Amazon Elastic Container Service vs OpenFaaS
Amazon Elastic Container Service
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| Figure | Amazon Elastic Container Service | OpenFaaS |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $0.01/mo | $1,250/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 2 | 3 |
| Spec score · Auto Scaling Software | 8.7 (#1) | 8.3 (#2) |
| Intended users | AWS says ECS serves teams running containerized workloads and describes customers ranging from startups and enterprises to nonprofits and governments. | The pricing page describes CE for personal use, hobbyists, and experimentation, Standard for a single team or tenant, and Enterprise for large organisations and SaaS teams. |
| Scaling | ECS helps teams deploy, manage, and scale containerized applications without managing the orchestration control plane, nodes, or add-ons. | OpenFaaS supports workload-tuned autoscaling, including scaling to zero when idle. |
| Support | AWS lists support as a way to access proactive guidance, issue resolution, and support tools. | Standard includes self-service email support; Enterprise support is a separate agreement with business-day SLA support and direct engineering support via Slack. |
| What it does | Amazon ECS is a fully managed container orchestration service for building, managing, and running containerized workloads. | OpenFaaS deploys serverless functions and microservices to Kubernetes. |
Plans
Amazon Elastic Container Service
- Amazon ECS orchestrationFree
- ECS Anywhere$0.01 a month
OpenFaaS
- Community Edition (CE)Free
- OpenFaaS Standard$1,250 a month
- OpenFaaS for EnterprisesPriced on request
In their own words
Amazon Elastic Container Service
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