Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)

Amazon EKS is a managed Kubernetes service from Amazon Web Services (AWS) for running Kubernetes clusters and workloads on AWS infrastructure. It provides managed control planes and integrates with AWS services and Kubernetes tooling.

AKS is a Kubernetes platform used as an example of an operational model that differs from Amazon EKS.

Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) is a managed container orchestration service from Amazon Web Services for deploying, running, and scaling Docker-compatible containers. It supports AWS-hosted tasks and services through launch types including Amazon EC2 and AWS Fargate, and integrates with other AWS services such as IAM, Elastic Load Balancing, and CloudWatch.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a cloud computing platform and subsidiary of Amazon that provides on-demand computing resources and services including compute, storage, databases, networking, analytics, machine learning, and developer tools. AWS offers these services to individuals, enterprises, and governments on a pay-as-you-go basis.

Kubernetes (K8s) is an open-source container orchestration system hosted by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation. It manages containerized applications across multiple hosts, providing mechanisms for deploying, maintaining, scaling, and scheduling workloads. Applications can be configured with YAML and deployed across hybrid-cloud environments; the platform is also used for production operations involving storage, databases, networking, and security hardening.