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Amazon Elastic Container Service vs Knative
Both stand on auto scaling software. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.
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Knative brings service scaling, traffic management, event routing, and functions together for Kubernetes workloads. Teams should account for the self-managed Kubernetes requirement and treat alpha features as suitable only for short-lived testing clusters.
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| Amazon Elastic Container Service | Knative | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | Not published | Not published |
| Runs on | API, Linux, Self-hosted, Web, Windows | API, Linux, Mac, Self-hosted, Windows |
| Lowest paid plan | ECS Anywhere: $0.01 a month | Free or on request |
| Plans published | 2 | 1 |
| Maker | Not published | Not published |
| Website | aws.amazon.com | knative.dev |
| On auto scaling software | #1 of 24 | #3 of 24 |
Amazon Elastic Container Service: what it does well
Knative: what it does well
- Scales stateless HTTP services down to zero
- Supports canary releases and traffic splitting
- Routes events using CloudEvents over HTTP
- Runs on cloud and on-premises Kubernetes
- Free, open-source project
What to know first
- Requires Kubernetes-based, self-managed installation
- Alpha features may change incompatibly or be dropped
- Security depends partly on routing and event transport components
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