--- title: AWS Fargate Reviews meta\_title: 'AWS Fargate Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 96 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how AWS Fargate works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.5 review\_count: 96 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: Containerization url: https://www.g2.com/categories/containerization --- # AWS Fargate Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by AWS Fargate but has limited features. Are you part of the AWS Fargate team? [Upgrade your plan](https://sell.g2.com) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! AWS Fargate is a serverless compute engine that enables developers to run containerized applications without the need to manage underlying servers or clusters. By abstracting the infrastructure layer, Fargate allows users to focus solely on building and deploying applications, streamlining the development process and reducing operational overhead. It integrates seamlessly with Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) and Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), providing a flexible and efficient environment for running containers at scale. Key Features and Functionality: - Serverless Compute for Containers: Fargate eliminates the need to provision and manage servers, handling capacity needs, operating system updates, and compliance requirements automatically. - Flexible Resource Configuration: Users can specify precise CPU and memory requirements for each container, with configurations ranging from 0.25 vCPU and 0.5 GB memory up to 4 vCPUs and 30 GB memory, allowing for optimal resource utilization. - Seamless Scaling: Fargate dynamically scales compute capacity to meet application demands, ensuring high availability and performance without manual intervention. - Enhanced Security: Each task or pod runs in its own dedicated runtime environment, providing workload isolation and reducing the risk of cross-container interference. - Integrated Monitoring: Built-in integrations with AWS services like Amazon CloudWatch Container Insights enable users to monitor applications effectively and gather metrics and logs. - Cost Optimization: With a pay-as-you-go pricing model, users pay only for the compute resources consumed by their applications, with per-second billing and no upfront expenses. Primary Value and Problem Solved: AWS Fargate addresses the complexity and overhead associated with managing server infrastructure for containerized applications. By providing a serverless environment, it allows developers to concentrate on writing code and deploying applications without worrying about provisioning, scaling, or maintaining servers. This leads to faster development cycles, improved security through workload isolation, and cost savings by eliminating the need to manage and pay for idle server capacity. Fargate's seamless integration with AWS services further enhances operational efficiency, making it an ideal solution for organizations looking to modernize their application deployment strategies. * * * Seller [Amazon Web Services (AWS)](https://www.g2.com/sellers/amazon-web-services-aws-3e93cc28-2e9b-4961-b258-c6ce0feec7dd) Discussions [AWS Fargate Community](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-fargate/discuss) Solution Type Best-of-Breed Overview by John Miranda (Digital Marketing Specialist at Amazon Web Services) Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Time to Implement 1 month ### Return on Investment 8 months [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-fargate/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Red Hat OpenShift](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Red Hat OpenShift") Red Hat OpenShift 4.5/5(306) ](https://www.g2.com/products/red-hat-red-hat-openshift/reviews) [ ![Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)") Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) 4.5/5(260) ](https://www.g2.com/products/google-kubernetes-engine-gke/reviews) [ ![SUSE Rancher](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "SUSE Rancher") SUSE Rancher 4.4/5(151) ](https://www.g2.com/products/suse-rancher/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-fargate/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 96 real user reviews. 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Servlerless and has a builtin containerization and orchestration. Support for Load Balancer Fargate you also avoid vendor lock-in Best part is no need for warmer functions Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS Fargate? Pricing of Fargate seems to be on the expensive side compared to lambda but it comes with own advantages and disadvantages. Learning curve looks a bit steeper for a new-comer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS Fargate solving and how is that benefiting you? No need for infrastructure management. Varying loads and requests can easily be accommodated in fargate Container insights provide deep overview of the application metrics and status. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 5/29/2024 Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Krushna B.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Krushna B.") KB Krushna B. DevOps Engineer Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 7/29/2022 "Why choose AWS farget for Container apps" 4/5 What do you like best about AWS Fargate? Farget manages all underlying infrastructure for us helps in focusing on core development part once we specify resources requirements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS Fargate? Lack of customisation options with AWS farget Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS Fargate solving and how is that benefiting you? The problem of high cost resources and managing them is solved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Mogith P.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Mogith P.") MP Mogith P. Application Development Associate Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 7/27/2022 "Experience with fargate" 3.5/5 What do you like best about AWS Fargate? Flexibility of testing our applications without server less . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS Fargate? Still haven't explored fargate fully , but so far it is good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS Fargate solving and how is that benefiting you? Without provisioning and maintaining the virtual servers applications can be hosted . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 7/30/2022 Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Sachin K.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Sachin K.") SK Sachin K. Freelancer Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 5/17/2022 "AWS Fargate - Serverless Compute Engine" 5/5 What do you like best about AWS Fargate? The best feature I like about the product is Serverless computing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS Fargate? I don't like the initial setup steps. I have to go through a lot many videos to understand it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering AWS Fargate: Best Serverless Computing tool Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS Fargate solving and how is that benefiting you? We are doing computing over the cloud for our business logic. We don't have to worry about the whole pipeline that we may have to build if we haven't used it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services") UI Verified User in Information Technology and Services Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 7/31/2022 "Surely" 5/5 What do you like best about AWS Fargate? We are able to get both Kubernetes and ECS at the same point Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS Fargate? We need more tutorials related to AWS Fargate Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS Fargate solving and how is that benefiting you? We can set the serverless in it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![naman k.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "naman k.") NK naman k. AWS Engineer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 7/24/2022 "Very Nice" 5/5 What do you like best about AWS Fargate? It helps in giving container on demand,appropriately sized compute capacity. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS Fargate? AWS fargate doesn't work well with amazon linux 2 Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS Fargate solving and how is that benefiting you? It provides serverless cplompute engine for containers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Computer Software](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer Software") TC Verified User in Computer Software Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 7/25/2022 "Reliable and easy to use AI service providers" 4/5 What do you like best about AWS Fargate? Inculcating ECR and ECS has really revolutized the whole AWS game for me. It's user friendly which is top priority. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS Fargate? Difficult to meet piling requirements. It is expensive. If the VPC subnet gets deleted by mistake one can't retrieve that again. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS Fargate solving and how is that benefiting you? AWS is helping with the backend efforts and that's huge. Moreover, all media files are easy to integrate and maintain. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Vinoth S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Vinoth S.") VS Vinoth S. Blockchain Developer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 7/29/2022 "I have been working blockchain infrastructure product we are using aws instance its very efficint" 4.5/5 What do you like best about AWS Fargate? AWS EC2 machine, security, and user interface. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS Fargate? cost - it's more costly than other clouds Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS Fargate solving and how is that benefiting you? Security problems it gives strong security Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Education Management](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Education Management") AE Verified User in Education Management Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 8/10/2022 "Fargate Review" 5/5 What do you like best about AWS Fargate? You don't have to manage the clusters. Reduce the headache of maintaining the clusters Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS Fargate? Nothing as of now as per my current requirements all are fulfilled. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS Fargate solving and how is that benefiting you? No need to monitor the ec2 machines 24\*7. Fargate manages its own. So the cost to hire a DevOps to just monitor these are saved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![shadab azam a.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "shadab azam a.") SA shadab azam a. Technical Content Writer Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 7/16/2022 "Faragate review" 4/5 What do you like best about AWS Fargate? Aws deployment with fargata easy to used Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS Fargate? No never its really work developer for development and ci cd pipeline Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS Fargate solving and how is that benefiting you? Ci ci pipeline and load balancer Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ## Questions about AWS Fargate? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. [ Ask about AWS Fargate ](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-fargate/discussions/new) GU Guest User What are the benefits and drawbacks of using AWS Fargate for container management? 0 Upvotes 0 [ Join the conversation ](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-are-the-benefits-and-drawbacks-of-using-aws-fargate-for-container-management) GU Guest User • Last activity about 4 years ago What exactly is AWS fargate? 0 Upvotes 1 [ Join the conversation ](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-exactly-is-aws-fargate) [ View all Discussions ](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-fargate/discuss) ## Pricing Insights Averages based on real user reviews. ### Time to Implement 1 month ### Return on Investment 8 months ### Average Discount 8% [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-fargate/pricing) AWS Fargate Comparisons ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_b3390b4cc3d92e87d570895f7358c003/aws-elastic-beanstalk.jpg "Product Avatar Image") AWS Beanstalk 4.2/5(200) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/aws-elastic-beanstalk-vs-aws-fargate) ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_f176b4154a751d10150daa67a57b7dc5/azure-container-instances.jpg "Product Avatar Image") Azure Container Instances 4/5(20) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/aws-fargate-vs-azure-container-instances) ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_2ec0fb3d6001279948ececb9e055314c/red-hat-red-hat-openshift.jpg "Product Avatar Image") Red Hat OpenShift 4.5/5(306) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/aws-fargate-vs-red-hat-red-hat-openshift) ##### ##### AWS Fargate Features Management Access Control Network Isolation File Isolation Organization Packaging Container Networking Orchestration Development Developer Toolkit Architecture Datacenter [ View More Features ](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-fargate/features) ##### Categories on G2 [Container Management](https://www.g2.com/categories/container-management) ##### Explore More [Which content curation vendors have the strongest automated content moderation and brand-safety controls?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/which-content-curation-vendors-have-the-strongest-automated-content-moderation-and-brand-safety-controls)[Which breach and attack simulation vendors are considered the gold standard for validating EDR effectiveness so a security team can trust that its endpoint controls would actually stop an attack?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/which-breach-and-attack-simulation-vendors-are-considered-the-gold-standard-for-validating-edr-effectiveness-so-a-security-team-can-trust-that-its-endpoint-controls-would-actually-stop-an-attack%20)[What's the best marketing analytics software for teams that need real-time data without reporting bottlenecks or delays?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-s-the-best-marketing-analytics-software-for-teams-that-need-real-time-data-without-reporting-bottlenecks-or-delays) [What are the top health care credentialing tools with proven customer success metrics and strong user adoption?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-are-the-top-health-care-credentialing-tools-with-proven-customer-success-metrics-and-strong-user-adoption)[What is the most secure MFA solution for regulated industries?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-the-most-secure-mfa-solution-for-regulated-industries)[Pros and Cons Details](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-fargate/reviews?qs=pros-and-cons) [Show MoreShow Less](javascript:void(0);)