AWS Fargate vs Apache NiFi comparison

Apache and Amazon Web Services (AWS) are both solutions in the Compute Service category. Apache is ranked #8 with an average rating of 7.7, while Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.5. Apache holds a 8.4% mindshare in CS, compared to Amazon Web Services (AWS)’s 14.4% mindshare. Additionally, 92% of Apache users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users who would recommend it.

Apache NiFi

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92% willing to recommend

AWS Fargate

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2,958 Views
1,720 Comparison Views

100% willing to recommend

Apache NiFi

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Apache NiFi and AWS Fargate based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Compute Service solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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AWS Fargate vs. Apache NiFi

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Categories and Ranking

Apache NiFi

Ranking in Compute Service

8th

Average Rating

7.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

AWS Fargate

Ranking in Compute Service

2nd

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Compute Service category, the mindshare of Apache NiFi is 8.4%, up from 7.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of AWS Fargate is 14.4%, down from 18.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Compute Service

Featured Reviews

Bharghava Raghavendra Beesa

Senior Developer at Infosys

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.

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Subrata Mukherjee

Senior Technical Architect; Head of Platform at Blenheim Chalcot IT Services India

Boost demand response with cost-efficient serverless architecture

We are a venture builder company, and if we select AWS for our product. Our design is based on a serverless architecture model. ECS Fargate is the most convenient way in terms of scalability, integration, and cost control Thanks to the serverless model and easy integration features, a few…

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

Pros

"It's an automated flow, where you can build a flow from source to destination, then do the transformation in between."

"The user interface is good and makes it easy to design very popular workflows."

"The most valuable feature has been the range of clients and the range of connectors that we could use."

"It is highly effective for handling real-time data by working with APIs for immediate and continuous data extraction."

"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."

"The most valuable features of this solution are ease of use and implementation."

"Apache NiFi is user-friendly. Its most valuable features for handling large volumes of data include its multitude of integrated endpoints and clients and the ability to create cron jobs to run tasks at regular intervals."

"We can integrate the tool with other applications easily."

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"AWS Fargate has many valuable services. It does the job with minimal trouble. It's very observable. You can see what's going on and you have logs. You have everything. You can troubleshoot it. It's affordable and it's flexible."

"The most valuable feature of Fargate is that it's self-managed. You don't have to configure your own clusters or deploy any Kubernetes clusters. This simplifies the initial deployment and scaling process."

"AWS Fargate automatically scales to meet demand, making it ideal for applications with variable workloads."

"The most valuable feature of AWS Fargate is its ability to run on demand without the constant run time of basic resources."

"The most valuable feature of AWS Fargate is its ease of use."

"Fargate's integration with other AWS services is really good."

"If you create your deployment with a good set of rules for how to scale in, you can just set it and forget it."

"Fargate itself is a stable product. We are quite satisfied with its performance."

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Cons

"I think the UI interface needs to be more user-friendly."

"More features must be added to the product."

"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."

"The quality of JSON data processing could be improved, as JSON workloads require manual conversions without a specific process."

"There should be a better way to integrate a development environment with local tools."

"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."

"The tool should incorporate more tutorials for advanced use cases. It has tutorials for simple use cases."

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"There is a tool named Compose that helps in converting the Docker Compose file into a Kubernetes file. For ECS and Fargate, AWS reads a Dockerfile and helps with conversion. However, I am uncertain if it's ready for deployment after conversion."

"We would like to see some improvement in the process documents that are provided with this product, particularly for auto-scaling and other configuration tools that are a bit complicated."

"AWS Fargate needs improvement in terms of setup complexity."

"Service computing is not as straightforward compared to other computing services. It requires more effort to use effectively."

"Challenges include higher costs for smaller clients, limited control over underlying infrastructure customization, and potential latencies during task startup."

"Sometimes, Fargate can be really hard to configure."

"If there are any options to manage containers, that would be good. That relates more to the cost point. For example, over the next three months, I'll be making a comparison between solutions like CAST AI and other software-as-a-service platforms that offer Kubernetes management with an emphasis on cost reduction."

"I heard from my team that it's not easy to predict the cost. That is the only issue we have with AWS Fargate, but I think that's acceptable. AWS Fargate isn't user-friendly. Anything related to Software as a Service or microservice architecture is not easy to implement. You're required to have DevOps from your side to implement the solution. AWS Fargate is just a temporary solution for us. When we grow to a certain level, we may use AKS for better control."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"We use the free version of Apache NiFi."

"The solution is open-source."

"It's an open-source solution."

"I used the tool's free version."

"I rate the price of AWS Fargate a four out of five."

"We would advise that this solution has a slightly-higher price point than others on the market. There is a free plan available for start-ups, but the free and lower range licensing models do not provide the full functionality."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

16%

Computer Software Company

14%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Retailer

Financial Services Firm

22%

Computer Software Company

13%

Comms Service Provider

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Apache NiFi?

The initial setup is very easy.

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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.

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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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What do you like most about AWS Fargate?

The most valuable feature of Fargate is that it's self-managed. You don't have to configure your own clusters or deploy any Kubernetes clusters. This simplifies the initial deployment and scaling p...

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What needs improvement with AWS Fargate?

The monitoring capabilities of AWS Fargate could be improved and made more robust. The error handling aspect sometimes causes issues and can get stuck during deployment, making the process not very...

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What advice do you have for others considering AWS Fargate?

I would recommend AWS Fargate as an alternative to AWS Lambda for running loads or hosting a service. It is a good service for keeping instances running, which minimizes initial latency. Overall, I...

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Overview

Apache NiFi is an easy to use, powerful, and reliable system to process and distribute data. It supports powerful and scalable directed graphs of data routing, transformation, and system mediation logic.

Apache

A new compute engine that enables you to use containers as a fundamental compute primitive without having to manage the underlying instances. With Fargate, you don’t need to provision, configure, or scale virtual machines in your clusters to run containers. Fargate can be used with Amazon ECS today, with plans to support Amazon Elastic Container Service for Kubernetes (Amazon EKS) in the future.

Fargate has flexible configuration options so you can closely match your application needs and granular, per-second billing.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Sample Customers

Macquarie Telecom Group, Dovestech, Slovak Telekom, Looker, Hastings Group

Expedia, Intuit, Royal Dutch Shell, Brooks Brothers

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