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Pushkar Kodag - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at Capgemini
Real User
Top 5
A stable and cost-effective solution that can be used for deploying a web application
Pros and Cons
  • "Amazon Elastic Container Service is more stable."
  • "Amazon Elastic Container Service’s initial setup is a bit difficult."

What is our primary use case?

We had a new product, and we used Amazon Elastic Container Service to do a proof of concept for it.

We used Amazon Elastic Container Service for deploying a web application.

What is most valuable?

Amazon Elastic Container Service is more stable. We didn't do a stress test on the solution, but I could say it cost much less as compared to EC2. We would have needed three or four EC2 instances for the same application, but we could do it on a single incident EC2 container.

What needs improvement?

Amazon Elastic Container Service’s initial setup is a bit difficult. You need to have experience in order to set it up.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I rate Amazon Elastic Container Service an eight out of ten for stability.

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What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution's scalability is good. I rate Amazon Elastic Container Service an eight out of ten for scalability.

What about the implementation team?

Since we took a docker image from the Amazon repository, the solution's deployment was done in a day or two.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

If you want to scale without the traditional methods, the solution is a bit cost-effective.

What other advice do I have?

We had virtualized the solution, and we were using it on EC2.

The solution has a great offering for docker images. We didn't have to work from scratch. We could go to the marketplace and directly get the image from there.

Overall, I rate Amazon Elastic Container Service an eight out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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Senior Associate Consultant at Infosys
MSP
Top 5
Provides good documentation that is easy to understand and learn
Pros and Cons
  • "It is a highly stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
  • "After the load balancer gets attached to Amazon Elastic Container Service clusters, I can't modify, remove, or replace it later."

What is our primary use case?

I use the solution in my company since the front end of my application is deployed on Amazon Elastic Container Service. The back end of the application was deployed on Amazon EC2 for microservices. The front-end and microservices, like shipments, inventories, and a few other areas, are deployed on Amazon Elastic Container Service.

What is most valuable?

First and foremost, my company uses AWS Fargate, which is easy to handle considering that it is taken care of by AWS, especially in areas like troubleshooting. Triggering a deployment manually is very simple with Amazon Elastic Container Service since, in our company, we have to go to the particular service, update the service manually, and check the box called force a new deployment, which would trigger a deployment on all the services. Even if the deployment has to be done manually, it is not a tedious task as it is easy. The product has a concept called task definition, which makes it easy to handle environment variables.

What needs improvement?

Though not an issue in the product, one of the areas of concern that I have noticed is related to how the tool works. After the load balancer gets attached to Amazon Elastic Container Service clusters, I can't modify, remove, or replace it later. The tool would have been better if there was an option to replace a load balancer. If anyone attaches a wrong load balancer during the creation phase, it has to be brought down and created once again from scratch.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Amazon Elastic Container Service for two and a half to three years. My company is a customer of Amazon.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is a highly stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

In terms of scalability, the product has autoscaling features along with Amazon EKS, which helps scale up the resources in an organization. Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.

It is difficult for me to keep track of the number of users of the solution in my company because we have multiple groups in our organization who use it for integration purposes.

How are customer service and support?

Earlier, the support team had some issues. Once or twice, I found a delay in the response time from the technical support's end due to a lack of resources or some other issues. Lately, I haven't experienced any issues with the product's support team since they have been very responsive.

I rate the technical support a ten out of ten.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

The product's initial setup phase requires some level of understanding. I can vouch for the fact that AWS provides good and detailed documentation. Users don't have to go anywhere to understand any concept related to the product, and all they need to do is follow AWS documentation line-by-line to become professional at whatever services they want to use.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Although AWS has successfully captured over 60 percent of the market in the cloud part, the tool is competitively way cheaper for the resources it provides compared to the other solutions.

What other advice do I have?

The tool's scheduler enhances your application's scalability and reliability since, with AWS Fargate, during the scale-up process, if my company runs 50 or 70 tasks or services and in case of failures or any problems during the runtime, AWS responsibly takes care of the problematic area. All I need to do is to push the code while managing the application side. At an infrastructure level, things are managed by Amazon with AWS Fargate. I am very confident about the performance and reliability that the product offers since the infrastructure part is taken care of by AWS.

The security measures in the product that are the most effective stems from the fact that it provides separate policies to be attached to your clusters at a task execution role level, and if it is not made manually, then you won't be able to access ECS tasks through a command line, making it a highly secure area.

Amazon Elastic Container Service, with other AWS services, streamlines our company's workload since during the creation of a task definition, you need to mention the task execution role, which is nothing but an IAM role, which will provide the privileges and the permissions as to what is required at your end.

I recommend the product to those who plan to use it.

To understand the initial stages can be easily understood by the user, it is good to go through its documentation and learn about the solution before buying the product. The struggle would be with the learning part and not the implementation part.

I rate the overall product a nine out of ten.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Venkateswar Ndt - PeerSpot reviewer
Controler at Emirates
Real User
Top 5
A stable solution that can be used for application and containerization, but it should include more enterprise project management features
Pros and Cons
  • "Amazon EC2 Container Service is a stable solution."
  • "Amazon EC2 Container Service should include more enterprise project management features, typically available in an OpenShift environment."

What is our primary use case?

We use Amazon EC2 Container Service for application and containerization.

What is most valuable?

Amazon EC2 Container Service is a stable solution.

What needs improvement?

Amazon EC2 Container Service should be made easier to use.

Amazon EC2 Container Service should include more enterprise project management features, typically available in an OpenShift environment.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Amazon EC2 Container Service for four years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Amazon EC2 Container Service is a stable solution.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Amazon EC2 Container Service is a scalable solution. Around 2,000 users are using Amazon EC2 Container Service in our organization.

How was the initial setup?

The solution's initial setup is moderately complex.

What about the implementation team?

It takes a month to set up Amazon EC2 Container Service. We implemented the solution through an in-house team.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Amazon EC2 Container Service is an expensive solution.

What other advice do I have?

Around 100 staff members are required for the solution's deployment and maintenance.

Overall, I rate Amazon EC2 Container Service a seven out of ten.

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Filip Kopecký - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Technology Officer at HOPI HOLDING a.s.
Real User
Top 5
A highly scalable and flexible solution that can be used for running applications
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable feature of Amazon EC2 Container Service is its flexibility."

    What is our primary use case?

    We use Amazon EC2 Container Service for running applications and data.

    What is most valuable?

    The most valuable feature of Amazon EC2 Container Service is its flexibility.

    For how long have I used the solution?

    I have been using Amazon EC2 Container Service for quite a long time.

    What do I think about the stability of the solution?

    The solution's stability is almost perfect, but some outages occasionally occur.

    I rate the solution a nine out of ten for stability.

    What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

    The solution's scalability is perfect.

    How was the initial setup?

    The solution's initial setup is easy.

    What was our ROI?

    We have seen a return on investment with Amazon EC2 Container Service.

    What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

    We have to pay a monthly licensing fee for Amazon EC2 Container Service. The solution's pricing is acceptable.

    What other advice do I have?

    I am using the latest version of Amazon EC2 Container Service. Amazon EC2 Container Service is a cloud-based solution.

    I would recommend Amazon EC2 Container Service to other users.

    Overall, I rate Amazon EC2 Container Service ten out of ten.

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    Salvador Fernández - PeerSpot reviewer
    Cloud Architect at iwell iwell Co.Co.
    Real User
    Top 5
    Helps to maintain a global file system but improvement is needed in backup
    Pros and Cons
    • "Implementing the product has helped me monitor the parameters. I utilize tools like CloudWatch and AWS systems to track these parameters. If any issues arise, I alert our developer team to address and resolve them. The product helps to have a global file system. Also, it helps in data replication from region to region."
    • "The solution must improve backup and compatibility around OS like Windows and Mac."

    What is our primary use case?

    I use the product for Azure folders, which act as a shared folder between the servers. I utilize it as a network file system for storing logs and managing software across all the servers in various availability zones. I have two instances: one for production and another for QA and testing purposes. I mount this file system across all virtual machines, creating a unified storage solution for logs, outputs, and other data generated by various jobs and tasks. 

    What is most valuable?

    Implementing the product has helped me monitor the parameters. I utilize tools like CloudWatch and AWS systems to track these parameters. If any issues arise, I alert our developer team to address and resolve them. The product helps to have a global file system. Also, it helps in data replication from region to region. 

    What needs improvement?

    The solution must improve backup and compatibility around OS like Windows and Mac. 

    For how long have I used the solution?

    I have been working with the product since 2018. 

    What do I think about the stability of the solution?

    I rate the tool's stability a ten out of ten. 

    What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

    I rate Amazon ECS scalability an eight out of ten. 

    How was the initial setup?

    While implementing the product may initially pose a learning curve, it's not overly difficult.The key is to track progress and adapt to the learning curve.

    What was our ROI?

    My boss told me we get good ROI with the tool's use. 

    What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

    The product's pricing is good. 

    What other advice do I have?

    I rate Amazon ECS a nine out of ten. 

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    AdamSmith13 - PeerSpot reviewer
    Creative Director at AdamSmiths.com
    Real User
    Top 5Leaderboard
    Comes with autoscaling feature but needs improvement in deployment and menu design
    Pros and Cons
    • "The tool helps us with maneuverability. Its most valuable feature is autoscaling."
    • "Amazon EC2 Container Service needs to improve the menu design. It needs to improve deployment with better documentation."

    What is most valuable?

    The tool helps us with maneuverability. Its most valuable feature is autoscaling. 

    What needs improvement?

    Amazon EC2 Container Service needs to improve the menu design. It needs to improve deployment with better documentation. 

    For how long have I used the solution?

    I have been using the product for five years. 

    What do I think about the stability of the solution?

    I rate Amazon EC2 Container Service's stability a nine out of ten. 

    What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

    I rate the tool's scalability a nine out of ten. 

    How was the initial setup?

    Amazon EC2 Container Service's deployment is complex. 

    What was our ROI?

    Amazon EC2 Container Service has helped us save time. 

    What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

    The tool's cost is good. 

    What other advice do I have?

    I rate Amazon EC2 Container Service a nine out of ten. 

    If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

    Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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    Dave Ezrakhovich - PeerSpot reviewer
    Site Reliability Engineering at WiseTech Global
    Real User
    Top 5Leaderboard
    A scalable solution that can be used to run containers, but its user experience and management are really bad
    Pros and Cons
    • "Amazon Elastic Container Service serves the function it's supposed to serve."
    • "The solution's user experience and management are really bad."

    What is our primary use case?

    We use Amazon Elastic Container Service to run containers.

    What is most valuable?

    Amazon Elastic Container Service serves the function it's supposed to serve.

    What needs improvement?

    The solution's user experience and management are really bad.

    Amazon Elastic Container Service is not a user-friendly solution. The process of creating everything in Amazon Elastic Container Service is messy. Everything sits in very different locations, and it's not centralized. For example, their networking sits under EC2. You also need to manage the DNS records, which sit under Route 53.

    The deployment configuration is located in one place, and the actual EC2 is located in a different place. You have a lot of components to manage, and every one of them is located in a different place, which makes it disorganized.

    For how long have I used the solution?

    I have been using Amazon Elastic Container Service for two years.

    What do I think about the stability of the solution?

    We never had any issues with the solution's stability, and all the stability issues were user mistakes. When it's that complex, you can make a lot of mistakes. Amazon is doing what they're promising. I can rate the solution a ten out of ten for stability, but the problem is that it's complex. So, you have downtime because of user mistakes.

    What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

    Amazon Elastic Container Service is a scalable solution. Five people are working with Amazon Elastic Container Service directly, but all our clients are using it.

    How was the initial setup?

    The solution's initial setup is difficult because you need to be aware of different components in different places.

    What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

    Amazon Elastic Container Service has a decent price, which is neither cheap nor expensive.

    What other advice do I have?

    Our company chose Amazon Elastic Container Service because they didn't have the skill set to work with Kubernetes before I joined.

    Overall, I rate Amazon Elastic Container Service a six out of ten.

    Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

    Public Cloud

    If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

    Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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    Head of IT at Claro Brasil
    Real User
    Top 5
    A highly stable and scalable solution that can be used by startup businesses to deploy things faster
    Pros and Cons
    • "Scalability and availability are the most valuable features of Amazon Elastic Container Service."
    • "The solution's pricing could be improved."

    What is our primary use case?

    Amazon Elastic Container Service is where we deploy our microservices. All of our banking services are hosted on Amazon Elastic Container Service.

    How has it helped my organization?

    The time to market that we need to deliver the solutions for our customers was drastically reduced because of Amazon Elastic Container Service.

    What is most valuable?

    Scalability and availability are the most valuable features of Amazon Elastic Container Service. It removes a lot of work from our infrastructure team to ensure that the structure is available when we have a pick, for example, of the utilization from our clients. In case of problems, we also have the recycling of the services that are conducted and managed by the AWS environment.

    What needs improvement?

    The solution's pricing could be improved. With Amazon Elastic Container Service, you spend a lot of money in the long term.

    For how long have I used the solution?

    I have been using Amazon Elastic Container Service for three years.

    What do I think about the stability of the solution?

    I rate Amazon Elastic Container Service ten out of ten for stability.

    What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

    I rate Amazon Elastic Container Service ten out of ten for scalability.

    How was the initial setup?

    The solution's initial setup is very easy.

    What was our ROI?

    Amazon Elastic Container Service saves our organization time and money in the short term.

    What other advice do I have?

    Amazon Elastic Container Service is deployed on-cloud in our organization.

    Amazon Elastic Container Service is a very good solution if you are in a startup business and need to deploy things faster and comply with the regulators. I would recommend Amazon Elastic Container Service to other users.

    Overall, I rate Amazon Elastic Container Service ten out of ten.

    Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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