Amazon Elastic Container Service vs Scaleway Serverless Containers

Amazon Elastic Container Service7.9Visit Scaleway Serverless Containers7.9Visit

Amazon Elastic Container Service #3 in Auto Scaling Software 7.9/10 Paid Visit Amazon ECS

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Scaleway Serverless Containers #6 in Auto Scaling Software 7.9/10 Free plan Free plan Visit Scaleway

• Amazon Elastic Container Service fits best

  AWS teams scaling container services

• Scaleway Serverless Containers fits best

  Scaleway users running demand-based containers

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Side by side

Feature	Amazon Elastic Container Service 7.9/10 Visit ↗	Scaleway Serverless Containers 7.9/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	7.9	7.9
Ranking	#3 in Auto Scaling Software	#6 in Auto Scaling Software
Best for	AWS teams scaling container services	Scaleway users running demand-based containers
Pricing model	Paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	Not checked yet	Free plan
Free plan	—	✓ (best)
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Integrations	14 integrations	5 integrations
Specs
Scaling targets	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Scaling triggers	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Cloud support	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Scale direction	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Deployment	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Scales services and clusters across Fargate, EC2, and ECS Managed Instances. Connects container deployments with AWS networking, load balancing, and storage. Supports hybrid deployments through ECS Anywhere and Outposts.	Scales automatically, including to zero when containers are idle Supports HTTP and CRON triggers, custom domains, and Private Network connectivity Offers configurable CPU, memory, and minimum and maximum scale
Cons	No free plan is available. Costs depend on underlying compute and other AWS resources. Autoscaling is part of a broader orchestration service, not a standalone tool.	No persistent storage; storage is ephemeral or temporary Focused on container workloads rather than a broader scaling job Usage-based billing can require tracking memory and vCPU consumption
Our verdict	Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) is a managed container orchestration service for deploying, managing, and scaling containerized applications. It is aimed at teams running workloads on AWS, from long-running services to batch jobs… Read the review →	Scaleway Serverless Containers is a managed service for running containerized web applications and services without managing servers or clusters. It suits teams already working in Scaleway that want containers to respond to demand,… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Amazon Elastic Container Service — where it wins

  • Scales services and clusters across Fargate, EC2, and ECS Managed Instances.
  • Connects container deployments with AWS networking, load balancing, and storage.
  • Supports hybrid deployments through ECS Anywhere and Outposts.

  Where it doesn't

  • No free plan is available.
  • Costs depend on underlying compute and other AWS resources.
  • Autoscaling is part of a broader orchestration service, not a standalone tool.

• Scaleway Serverless Containers — where it wins

  • Scales automatically, including to zero when containers are idle
  • Supports HTTP and CRON triggers, custom domains, and Private Network connectivity
  • Offers configurable CPU, memory, and minimum and maximum scale

  Where it doesn't

  • No persistent storage; storage is ephemeral or temporary
  • Focused on container workloads rather than a broader scaling job
  • Usage-based billing can require tracking memory and vCPU consumption

• Amazon Elastic Container Service7.9/10 · Paid

  AWS container orchestration with service and cluster autoscaling across several compute options.

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• Scaleway Serverless Containers7.9/10 · Free plan

  A focused fit for Scaleway workloads that need demand-based container scaling, including scale-to-zero.

  Visit ScalewayFull verdict →