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Head-to-head · Managed Cloud Hosting

AWS Elastic Beanstalk vs AWS App Runner

  • Updated Oct 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 1 check side by side
Higher score AWS Elastic Beanstalk #4 in Managed Cloud Hosting 9.1/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 0 of 2 features Visit AWS
AWS App Runner #8 in Managed Cloud Hosting 8.7/10 Paid ✓ 0 of 2 features Visit AWS App Runner

AWS Elastic Beanstalk leads on 1 check, AWS App Runner on 0, and 0 are even. Who comes out ahead on the 1 yes/no, price and count check where we have data for both products. The editor score weighs everything else too.

Our verdict

  • Highest scoreAWS Elastic Beanstalk · 9.1/10
  • Free planonly AWS Elastic Beanstalk

AWS Elastic Beanstalk scores higher on our rubric for managed cloud hosting: 9.1 against 8.7 out of 10; our editors rank them #4 and #8.

AWS Elastic Beanstalk offers free plan; AWS App Runner doesn't.

AWS Elastic Beanstalk is the better fit for AWS-managed application environments. AWS App Runner is the better fit for simple AWS container services.

  • AWS Elastic Beanstalk fits best

    AWS-managed application environments

  • AWS App Runner fits best

    Simple AWS container services

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Side by side

Feature AWS Elastic Beanstalk 9.1/10 Visit ↗ AWS App Runner 8.7/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 9.1 8.7
Ranking #4 in Managed Cloud Hosting #8 in Managed Cloud Hosting
Best for AWS-managed application environments Simple AWS container services
Pricing model Free Paid
Starting price Free plan $0.007/GB usage-based
Free plan ✓ (best) —
Free trial — —
Deployment Cloud Cloud
Platforms Web Web
Integrations 7 integrations 2 integrations
Built for Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features AWS Elastic Beanstalk 0/2 · AWS App Runner 0/2
Staging sites Not checked yet Not checked yet
Free migration Not checked yet Not checked yet
Specs
Backup retention Not checked yet Not checked yet
Included storage Not checked yet Not checked yet
Included bandwidth Not checked yet Not checked yet
Support coverage Not checked yet Not checked yet
Our review
Pros
  • Managed provisioning, scaling, load balancing, and health monitoring
  • Supports web servers, worker tiers, and Docker containers
  • Integrates with EC2, S3, RDS, CloudWatch, IAM, and more
  • Deploy from GitHub, Bitbucket, Amazon ECR, or ECR Public
  • Automatic scaling, TLS load balancing, and pause/resume operations
  • Private VPC connectivity with CloudWatch application and deployment logs
Cons
  • No free plan is available
  • Underlying AWS resources are billed separately
  • Support depends on the selected AWS Support plan
  • AWS stopped accepting new customers on April 30, 2026
  • AWS does not plan to introduce new features for the service
  • Usage-based pricing offers no fixed monthly starting plan
Our verdict

AWS Elastic Beanstalk is a managed application deployment service for teams running web applications and services in AWS Cloud. Developers upload application code, select a supported platform, and Elastic Beanstalk provisions resources…

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AWS App Runner is a managed service for deploying web applications and APIs from GitHub, Bitbucket, Amazon ECR, or ECR Public. It builds applications when required, provisions compute resources, deploys services, automatically scales…

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  1. AWS Elastic BeanstalkManaged Cloud Hosting 9.1Free plan
  2. AWS App RunnerManaged Cloud Hosting 8.7Paid

Strengths and trade-offs

  • AWS Elastic Beanstalk — where it wins

    • Managed provisioning, scaling, load balancing, and health monitoring
    • Supports web servers, worker tiers, and Docker containers
    • Integrates with EC2, S3, RDS, CloudWatch, IAM, and more

    Where it doesn't

    • No free plan is available
    • Underlying AWS resources are billed separately
    • Support depends on the selected AWS Support plan

  • AWS App Runner — where it wins

    • Deploy from GitHub, Bitbucket, Amazon ECR, or ECR Public
    • Automatic scaling, TLS load balancing, and pause/resume operations
    • Private VPC connectivity with CloudWatch application and deployment logs

    Where it doesn't

    • AWS stopped accepting new customers on April 30, 2026
    • AWS does not plan to introduce new features for the service
    • Usage-based pricing offers no fixed monthly starting plan
  • AWS Elastic Beanstalk9.1/10 · Free plan

    A managed AWS deployment service with scaling, monitoring, and environment controls.

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  • AWS App Runner8.7/10 · Paid

    A straightforward AWS service for deploying and scaling containers, with limited future availability.

    Visit AWS App RunnerFull verdict →

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

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