G2 Vendor Directory

Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) vs. AWS App Runner

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricAmazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)

by Amazon Web Services (AWS)

AWS App Runner

by Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Overall rating4.54.2
Review count11115
Ease of use8.78.6
Ease of setup8.76.7
Quality of support9.08.7
Meets requirements9.28.2
NPS74.31192753.333333
Small Business27.3%73.3%
Mid-Market43.6%20.0%
Enterprise29.1%6.7%
Total page views26129
Total LLM citations551191

Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)

Amazon Elastic Container Service for Kubernetes (Amazon EKS) makes it easy to deploy, manage, and scale containerized applications using Kubernetes on AWS. Amazon EKS runs the Kubernetes management infrastructure for you across multiple AWS availability zones to eliminate a single point of failure. Amazon EKS is certified Kubernetes conformant so you can use existing tooling and plugins from partners and the Kubernetes community. Applications running on any standard Kubernetes environment are fully compatible and can be easily migrated to Amazon EKS.

Pros

  • Scalability
  • Ease of Use
  • Integrations
  • Cost-Effective
  • Documentation
  • Setup Ease

AWS App Runner

AWS App Runner is a fully managed service that simplifies the process of building, deploying, and running containerized web applications and APIs. Designed for developers without prior infrastructure or container experience, App Runner handles the complexities of infrastructure management, allowing users to focus on their application code. By connecting directly to your source code or container image repository, App Runner provides an automatic integration and delivery pipeline with fully managed operations, high performance, scalability, and security.

Pros