Here's some nuance to consider... If configured properly everything in an ECS stack is a service offered by AWS: AMI maintenance is a service provided by the

Here's some nuance to consider... If configured properly everything in an ECS stack is a service offered by AWS: AMI maintenance is a service provided by the ECS team The ASG service automates cluster side CloudWatch Logs service ingests all your logs and offers archival and search services ELB and ALB are managed services CloudFormation service can configure all this. I live in a world where I configure all this but maintenance is trending way down. It's not zero like on Heroku but maybe it's a happy trade off for the extra customization...