Amazon Web Services → Microsoft Azure
Azure equivalent of Amazon ECS Express Mode
On AWS this is now Amazon ECS Express Mode, since App Runner is closed to new customers.
About Amazon ECS Express Mode
| Provider | Amazon Web Services |
|---|---|
| Status | Generally available |
| What it is | One API call (container image plus two IAM roles) creates a Fargate ECS service with an HTTPS URL, ALB with TLS, auto scaling, monitoring, and networking. No extra charge. |
| Documentation | docs.aws.amazon.com |
| Pricing | Official pricing page |
Azure mappings (1)
| Capability | Azure equivalent | Match |
|---|---|---|
| Simplest way to run a containerized web app | Azure Container Apps, Azure App Service | Partial match |
Container platforms & registries(1)
Simplest way to run a containerized web app Partial match
On AWS this is now Amazon ECS Express Mode, since App Runner is closed to new customers. On Azure, the equivalent is Azure Container Apps (or App Service for containers).
- App Runner (source code or image to URL) entered maintenance on Mar 31, 2026. Existing customers can still create services, but no new features are coming. AWS publishes a blue/green migration path to ECS Express Mode.
- ECS Express Mode creates visible resources in your account (ECS service on Fargate, ALB with TLS, auto scaling, networking) from one API call. Container Apps is a managed environment where you deploy with az containerapp up or from source.
- Scale to zero. Container Apps can scale to zero. ECS Express Mode services run at least one Fargate task, so check the minimum task count.