What is Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)?

Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) is an all-encompassing platform for container orchestration that is entirely managed by Amazon. Well-known companies such as Duolingo, Samsung, GE, and Cook Pad trust ECS to run their essential applications, benefiting from its strong security features, reliability, and scalability. There are numerous benefits associated with using ECS for managing containers. For instance, users can launch ECS clusters through AWS Fargate, a serverless computing service tailored for applications that utilize containers. By adopting Fargate, organizations can forgo the complexities of server management and provisioning, which allows them to better control costs according to their application's resource requirements while also enhancing security via built-in application isolation. Furthermore, ECS is integral to Amazon’s infrastructure, supporting critical services like Amazon SageMaker, AWS Batch, Amazon Lex, and the recommendation engine for Amazon.com, showcasing ECS's thorough testing and trustworthiness regarding security and uptime. This positions ECS as not just a functional option, but an established and reliable solution for businesses aiming to streamline their container management processes effectively. Ultimately, ECS empowers organizations to focus on innovation rather than infrastructure management, making it an attractive choice in today’s fast-paced tech landscape.

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Company Facts

Company Name:
Amazon
Date Founded:
1994
Company Location:
United States
Company Website:
aws.amazon.com/ecs/

Product Details

Deployment
SaaS
Windows
Linux
Training Options
Documentation Hub
Online Training
Support
24 Hour Support
Web-Based Support

Product Details

Target Company Sizes
Individual
1-10
11-50
51-200
201-500
501-1000
1001-5000
5001-10000
10001+
Target Organization Types
Mid Size Business
Small Business
Enterprise
Freelance
Nonprofit
Government
Startup
Supported Languages
English

Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) Categories and Features

Container Management Software

Access Control
Application Development
Automatic Scaling
Build Automation
Container Health Management
Container Storage
Deployment Automation
File Isolation
Hybrid Deployments
Network Isolation
Orchestration
Shared File Systems
Version Control
Virtualization

Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) Customer Reviews

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  • Reviewer Name: Samantha H.
    Position: Digital Marketing Specialist
    Has used product for: 1-2 Years
    Uses the product: Weekly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 1 - 25
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    Best Code Packaging Software

    Date: Mar 18 2022
    Summary

    Overall, this is a high management cloud container service that is such a benefit to our company and the way the we store and interact with our client's data.

    Positive

    Best way to package and store the application code that we create for our client's apps and help keep this information in a reliable and quick access container.

    Negative

    Sometimes deleting a container can be difficult when it has hidden objects in it.

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  • Reviewer Name: Suchita S.
    Position: CDE
    Has used product for: Less than 6 months
    Uses the product: Weekly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 10,000 - 19,999
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    The ECS

    Date: Jul 06 2021
    Summary

    Overall this is a great product at a reasonable price. Also working with this product is also very easy and you can easily scale up your apps with this. So one should definitely consider this product.

    Positive

    The main pros of using Amazon Elastic Container Service is that is very easy to run your dockerized containers. Also, the documentation is very clean and easy to understand so it won't be a problem for anyone to work with this product.

    Negative

    I have used this product for some time now but I have not found any cons in using this product.

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: Unemployed
    Has used product for: Less than 6 months
    Uses the product: Weekly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 1 - 25
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    I Really Love This

    Date: Jun 27 2020
    Summary

    My experience with this was absolutely amazing I would recommend it.

    Positive

    I like that it is possible to rent virtual computers which lets people run their own computer applications.

    Negative

    There is no cons.

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: Software Developer
    Has used product for: Less than 6 months
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 100 - 499
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    Best managed Container service on Cloud

    Date: Jun 01 2020
    Summary

    If you are already into the AWS Ecosystem going for ECS is a no-brainer. Every configuration can be done from the web console and there is no need to touch CLI. ECS is a simple yet elegant way to use containers on cloud.

    Positive

    Simple configuration & Easy to maintain.
    Great Integration.
    Custom Docker support via ECR.
    Scalable & Reliable.
    Pay as you use model.

    Negative

    Documentation can be more beginner friendly.
    Pricing model is good but GCP offers better pricing.

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