# Deployment Considerations
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Selecting the appropriate deployment pattern depends on your specific requirements, operational capabilities, and workload characteristics. Refer to the following decision matrix for different patterns:


|  |  |  |  |  |  | 
| --- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |
| Consideration | Amazon Bedrock AgentCore | Lambda \+ API Gateway | ECS | EKS | EC2 | 
| Best For | Production MCP, AWS-native | Variable traffic, event-driven | Containerized apps, moderate scale | Complex microservices, multi-tenant | Persistent connections, full control | 
| Management Overhead | Minimal | Minimal | Medium | Very High | High | 
| Complexity | Low | Low | Medium | High | Medium | 
| Scaling | Automatic | Automatic  | Automatic | Automatic (advanced) | Manual/ASG | 
| Cost (low traffic) | Low | Low | Medium | Highest | Medium | 
| Cost (high traffic) | Low | Medium | Medium | Medium | Lowest | 
| Cold Start | fast cold starts for real-time interactions | 0.5-3s | <30s (Fargate) | None | None | 
| Max Request Duration | 15 mins for synchronous request, 8 hours for asynchronous requests | 15 min | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | 
| WebSocket Support | Limited (For browser interaction) | Limited | Native | Native | Native | 
| Deployment Speed | Fast | Fast | Medium | Slow | Slow | 
| Portability | AWS-only | AWS-specific | High | Highest | Low | 
| Monitoring | Built-in | Built-in | Integrated | Rich ecosystem | Custom | 
| Multi-tenancy | Service-level | Function-level | Service-level | Namespace-level | Custom | 
| Customization | Limited | Limited | High | Full | Full | 
| Auth Support | SigV4, OAuth and JWT validation | Rich (Through API Gateway) | Rich (Through API Gateway) | Rich (Through API Gateway ) | Rich (Through API Gateway or ALB) |