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AWS Batch vs AWS Fargate 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

AWS Batch
Ranking in Compute Service
6th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
AWS Fargate
Ranking in Compute Service
3rd
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
20
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the Compute Service category, the mindshare of AWS Batch is 11.6%, down from 20.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of AWS Fargate is 9.8%, down from 15.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Compute Service Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
AWS Fargate9.8%
AWS Batch11.6%
Other78.6%
Compute Service
 

Featured Reviews

AK
Software Engineering Manager – Digital Production Optimization at Yara International ASA
Flexibility in planning and scheduling with containerized workload management has significantly improved computational efficiency
AWS Batch is highly flexible. It allows users to plan, schedule, and compute on containerized workloads. In previous roles, I utilized it for diverse simulations, including on-demand and scheduled computations. It facilitates creating clusters tailored to specific needs, such as memory-centric or CPU-centric workloads, and supports scaling operations massively, like running one hundred thousand Docker containers simultaneously.
JG
Head of Infrastructure at Teamcore
Flexibility in workload accommodation and supportive user experience drive efficiency
Currently, I think that the program is great the way it is, and maybe we use less than 50% of the current features of the platform. For example, we have been evaluating Dask with Python to work with distributed processing, and I don't know if AWS Fargate could be used to build Dask clusters, which would be great because there are many people on our team working with Python workloads. Having something that can manage distributed processing using Dask in a containerized deployment could be valuable. For a company that does not require complexity or managing Kubernetes clusters, AWS Fargate is a great way to go with the use of containers in a simple way, providing the power of containers and scalability without the complexity of going into Kubernetes.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"AWS Batch is invaluable for parallelizing processes and samples, which is essential for our large data sets, such as terabytes of genome data."
"AWS Batch's deployment was easy."
"The main feature I like about AWS Batch is its scalability; whether ten extraction jobs or ten thousand jobs are running, it works seamlessly and scales seamlessly."
"I appreciate that AWS Batch works with EC2, allowing me to launch jobs and automatically spin up the EC2 instance to run them; when the jobs are completed, the EC2 instance shuts down, making it cost-effective."
"There is one other feature in confirmation or call confirmation where you can have templates of what you want to do and just modify those to customize it to your needs. And these templates basically make it a lot easier for you to get started."
"AWS Batch is highly flexible; it allows users to plan, schedule, and compute on containerized workloads, create clusters tailored to specific needs like memory-centric or CPU-centric workloads, and supports scaling operations massively, like running one hundred thousand Docker containers simultaneously."
"The stability of AWS Batch is impeccable; we have run thousands of jobs without encountering any problems, and AWS Batch consistently performs as expected."
"AWS Batch is a cost-effective way to perform batch processing, primarily using spot instances and containers."
"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."
"We appreciate the simple use of containers within this solution, it makes managing the containers quick and easy."
"AWS Fargate offers flexibility in making services available as needed based on the number of compute instances scheduled, and it provides an easy and convenient way to scale services according to demand."
"The most valuable feature of AWS Fargate is its ability to run on demand without the constant run time of basic resources."
"What I find best about AWS Fargate is that compared to deploying containers on EC2, where we need to check everything manually such as uptime, error logs, and other issues, AWS Fargate manages all these aspects automatically."
"Fargate is beneficial for hosting our solutions and providing workflow management, creating legal documents, and delivering business intelligence."
"AWS Fargate has definitely impacted our organization positively because before that, we couldn't accommodate the workload requirements as flexibly as we can with Fargate."
"If you create your deployment with a good set of rules for how to scale in, you can just set it and forget it."
 

Cons

"The main drawback to using AWS Batch would be the cost. It will be more expensive in some cases than using an HPC. It's more amenable to cases where you have spot requirements."
"The solution should include better and seamless integration with other AWS services, like Amazon S3 data storage and EC2 compute resources."
"AWS Batch needs to improve its documentation."
"When we run a lot of batch jobs, the UI must show the history."
"They need to improve some UI-based interaction."
"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."
"There could be improvements for AWS Fargate regarding cost as it is expensive compared to running on EC2."
"There are features that could be added or enhanced."
"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 could improve the privileged mode containers. We had some problems and they were not able to run."
"Service computing is not as straightforward compared to other computing services. It requires more effort to use effectively."
"The main area for improvement is the cost, which could be lowered to be more competitive with other major cloud providers."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"AWS Batch's pricing is good."
"AWS Batch is a cheap solution."
"The pricing is very fair."
"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
30%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Computer Software Company
7%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Government
15%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Comms Service Provider
12%
Manufacturing Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Large Enterprise6
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business10
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise7
 

Questions from the Community

Which is better, AWS Lambda or Batch?
AWS Lambda is a serverless solution. It doesn’t require any infrastructure, which allows for cost savings. There is no setup process to deal with, as the entire solution is in the cloud. If you use...
What do you like most about AWS Batch?
AWS Batch manages the execution of computing workload, including job scheduling, provisioning, and scaling.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AWS Batch?
Pricing is good, as AWS Batch allows specifying spot instances, providing cost-effective solutions when launching jobs and spinning up EC2 instances.
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...
What needs improvement with AWS Fargate?
They need to improve some UI-based interaction.
What advice do you have for others considering AWS Fargate?
Using AWS Fargate is becoming easier as the platform improves. On a scale of 1-10, I rate AWS Fargate a 7.
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

Amazon Batch
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Sample Customers

Hess, Expedia, Kelloggs, Philips, HyperTrack
Expedia, Intuit, Royal Dutch Shell, Brooks Brothers
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