AWS Fargate vs Heroku comparison

The compared Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Heroku solutions aren't in the same category. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ranked #3 in CS , with an average rating of 8.6, and holds a 9.8% mindshare in the category. Heroku is ranked #13 in PSP , with an average rating of 8.7, and holds a 3.5% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 87% of Heroku users who would recommend it.

AWS Fargate

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100% willing to recommend

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87% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

AWS Fargate

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Compute Service (3rd)

Heroku

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

PaaS Clouds (13th)

Mindshare comparison

While both are Cloud Services solutions, they serve different purposes. AWS Fargate is designed for Compute Service and holds a mindshare of 9.8%, down 15.2% compared to last year.
Heroku, on the other hand, focuses on PaaS Clouds, holds 3.5% mindshare, up 2.6% since last year.

Compute Service Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
AWS Fargate	9.8%
AWS Lambda	12.4%
Amazon EC2	11.9%
Other	65.9%

Compute Service

PaaS Clouds Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Heroku	3.5%
Microsoft Azure	15.2%
Amazon AWS	13.2%
Other	68.1%

PaaS Clouds

Featured Reviews

Jesus_Gomez

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.

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Faizan Haider

Senior Software Engineer at Aldaim Solutions

Used for server deployment and provides auto maintenance of databases

Heroku is deployed on the cloud. We can deploy our private and public projects over at Heroku. Most of the time, when we are starting any new project from scratch, we have to implement our MVP for that project or the core idea. We are unsure how our traffic flow will go or the actual production environment requirements. We don't want to spend the most on the server sites, so then we can use it with our go-to plan for Heroku, and all the resources are available in the basic plan with the minimum expenses. So, it helps us to deploy and make our features available online at the minimum cost. Once we know our needs, we can add the professional add-ons and shift it to another platform. Heroku supports any resource listed in the marketplace. We just have to deploy our AI solutions, and Heroku can also support AI projects. I would recommend the solution to other users. I advise users not to purchase extra add-ons but to make scalable resources so that they can use all the resources efficiently. Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"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."

"AWS Fargate is a fully managed service, and it's very easy to use compared to other services like Elastic Beanstalk Service (EBS)."

"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."

"We appreciate the simple use of containers within this solution, it makes managing the containers quick and easy."

"Fargate is beneficial for hosting our solutions and providing workflow management, creating legal documents, and delivering business intelligence."

"It allows for focusing on applications instead of managing infrastructure."

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"The solution's most valuable feature is the auto maintenance of databases."

"Valuable for us was the fast deployment. This means the time to market is improved without pain for developers."

"It's easy to push a change and to deploy new things."

"Thanks to Heroku, we don't need to do as much direct management in AWS."

"We use Heroku to run generic data. We also use it for our customer development environment. It helps us to build and test websites."

"One of the best things about Heroku is that it is very easy and straightforward to deploy an application."

"The most valuable feature of Heroku is the continuous integration and applications it provides."

"The product is stable."

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Cons

"They need to improve some UI-based interaction."

"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."

"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."

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

"The main area for improvement is the cost, which could be lowered to be more competitive with other major cloud providers."

"AWS Fargate could improve the privileged mode containers. We had some problems and they were not able to run."

"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."

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"The tool's configuration is complex."

"I think this solution would be improved if free demos were available indefinitely."

"They could flesh out some of their analytics a little more."

"The pricing could be improved because scaling the database becomes costly."

"Heroku doesn't support Docker images on the CI infrastructure."

"Heroku should increase its slug size limits."

"Heroku had an authentication problem a few months ago, but they solved it."

"We have to do daily restarts of some processes, which is annoying, and the support for custom CI could be better."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."

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

"The price of Heroku could be less expensive."

"There is a standard fee for a processing unit, they call them "dynos," and then you pay for add-ons."

"I rate the tool's pricing a three out of ten."

"The tool is free."

"Its price is very good."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Government

16%

Financial Services Firm

13%

Comms Service Provider

12%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

12%

Computer Software Company

10%

University

Comms Service Provider

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	10
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	7

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	23
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	3

Questions from the Community

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?

They need to improve some UI-based interaction.

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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.

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What do you like most about Heroku?

I like the tool's scalability, CLI, and dashboards.

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What needs improvement with Heroku?

I don't like that the web server crashes every day, every 24 hours. The pricing could be improved because scaling the database becomes costly. The Docker features are not great. You cannot use any ...

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What is your primary use case for Heroku?

We use the solution for web applications and web APIs.

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Overview

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)

Established in 2007, Heroku is a cloud application platform providing a streamlined, efficient place for web app developers to create and deploy their applications. Heroku is designed to maximize developer productivity. With the entire web application development process available on the Herokucloud, creating and rolling out web apps has been made more efficient, convenient, and cost-effective than ever before.

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