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# AWS Fargate vs Spot Comparison - What are their main differences?

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Reviews

**AWS Fargate** [

4.5/5(96)

](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-fargate/reviews#reviews)

**Spot** [

4.8/5(16)

](https://www.g2.com/products/flexera-spot/reviews#reviews)

Pricing

**AWS Fargate**
No pricing available

**Spot**
Free Trial

**Pay As You Go** Per Month · Pay as you save

**Pricing Insights**
from reviews

Time to Implement

**AWS Fargate**
1 month

Based on 9 responses

**Spot**
Not enough reviews yet

Return on Investment

**AWS Fargate**
8 months

Based on 7 responses

**Spot**
Not enough reviews yet

Perceived Cost

**AWS Fargate**
$$$$$

**Spot**
Not enough reviews yet

Average Discount

**AWS Fargate**
8%

**Spot**
Not enough reviews yet

Pros & Cons

**AWS Fargate**
[
Auto-scaling (1)
](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-fargate/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=1435525&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Container Management (1)
](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-fargate/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=2485351&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Expensive (1)
](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-fargate/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=2485323&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Lack of Control (1)
](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-fargate/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=2485331&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)

**Spot**
Not enough data

Integrations

**AWS Fargate**
[

 ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/large_detail/large_detail_764bdd3b0bc81b470d93f18d12c826d2/amazon-web-services-aws-amazon-dynamodb.png "Product Avatar Image")

Amazon DynamoDB

](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-web-services-aws-amazon-dynamodb/reviews)[

 ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/large_detail/large_detail_cacdec8b8edeace9b3c89e0c2cded695/amazon-ec2.jpg "Product Avatar Image")

Amazon EC2

](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-ec2/reviews)[

 ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/large_detail/large_detail_504423766e296a0eeef13491cb738385/amazon-elastic-container-registry-ecr.png "Product Avatar Image")

Amazon Elastic Container...

](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-elastic-container-registry-ecr/reviews)[

 ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/large_detail/large_detail_cacdec8b8edeace9b3c89e0c2cded695/amazon-elastic-container-service-amazon-ecs.jpg "Product Avatar Image")

Amazon Elastic Container...

](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-elastic-container-service-amazon-ecs/reviews)[
View all
](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-fargate/integrations)

**Spot**
Not enough data

Screenshots

**AWS Fargate**
 ![AWS Fargate screenshot](https://images.g2crowd.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=600,height=600,fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,/https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/attachment/file/92010/product-page-diagram-Fargate-how-it-works.03c366c5aa4aa2cfb99aa91cbcd4d534f541bde2.png)

**Spot**
No screenshot available

Ratings

Meets Requirements

**AWS Fargate**

8.8

8.872

**Spot**

8.8

8.811

Ease of Use

**AWS Fargate**

8.9

8.973

**Spot**

8.8

8.811

Ease of Setup

**AWS Fargate**

8.5

8.537

**Spot**

8.8

8.87

Ease of Admin

**AWS Fargate**

8.7

8.729

**Spot**

8.6

8.67

Quality of Support

**AWS Fargate**

8.2

8.270

**Spot**

9.2

9.211

Has the product been a good partner in doing business?

**AWS Fargate**

8.9

8.932

**Spot**

8.8

8.87

Product Direction (% positive)

**AWS Fargate**

9.0

9.069

**Spot**

10.0

10.07

Features

Cloud Infrastructure Automation[Hide 11 FeaturesShow 11 Features](javascript:void(0);)

Not enough data

8.5

6

Administration 

Administration Console

Not enough data

9.0(won by default)

5

Dashboards and Visualizations

Not enough data

7.5(won by default)

6

Task Management

Not enough data

Feature Not Available

Access Control

Not enough data

Not enough data

Automation

Intelligent Automation

Not enough data

8.3(won by default)

5

Automated Provisioning

Not enough data

8.7(won by default)

5

Test Automation

Not enough data

Not enough data

Release Automation

Not enough data

Not enough data

IT Management

Infrastructure Management

Not enough data

9.2(won by default)

6

Workflow Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

IT Discovery

Not enough data

Not enough data

Container Management[Hide 10 FeaturesShow 10 Features](javascript:void(0);)

8.6

61

Not enough data

Management

Access Control

8.8(won by default)

57

Not enough data

Network Isolation

8.7(won by default)

55

Feature Not Available

File Isolation

8.4(won by default)

48

Feature Not Available

Organization

Packaging 

8.4(won by default)

52

Not enough data

Container Networking

8.5(won by default)

51

Not enough data

Orchestration

8.7(won by default)

50

Not enough data

Development

Developer Toolkit

8.5(won by default)

48

Not enough data

Architecture

8.7(won by default)

51

Not enough data

Datacenter

8.6(won by default)

47

Feature Not Available

Virtualization

8.9(won by default)

51

Feature Not Available

User Insights

Reviewers' Company Size

[![AWS Fargate](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/1528476467/aws-fargate.svg "AWS Fargate")](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-fargate/reviews)

AWS Fargate

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)

35.5%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)

34.4%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)

30.1%

[![Spot](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/24d35cc803739cd1ad48c8f082350400/flexera-spot.svg "Spot")](https://www.g2.com/products/flexera-spot/reviews)

Spot

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)

37.5%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)

37.5%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)

25.0%

Small-Business

(50 or fewer emp.)

35.5%

37.5%

Mid-Market

(51-1000 emp.)

34.4%

37.5%

Enterprise

(\> 1000 emp.)

30.1%

25.0%

Reviewers' Industry

[![AWS Fargate](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/1528476467/aws-fargate.svg "AWS Fargate")](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-fargate/reviews)
AWS Fargate

Computer Software

24.7%

Information Technology and Services

23.7%

Financial Services

4.3%

Retail

3.2%

Automotive

3.2%

Other

40.9%

[![Spot](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/24d35cc803739cd1ad48c8f082350400/flexera-spot.svg "Spot")](https://www.g2.com/products/flexera-spot/reviews)
Spot

Information Technology and Services

31.3%

Computer Software

31.3%

Computer & Network Security

12.5%

Security and Investigations

6.3%

Facilities Services

6.3%

Other

12.5%

Alternatives

**AWS Fargate Alternatives**

 ![Red Hat OpenShift](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/thumb_square/thumb_square_2ec0fb3d6001279948ececb9e055314c/red-hat-red-hat-openshift.jpg "Red Hat OpenShift")

[
Red Hat OpenShift
](/products/red-hat-red-hat-openshift/reviews)

 ![Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/3120927c33ef160c81c91f1ae0aa7571/google-kubernetes-engine-gke.svg "Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)")

[
Kubernetes Engine
](/products/google-kubernetes-engine-gke/reviews)

 ![SUSE Rancher](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/f8987e3e43074e0ac488156cdbf77249/suse-rancher.svg "SUSE Rancher")

[
SUSE Rancher
](/products/suse-rancher/reviews)

 ![Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/thumb_square/thumb_square_e8556e2066b427bbe86f729effc6bef0/azure-kubernetes-service-aks.png "Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)")

[
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
](/products/azure-kubernetes-service-aks/reviews)

**Spot Alternatives**

 ![GitHub](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/thumb_square/thumb_square_8ec3c17e3fb1df25b6a8bd7cc69cf2d1/github.png "GitHub")

[
GitHub
](/products/github/reviews)

 ![GitLab](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/2397ccd7309ef2bca71e3a275d59a5a3/gitlab.svg "GitLab")

[
GitLab
](/products/gitlab/reviews)

 ![DigitalOcean](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/6028813119dc32d698afd6e25ff33d5b/digitalocean.svg "DigitalOcean")

[
DigitalOcean
](/products/digitalocean/reviews)

 ![VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/69fdc58a6d585f2641bfcfb9c516d559/vmware-cloud-foundation.svg "VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)")

[
VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)
](/products/vmware-cloud-foundation-vcf/reviews)

## AWS Fargate vs Spot

When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found AWS Fargate easier to use and do business with overall. However, reviewers preferred the ease of set up with Spot, along with administration.

- AWS Fargate and Spot both meet the requirements of our reviewers at a comparable rate.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Spot is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Spot over AWS Fargate.