Amazon EC2 vs Elastic Compute Service (ECS)

Head-to-head comparison · Compute

At a glance

Only Amazon EC2 offers a free tier.

Amazon EC2 provides virtual servers in the cloud, handling the core compute tasks for running applications and services. It acts as the foundational infrastructure for deploying workloads, managing instances, and scaling…

CATEGORY Compute

PRICING See pricing page

FREE TIER Available

TIER free

Free trial available

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ECS provides virtual servers for hosting websites and scaling enterprise workloads across various locations. It handles the core compute infrastructure, letting you deploy applications and manage server resources without…

CATEGORY Compute

PRICING Pay-as-you-go

FREE TIER None

TIER pay-as-you-go

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Pricing Tiers

AMAZON EC2

On-Demand $3.49/hour

On-Demand $4.10/hour

On-Demand $2.33/hour

On-Demand $0.0490/hour

On-Demand $4.17/hour

On-Demand $0.3830/hour

On-Demand $8.35/hour

On-Demand $0.7638/hour

ELASTIC COMPUTE SERVICE (ECS)

No pricing data available