No more typing reviews! Try our Samantha, our new voice AI agent.

AWS Fargate vs Heroku comparison

Why PeerSpot?
 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive Summary

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 Fargate
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
20
Ranking in other categories
Compute Service (3rd)
Heroku
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
29
Ranking in other categories
PaaS Clouds (12th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Cloud Services solutions, they serve different purposes. AWS Fargate is designed for Compute Service and holds a mindshare of 9.5%, down 12.7% compared to last year.
Heroku, on the other hand, focuses on PaaS Clouds, holds 2.8% mindshare, down 3.4% since last year.
Compute Service Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
AWS Fargate9.5%
Amazon EC214.9%
AWS Lambda14.7%
Other60.900000000000006%
Compute Service
PaaS Clouds Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Heroku2.8%
Amazon AWS13.7%
Microsoft Azure12.0%
Other71.5%
PaaS Clouds
 

Featured Reviews

Deepak Nemade - PeerSpot reviewer
Network and system administrator at AyanWorks
Has reduced manual container monitoring and restarted services automatically while UI interactions still need attention
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. If a container goes down, it automatically restarts it, and according to our requirements, it handles scaling up and down of all containers. This feature is really amazing.
Cristian-Molina - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Developer at Go Coeupas
Has a quick development cycle and continuous integration
The initial setup is straightforward. Heroku integrates well. You only have to push the code, and it automatically deploys the new version. Whether you have permission depends on the application. Currently, I have one application that I deploy myself. I rate the initial setup a nine out of ten, where one is difficult and ten is easy.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It allows for focusing on applications instead of managing infrastructure."
"The best thing about AWS Fargate is that I don't need to worry about the proper provisioning of infrastructure for my task, and it's very fast in terms of scaling my containers; it's much faster than other solutions."
"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."
"The most valuable feature is the complete independence of doing administrative courses for your deployment."
"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."
"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 ability to run on demand without the constant run time of basic resources."
"We use Heroku to run generic data. We also use it for our customer development environment. It helps us to build and test websites."
"The most valuable feature of Heroku is the continuous integration and applications it provides."
"The product is stable."
"What I found most valuable about this solution is that it's easy to use and integrate with GitHub actions."
"They solve most of our problems and we don't experience many issues with them."
"My advice for anybody who is considering Heroku is that it's really simple to use, it's stable, and it is very powerful for continuous deployment."
"The platform is very Node.js-friendly, which is something that is important to us."
"The solution's most valuable feature is the auto maintenance of databases."
 

Cons

"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."
"AWS Fargate isn't user-friendly. Anything related to Software as a Service or microservice architecture is not easy to implement."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"Plugins aren't cheap (Mailchimp is $1.5/1000 emails)."
"The tool's configuration is complex."
"Slow restart on servers"
"It's pricing is a little high and could be lowered."
"Heroku is pretty stable. We experience the occasional outages."
"I have an issue with the session server in terms of how it can scale, and where I can put my sessions."
"Heroku had an authentication problem a few months ago, but they solved it."
"Their support is good, but they can improve their response time."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."
"Its price is very good."
"The tool is free."
"I rate the tool's pricing a three out of ten."
"There is a standard fee for a processing unit, they call them "dynos," and then you pay for add-ons."
"The price of Heroku could be less expensive."
report
Use our free recommendation engine to learn which Compute Service solutions are best for your needs.
913,806 professionals have used our research since 2012.
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Government
16%
Comms Service Provider
14%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Construction Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Construction Company
9%
Computer Software Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business10
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise8
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business23
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise3
 

Questions from the Community

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.
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 ...
What is your primary use case for Heroku?
We use the solution for web applications and web APIs.
What advice do you have for others considering Heroku?
The integration capabilities are great because of the quick integration and the management features. We don't need a lot of expertise and all external DevOps people. Heroku is the easiest platform ...
 

Comparisons

 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Expedia, Intuit, Royal Dutch Shell, Brooks Brothers
Facebook, UrbanDictionary, Code for America, Mailchimp, Rapportive, GitHub, TED, and Lyft.
Find out what your peers are saying about Amazon Web Services (AWS), Apache, Zadara and others in Compute Service. Updated: September 2026.
913,806 professionals have used our research since 2012.