechanisms include Secrets, Pod security standards, RuntimeClasses, network policies, admission controllers, and audit logging. Kubernetes is free, with a listed plan price of free. It does not include application-level services such as databases, message buses, caches, or cluster storage systems.