# AWS Elastic Beanstalk vs AWS Fargate Comparison

| | AWS Elastic Beanstalk | AWS Fargate | 
|---|---|---|
| **Star Rating** | 4.2 out of 5 | 4.5 out of 5 | 
| **Total Reviews** | 198 | 96 | 
| **Largest Market Segment** | Small-Business (34.5% of reviews) | Small-Business (35.5% of reviews) | 
| **Entry Level Price** | No pricing available | No pricing available | 

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## Top Pros & Cons

### AWS Elastic Beanstalk

Pros:
- Deployment Ease (3 reviews)
- Ease of Use (3 reviews)

Cons:
- Learning Curve (2 reviews)
- Resource Limitations (2 reviews)

### AWS Fargate

Pros:
- Auto-scaling (1 reviews)
- Container Management (1 reviews)

Cons:
- Expensive (1 reviews)
- Lack of Control (1 reviews)

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## Ratings Comparison
| Rating | AWS Elastic Beanstalk | AWS Fargate | 
|---|---|---|
  | **Meets Requirements** | 8.5 (150 reviews) | 8.8 (72 reviews) | 
  | **Ease of Use** | 8.5 (149 reviews) | 8.9 (73 reviews) | 
  | **Ease of Setup** | 8.2 (76 reviews) | 8.5 (37 reviews) | 
  | **Ease of Admin** | 8.1 (68 reviews) | 8.7 (29 reviews) | 
  | **Quality of Support** | 8.1 (132 reviews) | 8.2 (70 reviews) | 
  | **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?** | 8.2 (65 reviews) | 8.9 (32 reviews) | 
  | **Product Direction (% positive)** | 8.5 (144 reviews) | 9.0 (69 reviews) | 

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## Pricing

### AWS Elastic Beanstalk

#### Entry-Level Pricing

No pricing available

#### Free Trial

No information available

### AWS Fargate

#### Entry-Level Pricing

No pricing available

#### Free Trial

No information available

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## Features Comparison By Category

### Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS)

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **AWS Elastic Beanstalk** | 8.4/10 | 104 |
| **AWS Fargate** | N/A | N/A |

#### Development

| Feature | AWS Elastic Beanstalk | AWS Fargate | 
|---|---|---|
| **Application Deployment** | 8.8 (87 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Development Tools** | 8.0 (83 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Development Environment** | 8.2 (83 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Language Support** | 8.2 (78 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Testing** | 8.1 (80 reviews) | Not enough data | 

#### Database

| Feature | AWS Elastic Beanstalk | AWS Fargate | 
|---|---|---|
| **Database Management** | 8.1 (76 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Analytics** | 7.8 (80 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Auto Scaling** | 8.6 (87 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Backup / Recovery** | 8.3 (80 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Storage** | 8.5 (81 reviews) | Not enough data | 

#### Infrastructure

| Feature | AWS Elastic Beanstalk | AWS Fargate | 
|---|---|---|
| **Networking** | 8.5 (82 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Virtual Machines** | 8.7 (83 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Security** | 8.8 (84 reviews) | Not enough data | 

### Container Management

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **AWS Elastic Beanstalk** | N/A | N/A |
| **AWS Fargate** | 8.6/10 | 61 |

#### Management

| Feature | AWS Elastic Beanstalk | AWS Fargate | 
|---|---|---|
| **Access Control** | Not enough data | 8.8 (57 reviews) | 
| **Network Isolation** | Not enough data | 8.7 (55 reviews) | 
| **File Isolation** | Not enough data | 8.4 (48 reviews) | 

#### Organization

| Feature | AWS Elastic Beanstalk | AWS Fargate | 
|---|---|---|
| **Packaging ** | Not enough data | 8.4 (52 reviews) | 
| **Container Networking** | Not enough data | 8.5 (51 reviews) | 
| **Orchestration** | Not enough data | 8.7 (50 reviews) | 

#### Development

| Feature | AWS Elastic Beanstalk | AWS Fargate | 
|---|---|---|
| **Developer Toolkit** | Not enough data | 8.5 (48 reviews) | 
| **Architecture** | Not enough data | 8.7 (51 reviews) | 
| **Datacenter** | Not enough data | 8.6 (47 reviews) | 
| **Virtualization** | Not enough data | 8.9 (51 reviews) | 

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## Categories

**Unique to AWS Elastic Beanstalk (1):** [Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS) Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/cloud-platform-as-a-service-paas)

**Unique to AWS Fargate (1):** [Container Management Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/container-management)


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## Reviewer Demographics

### By Company Size

| Segment | AWS Elastic Beanstalk | AWS Fargate | 
|---|---|---|
| **Small-Business** | 34.5% | 35.5% | 
| **Mid-Market** | 31.1% | 34.4% | 
| **Enterprise** | 34.5% | 30.1% | 

### By Industry

#### AWS Elastic Beanstalk

- **Computer Software:** 23.2%
- **Information Technology and Services:** 19.8%
- **Financial Services:** 4.5%
- **Automotive:** 4.0%
- **Marketing and Advertising:** 3.4%
- **Computer & Network Security:** 3.4%
- **Education Management:** 2.8%
- **Health, Wellness and Fitness:** 2.3%
- **Hospitality:** 2.3%
- **Retail:** 1.7%
- **Other:** 32.8%

#### AWS Fargate

- **Computer Software:** 24.7%
- **Information Technology and Services:** 23.7%
- **Financial Services:** 4.3%
- **Retail:** 3.2%
- **Automotive:** 3.2%
- **Broadcast Media:** 3.2%
- **Computer & Network Security:** 3.2%
- **Computer Games:** 3.2%
- **Telecommunications:** 2.2%
- **Primary/Secondary Education:** 2.2%
- **Other:** 26.9%

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## Alternatives

### Alternatives to AWS Elastic Beanstalk

- [DigitalOcean](https://www.g2.com/products/digitalocean/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (749 reviews)
- [Google App Engine](https://www.g2.com/products/google-app-engine/reviews) — 4.1/5 stars (216 reviews)
- [Salesforce Heroku](https://www.g2.com/products/salesforce-heroku/reviews) — 4.2/5 stars (148 reviews)
- [Azure App Service](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-app-service/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (94 reviews)
- [Azure Web Apps](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-web-apps/reviews) — 4.2/5 stars (90 reviews)
- [Oracle Cloud PaaS](https://www.g2.com/products/oracle-cloud-paas/reviews) — 4.1/5 stars (34 reviews)
- [Cloud Foundry](https://www.g2.com/products/cloud-foundry/reviews) — 4.0/5 stars (19 reviews)
- [Plesk](https://www.g2.com/products/plesk/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (276 reviews)
- [Render](https://www.g2.com/products/render-render/reviews) — 4.7/5 stars (81 reviews)
- [Agentforce 360 Platform (formerly Salesforce Platform)](https://www.g2.com/products/agentforce-360-platform-formerly-salesforce-platform/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (4005 reviews)

### Alternatives to AWS Fargate

- [Red Hat OpenShift](https://www.g2.com/products/red-hat-red-hat-openshift/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (304 reviews)
- [Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)](https://www.g2.com/products/google-kubernetes-engine-gke/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (260 reviews)
- [SUSE Rancher](https://www.g2.com/products/suse-rancher/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (151 reviews)
- [Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-kubernetes-service-aks/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (116 reviews)
- [Azure Container Instances](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-container-instances/reviews) — 4.0/5 stars (20 reviews)
- [Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Container Engine for Kubernetes](https://www.g2.com/products/oracle-cloud-infrastructure-container-engine-for-kubernetes/reviews) — 3.8/5 stars (10 reviews)
- [Portainer](https://www.g2.com/products/portainer/reviews) — 4.8/5 stars (296 reviews)
- [Cloud Foundry](https://www.g2.com/products/cloud-foundry/reviews) — 4.0/5 stars (19 reviews)
- [Google Cloud Run](https://www.g2.com/products/google-cloud-run/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (241 reviews)
- [Kubernetes](https://www.g2.com/products/kubernetes/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (158 reviews)

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## Top Discussions

### AWS Elastic Beanstalk

- Title: [Any late 2019 updates you wanna add? Did they got better on the stack upgrade communication? Any ne](https://www.g2.com/discussions/any-late-2019-updates-you-wanna-add-did-they-got-better-on-the-stack-upgrade-communication-any-ne) — 4 comments, 1 upvote
  > **Top comment:** "This is a very nice one and gives in-depth information. I am really happy with the quality and presentation of the article. I’d really like to appreciate the..."
- Title: [What is AWS Elastic Beanstalk used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/aws-elastic-beanstalk-what-is-aws-elastic-beanstalk-used-for) — 1 comment
  > **Top comment:** "AWS Elastic Beanstalk is used for deploying and scaling web applications within minutes."
- Title: [Is AWS Elastic Beanstalk PaaS?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-aws-elastic-beanstalk-paas) — 1 comment
  > **Top comment:** "Yes"
- Title: [Should you use Elastic Beanstalk?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/should-you-use-elastic-beanstalk) — 1 comment
  > **Top comment:** "Definitely. This way, you only have to worry about your application and data, and nothing else."

### AWS Fargate

- Title: [What exactly is AWS fargate?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-exactly-is-aws-fargate) — 1 comment
  > **Top comment:** "AWS Fargate is a serverless, pay-as-you-go compute engine that lets you focus on building applications without managing servers. AWS Fargate is compatible..."

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**Source:** [G2.com](https://www.g2.com) | [Comparison Page](https://www.g2.com/compare/aws-elastic-beanstalk-vs-aws-fargate)