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Amazon Elastic Container Service vs HashiCorp Nomad comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 13, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Amazon Elastic Container Se...
Ranking in Container Management
10th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
5.9
Number of Reviews
51
Ranking in other categories
Containers as a Service (CaaS) (1st)
HashiCorp Nomad
Ranking in Container Management
14th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the Container Management category, the mindshare of Amazon Elastic Container Service is 1.4%, down from 1.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of HashiCorp Nomad is 4.0%, up from 2.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Container Management Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Amazon Elastic Container Service1.4%
HashiCorp Nomad4.0%
Other94.6%
Container Management
 

Featured Reviews

AG
Lead Developer at Virtual Restaurant Solutions
Starts strong with functionalities but reveals cost limitations
The main challenge with Amazon Elastic Container Service is the significant learning curve. Everything mentioned took months to understand. It is not for the faint of heart. Though they have graphical interfaces and numerous dashboards that help create all the services graphically, learning to use Bash can be challenging. Because these are headless servers by nature, there is no graphical interface. It is not similar to Windows where you can hit the start button and look for your program, or Mac where you can look for programs on your desktop. Instead, users must understand this new paradigm of a Linux headless server, which requires using command-based prompts for builds and development.
Zeeshan Akhtar - PeerSpot reviewer
Full stack developer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Has out of the box features , which is good for companies that don't want to spend too much time on research
I've noticed a few UI issues. For example, when monitoring services and tasks, sometimes the tasks keep disconnecting. If you open the shell in HashiCorp Nomad using the exit button, it often disconnects, and you have to log in again. Sometimes, when I check the logs in the UI for microservices tasks, I encounter an issue where the logs are not visible. However, if I log in again after some time, refresh the page, or check a different container, the logs usually appear. These logs are being generated, as I can see them being shipped to my LogView. I'm not sure if this is a product issue or something related to our deployment, but I've noticed it.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Amazon EC2 Container Service has multiple valuable features like load balancers and autoscalers."
"I use the tool to manage containerized applications. What I like about Amazon ECS is the interface it provides. Although the configurations can be extensive, such as setting up auto-scaling groups and configuring separate tasks and services for each application, the interface makes it manageable."
"Overall, it is a user-friendly and efficient tool for managing containers."
"Amazon Elastic Container Service makes horizontal scaling easy and is especially effective when working under the ECS service."
"Good documentation and very straightforward to implement and use."
"The most valuable feature, after using Amazon EC2 Container Service for two years, is to set the availability and also for network throughput."
"Amazon EC2 Container Service is a stable solution."
"It's quick and easy to have the solution working."
"If you face an issue with an image during deployment, the solution will automatically revert to the last stable image."
"You could get most of HashiCorp Nomad's features from other microservice orchestrators like Kubernetes. The tool's advantage is its ease of use and integration with services like Envoy. With Kubernetes, you must think about many things, like UI integration, which vault to use, and how to discover the service. With the tool, many things come out of the box, making it easy to start. For example, using the Ingress proxy with the tool is quite easy, while it's trickier with Kubernetes."
 

Cons

"The solution must improve backup and compatibility around OS like Windows and Mac."
"EC2 is not self-explanatory enough."
"The user interface of ECS could be improved for better navigation and to assist in quickly setting up a deployment."
"After the load balancer gets attached to Amazon Elastic Container Service clusters, I can't modify, remove, or replace it later."
"Amazon EC2 Container Service needs to improve the menu design. It needs to improve deployment with better documentation."
"The documentation and usage for the users can be better because for new users it can be very hard to understand and use the solution. They can add small images and accessories."
"Amazon Elastic Container Service receives a stability rating of eight, as there were some issues where AWS was down recently and experienced a few crashes, but overall, the rating is still pretty high."
"The solution is expensive compared to other alternatives like Azure."
"I've noticed a few UI issues. For example, when monitoring services and tasks, sometimes the tasks keep disconnecting. If you open the shell in HashiCorp Nomad using the exit button, it often disconnects, and you have to log in again. Sometimes, when I check the logs in the UI for microservices tasks, I encounter an issue where the logs are not visible. However, if I log in again after some time, refresh the page, or check a different container, the logs usually appear. These logs are being generated, as I can see them being shipped to my LogView. I'm not sure if this is a product issue or something related to our deployment, but I've noticed it."
"It would be good to have a UI interface so that developers could receive notifications for jobs in a bad state."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"There is no need to pay anything towards the licensing costs of Amazon EC2 Container Service."
"On a scale of one to ten, where one is low price and ten is high price, I rate Amazon EC2 Container Service’s pricing a four or five out of ten."
"Amazon EC2 Container Service is an expensive solution."
"Amazon EC2 Container Service is priced high."
"Our client is paying between $400 and $500 USD per month for this service."
"I rate the product's pricing an eight on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive."
"If you increase the sizes, you incur costs to your accounts."
"If you want to scale without the traditional methods, the solution is a bit cost-effective."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
17%
Computer Software Company
15%
Marketing Services Firm
7%
Government
6%
Computer Software Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business28
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise18
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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 ...
What needs improvement with Amazon Elastic Container Service?
The solution must improve backup and compatibility around OS like Windows and Mac.
What needs improvement with HashiCorp Nomad?
Sometimes, the job is in a bad state, and we don't get any notifications. It would be good to have a UI interface so that developers could receive notifications for jobs in a bad state.
What is your primary use case for HashiCorp Nomad?
We use HashiCorp Nomad mainly to deploy our images in the form of jobs. It is also used for load balancing, containerization, and instance deployment.
What advice do you have for others considering HashiCorp Nomad?
I would recommend HashiCorp Nomad to other users because it is the best tool for deployment. It is easy for a beginner to learn to use HashiCorp Nomad for the first time. Any developer with a decen...
 

Also Known As

Amazon ECS, Amazon EC2 Container Service
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Sample Customers

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