Amazon EC2 Container Service vs AWS Fargate vs Google Kubernetes Engine

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Pros of Amazon EC2 Container Service
Pros of AWS Fargate
Pros of Google Kubernetes Engine
  • 100
    Backed by amazon
  • 72
    Familiar to ec2
  • 53
    Cluster based
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    Simple API
  • 26
    Iam roles
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    Scheduler
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    Cluster management
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    Programmatic Control
  • 4
    Container-enabled applications
  • 4
    Socker support
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    No additional cost
  • 1
    Easy to use and cheap
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    • 17
      Backed by Google
    • 17
      Powered by kubernetes
    • 12
      Docker
    • 11
      Scalable
    • 6
      Open source
    • 2
      Command line interface is intuitive
    • 2
      Decoupled app
    • 1
      Provisioning
    • 1
      Declarative management

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    Cons of Amazon EC2 Container Service
    Cons of AWS Fargate
    Cons of Google Kubernetes Engine
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        Expensive
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        What is Amazon EC2 Container Service?

        Amazon EC2 Container Service lets you launch and stop container-enabled applications with simple API calls, allows you to query the state of your cluster from a centralized service, and gives you access to many familiar Amazon EC2 features like security groups, EBS volumes and IAM roles.

        What is AWS Fargate?

        AWS Fargate is a technology for Amazon ECS and EKS* that allows you to run containers without having to manage servers or clusters. With AWS Fargate, you no longer have to provision, configure, and scale clusters of virtual machines to run containers.

        What is Google Kubernetes Engine?

        Container Engine takes care of provisioning and maintaining the underlying virtual machine cluster, scaling your application, and operational logistics like logging, monitoring, and health management.

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        What are some alternatives to Amazon EC2 Container Service, AWS Fargate, and Google Kubernetes Engine?
        Kubernetes
        Kubernetes is an open source orchestration system for Docker containers. It handles scheduling onto nodes in a compute cluster and actively manages workloads to ensure that their state matches the users declared intentions.
        Amazon EKS
        Amazon Elastic Container Service for Kubernetes (Amazon EKS) is a managed service that makes it easy for you to run Kubernetes on AWS without needing to install and operate your own Kubernetes clusters.
        Azure Kubernetes Service
        Deploy and manage containerized applications more easily with a fully managed Kubernetes service. It offers serverless Kubernetes, an integrated continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) experience, and enterprise-grade security and governance. Unite your development and operations teams on a single platform to rapidly build, deliver, and scale applications with confidence.
        Hyper
        Hyper.sh is a secure container hosting service. What makes it different from AWS (Amazon Web Services) is that you don't start servers, but start docker images directly from Docker Hub or other registries.
        Docker for AWS
        An integrated, easy-to-deploy environment for building, assembling, and shipping applications on AWS, Docker for AWS is a native AWS application optimized to take optimal advantage of the underlying AWS IaaS services while giving you a modern Docker platform that you can use to deploy portable apps.
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