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Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling vs Apache NiFi comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling
Ranking in Compute Service
2nd
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
8.2
Number of Reviews
43
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Apache NiFi
Ranking in Compute Service
8th
Average Rating
7.8
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Compute Service category, the mindshare of Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling is 12.8%, up from 10.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Apache NiFi is 8.0%, up from 5.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Poulav Biswas - PeerSpot reviewer
Well-documented setup process and highly stable solution
We have several instances and applications that we run using WordPress. For that, I needed an easy, secure, and faster solution with different options to back up the website and data. Amazon EC2 offers options to back up data using the S3 version control system, which worked really well for us…
SabinaZeynalova - PeerSpot reviewer
Allows the creation and use of custom functions to achieve desired functionality but limitation in handling monthly transactions due to a lack of partitioning for dates
Apache NiFi is slow to control and needs to be improved. I have to run many jobs and there are already large tables, which can make it difficult to control NiFi on time. There is no one to tell me when there is an incident and my server is down. When we manually start the NiFi process, it is not always started correctly. We can write scripts to run when a message is received from Airflow saying that the firewall is not running. This script will automatically start all servers, including the application servers. It will also check the status of all my NiFi processes and send a callback message with the results. I have written down all the processes that are monitored. We run many jobs, and there are already large tables. When we do not control NiFi on time, all reports fail for the day. So it's pretty slow to control, and it has to be improved. In future releases, there are extra features I’d like to add. For example, NiFi is not suitable for migration, and the replication in NiFi is really not good. Because when you process ten years of data, you can't manage all the transactions; it is not enough. Moreover, the handling of monthly transactions is not enough due to a lack of partitioning for dates. And, when we grade a monthly ticket, we must process all data then rerun our ETL jobs. If it's possible, enhancing the partitioning in NiFi for features would be beneficial.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"One of the most important benefits is that a company can optimize resources because Auto Scaling deploys resources when needed. For example, for Black Friday, a company can deploy 100 servers for a couple of days. When Black Friday is over, the company can delete those servers."
"We use the solution to increase CPU and memory size."
"The documentation is good."
"Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling has a cool-down time feature called the warmup start."
"Most of what I've deployed are CI/CD pipelines. AWS is scalable. You can always increase or adjust the resources to meet the specific requirements. I also like choosing an instance in any location, preferably the closest one. We don't have any AWS locations in South Africa, but the latency is about the same as hosting in Europe."
"The tool is a simple solution. You can deploy a new virtual machine in minutes. You can select options like memory and core number and connect storage. It's great because it's simple and fast. You can build a virtual machine in minutes, do your experiments, and then uninstall it without paying for it when it's not in use."
"Service for launching or terminating Amazon EC2 instances, with good scalability and stability."
"The most useful feature is elasticity. You can scale up or down based on traffic."
"The most valuable feature has been the range of clients and the range of connectors that we could use."
"It's an automated flow, where you can build a flow from source to destination, then do the transformation in between."
"The initial setup is very easy. I would rate my experience with the initial setup a ten out of ten, where one point is difficult, and ten points are easy."
"Visually, this is a good product."
"The most valuable features of this solution are ease of use and implementation."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"The user interface is good and makes it easy to design very popular workflows."
"We can integrate the tool with other applications easily."
 

Cons

"For future improvements, I suggest focusing on cost reduction."
"There should be an AWS instance in South Africa, where the latency would be even lower. It might happen soon since AWS has recently opened more data centres in Nigeria. AWS may extend its reach to South Africa, and offer hosted CLI servers there. Most of the problems with AWS are not to do with the solution itself but with configuration. It is something on design, more or less."
"Its stability and scalability need improvement."
"As we are transitioning to managing containerized applications, the solution could improve by adding more managed container services as a feature in the solution."
"The solution is not cheap."
"There is a need for improvement in understanding the pricing structure, as it is complex and depends on several factors such as the location of data centers."
"Sometimes the configuration is not intuitive."
"It's an expensive solution."
"There is room for improvement in integration with SSO. For example, NiFi does not have any integration with SSO. And if I want to give some kind of rollback access control across the organization. That is not possible."
"We run many jobs, and there are already large tables. When we do not control NiFi on time, all reports fail for the day. So it's pretty slow to control, and it has to be improved."
"I think the UI interface needs to be more user-friendly."
"There should be a better way to integrate a development environment with local tools."
"The tool should incorporate more tutorials for advanced use cases. It has tutorials for simple use cases."
"The overall stability of this solution could be improved. In a future release, we would like to have access to more features that could be used in a parallel way. This would provide more freedom with processing."
"More features must be added to the product."
"The use case templates could be more precise to typical business needs."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Compared to the performance, the price is quite high. I would rate it a ten because it is expensive. There are additional costs including bandwidth costs, data transfer costs, and load balancing costs."
"As far back as I can remember, I have experience with two types of subscriptions. The first was my personal AWS base, and the second was a corporate license. I can't say much about the corporate license, but I recall they sent the bill every month for the personal subscription, though I could be mistaken."
"The price of this product could be a little bit lower."
"Its price is affordable for enterprise customers."
"The product is expensive."
"The product is quite expensive."
"AWS offered some credits, so we have been able to enjoy some of those benefits. The pricing was fair."
"The solution's licensing is based on a pay-as-you-go model. You only pay for the resources you use, whether it's RAM, processing power, or storage. So, it's calculated based on the time you use those resources, typically billed in hours or minutes."
"It's an open-source solution."
"We use the free version of Apache NiFi."
"I used the tool's free version."
"The solution is open-source."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
23%
Computer Software Company
16%
University
8%
Government
6%
Financial Services Firm
19%
Computer Software Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Retailer
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling?
The solution removes the need for hardware. We can easily create servers or machines. Just by clicking or specifying our requirements, like memory size or disk space, it's set up for us. The tool e...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling?
The pricing of Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling is minimal, varying depending on the region and resources used. The service itself is almost free; however, associated resources may incur costs.
What needs improvement with Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling?
For future improvements, I suggest focusing on cost reduction. Additionally, while the interface is already user-friendly, more updates and enhancements could be beneficial, particularly for custom...
What needs improvement with Apache NiFi?
The tool should incorporate more tutorials for advanced use cases. It has tutorials for simple use cases.
 

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Sample Customers

Expedia, Intuit, Royal Dutch Shell, Brooks Brothers
Macquarie Telecom Group, Dovestech, Slovak Telekom, Looker, Hastings Group
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