# Containers on AWS: Comparing ECS and EKS

DevFeed: [Containers on AWS: Comparing ECS and EKS](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/containers-on-aws-comparing-ecs-and-eks-18005.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.guilleojeda.com/containers-on-aws-comparing-ecs-and-eks>)

Author: Guillermo Ojeda

Published: 2024-04-22T23:24:13Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Guille Ojeda](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/guille-ojeda.md>)

Topics: [Amazon Elastic Container Service](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/amazon-elastic-container-service.md>), [Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/amazon-elastic-kubernetes-service.md>), [Containers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/containers.md>), [Amazon Web Services](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/aws.md>), [Orchestration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/orchestration.md>)

Tags: [amazon-elastic-kubernetes-service](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/amazon-elastic-kubernetes-service.md>), [architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/architecture.md>), [article](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/article.md>), [aws](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aws.md>), [container](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/container.md>), [containers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/containers.md>), [ecs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ecs.md>), [kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kubernetes.md>), [orchestration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/orchestration.md>)

## AI overview

This article compares Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) and Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) for running and scaling containerized applications on AWS. It introduces container orchestration, explains ECS features, components, and EC2 and Fargate launch types, and discusses factors for choosing between the services.

## Source excerpt

Containers offer a lightweight, portable, and scalable solution for running software consistently across different environments. But as the number of containers grows, managing them becomes increasingly complex. That's where container orchestration c...