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AWS Compute Optimizer vs AWS Fargate comparison

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Categories and Ranking

AWS Compute Optimizer
Ranking in Compute Service
16th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
AWS Fargate
Ranking in Compute Service
4th
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 November 2026, in the Compute Service category, the mindshare of AWS Compute Optimizer is 2.7%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of AWS Fargate is 9.3%, down from 11.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Compute Service Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
AWS Fargate9.3%
AWS Compute Optimizer2.7%
Other88.0%
Compute Service
 

Featured Reviews

Shady Mogawer - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at Arabian Cement Company
Easy to manage, flexible, and has good scaling options
A partner company called Cloud40 helped us with the deployment. It took a couple of weeks for the deployment to happen. The steps we took for the deployment process included research and information planning about what we wanted to do while moving from physical to the cloud. We have used all the hardware and other resources available to make sure of the connection.
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

"I find the solution's scaling capability to be an important benefit. You can scale it vertically or horizontally, i.e., you can upgrade the hardware or clone the machine. The solution is also easy to manage and flexible. Additionally, you get some layers of security without paying for it."
"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."
"The most valuable feature of AWS Fargate is its ease of use."
"Its scalability and serverless nature make it a perfect hosting solution as it manages the scalability automatically when used with ECS, especially with the consistent process for deploying new solutions."
"The most valuable feature of AWS Fargate is its ability to run on demand without the constant run time of basic resources."
"By using a server's compute resources, one can observe the resource metrics. With AWS, one can determine when servers will be used based on CloudWatch results. For example, CloudWatch informs the application and service platform when the hit ratio has reached the threshold value."
"I like their containerization service. You can use Docker or something similar and deploy quickly without the know-how related to, for example, Kubernetes. If you use AKS or Kubernetes, then you have to have the know-how. But for Fargate, you don't need to have the know-how there. You just deploy the container or the image, and then you have the container, and you can use it as AWS takes care of the rest. This makes it easier for those getting started or if you don't have a strong DevOps team inside your organization."
"Fargate's integration with other AWS services is really good."
"AWS Fargate is an Amazon-managed service for Kubernetes that provides a nice out-of-the-box pre-packaged solution for deploying, with good integration with EKS and container registry, making it an easy way to use the AWS Kubernetes service."
 

Cons

"I have two areas of improvement to comment on. Most of the product names in AWS are not indicative of what they are doing. Moreover, AWS is not organized and you do not have the full platform with you. It is hard to know some AWS services."
"There could be improvements for AWS Fargate regarding cost as it is expensive compared to running on EC2."
"The main area for improvement is the cost, which could be lowered to be more competitive with other major cloud providers."
"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."
"They need to improve some UI-based interaction."
"We faced challenges in vertically scaling our workload."
"I would like to see the older dashboard instead of the newer version. I don't like the new dashboard."
"I would like to see enhanced faster application scaling and better integration with the elastic file system to unify storage volumes and improve the launch time of instances."
"AWS Fargate isn't user-friendly. Anything related to Software as a Service or microservice architecture is not easy to implement."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I find the solution's pricing reasonable. You need to pay extra for IP and other miscellaneous costs."
"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

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Government
18%
Construction Company
13%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
 

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Small Business10
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise8
 

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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.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AWS Fargate?
The pricing is dependent on the load being run. AWS Fargate follows a pay-as-you-go model, which provides flexibility. The pricing details can be easily found on the AWS Fargate website.
 

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