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ECS vs. EKS vs. Fargate: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly [Infographic]

Check out this extensive infographic that succinctly compares the good and the bad of Amazon's ECS, EKS, and Fargate service.

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“Are you a Docker person or a Kubernetes person?”

“AWS ECS is for you if you like using Docker!”

“AWS EKS is for you if you love Kubernetes!”

“AWS Fargate is for you if do not want the grunt work of managing either Docker or Kubernetes!”

While we have heard such statements from cloud engineers on several accounts, each of these services surprisingly look similar at the top level, but have their own characteristics and advantages.

To give you a quick walkthrough, here’s a table with few key curated facts. 

ECS Vs. EKS Vs. Fargate in a Nutshell


ECS Vs. EKS Vs. Fargate: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly

ECS Vs. EKS Vs. Fargate

If you think we have missed out on any good points, do share them in the comments below.

Thanks to Marc Weaver at Databasable, who helped in curating few interesting observations he made while working with these services.

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