Amazon Elastic Container Service vs Google Container Engine comparison

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google are both solutions in the Container Management category. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ranked #8 with an average rating of 8.4, while Google is ranked #17 with an average rating of 8.0. Amazon Web Services (AWS) holds a 1.3% mindshare in CM, compared to Google’s 0.2% mindshare. Additionally, 94% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Google users who would recommend it.

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon Elastic Container Se...

Ranking in Container Management

8th

Ranking in Containers as a Service (CaaS)

1st

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Google Container Engine

Ranking in Container Management

17th

Ranking in Containers as a Service (CaaS)

3rd

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

8.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Container Management category, the mindshare of Amazon Elastic Container Service is 1.3%, down from 2.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Google Container Engine is 0.2%, down from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Container Management Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Amazon Elastic Container Service	1.3%
Google Container Engine	0.2%
Other	98.5%

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FABIO NAGAO

Chief Technology Officer at Looplex SA

Horizontal scaling is streamlined when deploying modern workloads

Currently, when scaling with Amazon Elastic Container Service, I have to choose between monitoring CPU or memory usage to scale up or scale out; there is no option to monitor both simultaneously. This limitation makes it challenging to define a balanced scale-out automation since a well-written software should balance between processing and memory.

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Hoang Do

DevOps Engineer at The Digital Group Inc

Has autoscaling features that helps to save costs

We use the solution to deploy microservices. The tool is very powerful, scalable, and easy to manage. Its autoscaling features helped us save costs. Google Container Engine needs to be able to manage network products. I have been using the product for two years. I rate the product's…

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"Amazon ECS allows users to deploy and manage container applications like microservices or web applications on Amazon clusters. It's easy to install and designed for AWS targets, serving as a serverless container platform. It offers features such as automatic scanning, load balancing, and service discovery to help users manage their container applications."

"Amazon Elastic Container Service is more stable."

"The most valuable feature of the solution is its scalability."

"Once you get the procedure right, and set a pattern, it just works."

"The most valuable feature is the volume size they offer."

"The product's most valuable feature is service discovery functionality. It is an excellent feature impacting cost reduction."

"The cloud services are readily available."

"The support from AWS is incredible."

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"The tool is very powerful, scalable, and easy to manage. Its autoscaling features helped us save costs."

Cons

"The solution needs to improve backup and pricing."

"While it is generally stable, there have been some issues, especially when working on client projects where troubleshooting was needed."

"It's a complex tool and should be simplified."

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

"The product should improve its price."

"The solution needs to be more usable."

"I think that it would help if the vendor provided more use cases and explanations as to how ECS can be utilized."

"Support could be better with response time and knowledge of staff."

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"Google Container Engine needs to be able to manage network products."

Pricing and Cost Advice

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

"The tool's cost is good."

"I don't exactly deal with the pricing. We have a separate Infra team that deals with the pricing. They are more into the scalability part. Based on our requirements, the pricing will increase. The automation teams will test some of the benefits to see how can we can optimize the cost. They'll have a security manager connection and some alerts based upon the usage to see how to reduce the building cost based upon the installations."

"Amazon EC2 Container Service is worth the money."

"I rate the product's pricing an eight on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive."

"Amazon Elastic Container Service's price is good."

"The solution is pricey."

"The solution is expensive, but not too much."

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"The tool's pricing is medium."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

25%

Computer Software Company

16%

Government

Transportation Company

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Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	27
Midsize Enterprise	7
Large Enterprise	18

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Amazon Elastic Container Service?

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 ...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Amazon Elastic Container Service?

The product's pricing is good.

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What needs improvement with Amazon Elastic Container Service?

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

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What do you like most about Google Container Engine?

The tool is very powerful, scalable, and easy to manage. Its autoscaling features helped us save costs.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Google Container Engine?

The tool's pricing is medium.

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What needs improvement with Google Container Engine?

Google Container Engine needs to be able to manage network products.

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Also Known As

Amazon ECS, Amazon EC2 Container Service

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Overview

Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) is a highly scalable, high-performance container orchestration service that supports Docker containers and allows you to easily run and scale containerized applications on AWS. Amazon ECS eliminates the need for you to install and operate your own container orchestration software, manage and scale a cluster of virtual machines, or schedule containers on those virtual machines.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Google Container Engine is a powerful cluster manager and orchestration system for running your Docker containers. Container Engine schedules your containers into the cluster and manages them automatically based on requirements you define (such as CPU and memory). It's built on the open source Kubernetes system, giving you the flexibility to take advantage of on-premises, hybrid, or public cloud infrastructure.

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