--- 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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RG Rohit G. Technical Writer Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 7/14/2022 "AWS Fargate Review" 5/5 What do you like best about AWS Fargate? AWS Fargate helps to integrate PVC with EKS Clusters. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS Fargate? Hard to use for beginners and might be costlier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS Fargate solving and how is that benefiting you? It's truly benefiting for cluster creations Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Ishan U.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Ishan U.") IU Ishan U. Contributor Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 7/7/2022 "Easy to use" 4/5 What do you like best about AWS Fargate? No need to focus on infrastructure management. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS Fargate? Nothing as such everything seems to workout well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS Fargate solving and how is that benefiting you? Running docker containers at scale. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Steven Y.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Steven Y.") SY Steven Y. Software Engineer II Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 4/22/2022 "Managing Containers Made Easy" 4.5/5 What do you like best about AWS Fargate? Fargate is fully managed and makes it extremely easy for us to not have to worry about security updates, autoscaling is so easy! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS Fargate? Fargate autoscaling has to be setup with CloudWatch Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering AWS Fargate: Fargate is so much easier to use than things like EKS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS Fargate solving and how is that benefiting you? Fargate is a great way for us to run containers with minimal input needed Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Financial Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Financial Services") CF Verified User in Financial Services Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 8/8/2022 "Used AWS fargate to migrate services from serverless to containerised services" 5/5 What do you like best about AWS Fargate? Its cheaper and reliable to use.Easy to deploy containers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS Fargate? Lack of documentation and cross cloud support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS Fargate solving and how is that benefiting you? Previously using AWS lambda for deploying serverless application but due to some concurrent execution limit in lambda , switched to AWS ECS fargate. 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") AI Verified User in Information Technology and Services Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 7/23/2022 "Very Nice" 5/5 What do you like best about AWS Fargate? It's capability to handle AWS containers and microservices for supporting applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS Fargate? It's console is not updated like it is not very user friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS Fargate solving and how is that benefiting you? It is bringing the gap between maintaing virtual machines and quickly scale up according to the customer traffic. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Computer Games](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer Games") UC Verified User in Computer Games Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 8/4/2022 "Great way to build without the overhead of management of environment and servers" 4.5/5 What do you like best about AWS Fargate? Great way to build without the overhead of management of environment and servers. Pay as you use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS Fargate? Pricing and the plans, better optimization needed Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS Fargate solving and how is that benefiting you? Launching instances without the need of an entire set up Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 2/5/2024 Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Telecommunications](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Telecommunications") UT Verified User in Telecommunications Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 7/27/2022 "Working is good .. time saving" 4/5 What do you like best about AWS Fargate? It's sweverless pay as you go model .pay as you go model. Support many applications etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS Fargate? Cost is more. Expensive than managing containers . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS Fargate solving and how is that benefiting you? It's compute engine for container.makes easy to build application Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 8/5/2022 Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Human Resources](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Human Resources") CH Verified User in Human Resources Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 7/30/2022 "Works well" 4/5 What do you like best about AWS Fargate? AWS fargate environment can start containers in very short time without need of launching infra Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS Fargate? Last I used, it cannot be used for batch jobs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS Fargate solving and how is that benefiting you? Running container services in Native AWS env vs Kubernets Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Primary/Secondary Education](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Primary/Secondary Education") AP Verified User in Primary/Secondary Education Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 7/25/2022 "Best service that i have ever used" 5/5 What do you like best about AWS Fargate? Its capability of handling all the microservices and container instance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS Fargate? Its console is not that much user friendly it is not understandable by beginners. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS Fargate solving and how is that benefiting you? It is bridging the gap between virtualization and new generation of technology. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Computer Networking](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer Networking") UC Verified User in Computer Networking Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 7/28/2022 Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores. "AWS fargate the compute engine" 4.5/5 What do you like best about AWS Fargate? I like the containerization service. Can use docker to quickly deploy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS Fargate? It's not easy to predict the cost. Isn't user friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS Fargate solving and how is that benefiting you? Main area of improvement is cost, comparing to the other competative cloud providers. 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);)