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Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling vs Apache NiFi comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on May 21, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling
Ranking in Compute Service
5th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
50
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Apache NiFi
Ranking in Compute Service
8th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
13
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Compute Service category, the mindshare of Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling is 9.2%, down from 13.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Apache NiFi is 9.1%, up from 8.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Compute Service Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling9.2%
Apache NiFi9.1%
Other81.7%
Compute Service
 

Featured Reviews

Karthikeyan Ganesan - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers automatic scaling features but can improve user interface and setup guidance
Customizable policies help us determine how scaling should occur. In enterprise environments such as healthcare or banking with numerous instances running different applications, customizable policies allow appropriate scaling. For critical servers, we can set up a higher number of new instances to scale out to prevent downtime. For less critical servers that perform simple tasks such as file copying, we can use customizable policies to scale out minimal instances to avoid unnecessary expenses or cloud costs. Regarding integration, there are some disadvantages in AWS where certain availability zones or regions experience glitches. This can cause production halts because of problems on Amazon's side. In particular regions, when integrating Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling or other services, there might be delays in creating new Amazon EC2 instances, sometimes becoming inefficient.
Bharghava Raghavendra Beesa - PeerSpot reviewer
The tool enables effective data transformation and integration
There are some areas for improvement, particularly with record-level tasks that take a bit of time. The quality of JSON data processing could be improved, as JSON workloads require manual conversions without a specific process. Enhancing features related to alerting would be helpful, including mobile alerts for pipeline issues. Integration with mobile devices for error alerts would simplify information delivery.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The tool is a simple solution. You can deploy a new virtual machine in minutes. You can select options like memory and core number and connect storage. It's great because it's simple and fast. You can build a virtual machine in minutes, do your experiments, and then uninstall it without paying for it when it's not in use."
"Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling has a cool-down time feature called the warmup start."
"The most valuable feature of Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling is its scalability."
"The auto-scaling feature is particularly useful. Additionally, CloudWatch and CloudTrail are also important features for us."
"The support from Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling is very good."
"The ability to specify minimum and maximum instance numbers during configuration is the best feature of Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling."
"Sometimes, Auto Scaling is more beneficial, and sometimes, Reserved Instances are preferred, especially for longer-term usage."
"The solution removes the need for hardware. We can easily create servers or machines. Just by clicking or specifying our requirements, like memory size or disk space, it's set up for us. The tool eliminates the need for hardware. We can choose what we need and pay as we use it. It is flexible and can integrate with any product."
"We can integrate the tool with other applications easily."
"It's an automated flow, where you can build a flow from source to destination, then do the transformation in between."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"The user interface is good and makes it easy to design very popular workflows."
"The most valuable features of this solution are ease of use and implementation."
"The initial setup is very easy. I would rate my experience with the initial setup a ten out of ten, where one point is difficult, and ten points are easy."
"It is highly effective for handling real-time data by working with APIs for immediate and continuous data extraction."
"The most valuable feature has been the range of clients and the range of connectors that we could use."
 

Cons

"There is room for improvement. You might end up paying a high price if you're not careful and you provision a server that's underutilized."
"The product should improve vertical scaling features."
"Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling could improve by adding better integration features with the other services. Additionally, if the alarms could be triggered from other services this would be beneficial."
"Amazon should provide more detailed training materials for people who are just starting to work with Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling."
"When creating a new instance there is a set of questions that have to be answered, and this is something that can be simplified."
"Integration with LLM would be beneficial as many services are implementing this functionality. This could help people configure the service."
"Everything works fine already, but sometimes we face slow scaling performance during initialization."
"Integration with LLM would be beneficial as many services are implementing this functionality. This could help people configure the service."
"I think the UI interface needs to be more user-friendly."
"The tool should incorporate more tutorials for advanced use cases. It has tutorials for simple use cases."
"The quality of JSON data processing could be improved, as JSON workloads require manual conversions without a specific process."
"There are some claims that NiFi is cloud-native but we have tested it, and it's not."
"The use case templates could be more precise to typical business needs."
"We run many jobs, and there are already large tables. When we do not control NiFi on time, all reports fail for the day. So it's pretty slow to control, and it has to be improved."
"There is room for improvement in integration with SSO. For example, NiFi does not have any integration with SSO. And if I want to give some kind of rollback access control across the organization. That is not possible."
"The overall stability of this solution could be improved. In a future release, we would like to have access to more features that could be used in a parallel way. This would provide more freedom with processing."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I have not explored the price of the solution extensively, but from what I have seen the price is alright."
"Compared to the performance, the price is quite high. I would rate it a ten because it is expensive. There are additional costs including bandwidth costs, data transfer costs, and load balancing costs."
"The price of this product could be a little bit lower."
"Licensing fees are paid on a yearly basis."
"The product is quite expensive."
"Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling uses a pay-as-you-go pricing model."
"The pricing is not fixed and it is based on usage."
"Pricing could be a little bit more competitive."
"We use the free version of Apache NiFi."
"It's an open-source solution."
"The solution is open-source."
"I used the tool's free version."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
16%
Computer Software Company
11%
Retailer
7%
Performing Arts
7%
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Retailer
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business12
Midsize Enterprise9
Large Enterprise26
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Large Enterprise10
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling?
The solution removes the need for hardware. We can easily create servers or machines. Just by clicking or specifying our requirements, like memory size or disk space, it's set up for us. The tool e...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling?
Regarding licensing and setup costs, we always study in detail using lower environments such as User Acceptance Testing or sandbox environments. Before creation, we consult AWS official documentati...
What needs improvement with Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling?
Customizable policies help us determine how scaling should occur. In enterprise environments such as healthcare or banking with numerous instances running different applications, customizable polic...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Apache NiFi?
Apache NiFi is open-source and free. Its integration with systems like Cloudera can be expensive, but Apache NiFi itself presents the best pricing as a standalone tool.
What needs improvement with Apache NiFi?
The logging system of Apache NiFi needs improvement. It is difficult to debug compared to Airflow ( /products/apache-airflow-reviews ), where task details and issues are clear. With Apache NiFi, I ...
 

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Sample Customers

Expedia, Intuit, Royal Dutch Shell, Brooks Brothers
Macquarie Telecom Group, Dovestech, Slovak Telekom, Looker, Hastings Group
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