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AWS Fargate vs Apache NiFi comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Apache NiFi
Ranking in Compute Service
8th
Average Rating
7.8
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
AWS Fargate
Ranking in Compute Service
3rd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
13
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the Compute Service category, the mindshare of Apache NiFi is 7.9%, up from 6.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of AWS Fargate is 16.0%, up from 15.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Bruno_Silva - PeerSpot reviewer
Very easy to schedule jobs that realize improvements and monetize
The use case templates could be more precise to typical business needs. Available templates and model workflows are very high-level so don't really match real needs. It would help to have templates that allow us to see business opportunities. It would help to be able to copy workflow to another device rather than having to ingest it.
Subrata Mukherjee - PeerSpot reviewer
Boost demand response with cost-efficient serverless architecture
We are a venture builder company, and if we select AWS for our product. Our design is based on a serverless architecture model. ECS Fargate is the most convenient way in terms of scalability, integration, and cost control Thanks to the serverless model and easy integration features, a few…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"We can integrate the tool with other applications easily."
"Apache NiFi is user-friendly. Its most valuable features for handling large volumes of data include its multitude of integrated endpoints and clients and the ability to create cron jobs to run tasks at regular intervals."
"The most valuable feature has been the range of clients and the range of connectors that we could use."
"Visually, this is a good product."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"The user interface is good and makes it easy to design very popular workflows."
"The most valuable features of this solution are ease of use and implementation."
"It's an automated flow, where you can build a flow from source to destination, then do the transformation in between."
"The most valuable feature of AWS Fargate is its ease of use."
"The most valuable feature of AWS Fargate is its ability to run on demand without the constant run time of basic resources."
"AWS Fargate automatically scales to meet demand, making it ideal for applications with variable workloads."
"AWS Fargate has many valuable services. It does the job with minimal trouble. It's very observable. You can see what's going on and you have logs. You have everything. You can troubleshoot it. It's affordable and it's flexible."
"Fargate itself is a stable product. We are quite satisfied with its performance."
"I like their containerization service. You can use Docker or something similar and deploy quickly without the know-how related to, for example, Kubernetes. If you use AKS or Kubernetes, then you have to have the know-how. But for Fargate, you don't need to have the know-how there. You just deploy the container or the image, and then you have the container, and you can use it as AWS takes care of the rest. This makes it easier for those getting started or if you don't have a strong DevOps team inside your organization."
"By using a server's compute resources, one can observe the resource metrics. With AWS, one can determine when servers will be used based on CloudWatch results. For example, CloudWatch informs the application and service platform when the hit ratio has reached the threshold value."
"AWS Fargate is an easy-to-use tool to simplify setup. You only pay for the resources you use. If you need to quickly create, delete, or scale applications without managing resources like EC2 instances, Fargate is the best service to use."
 

Cons

"I think the UI interface needs to be more user-friendly."
"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."
"There are some claims that NiFi is cloud-native but we have tested it, and it's not."
"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."
"There should be a better way to integrate a development environment with local tools."
"The use case templates could be more precise to typical business needs."
"Service computing is not as straightforward compared to other computing services. It requires more effort to use effectively."
"Sometimes, Fargate can be really hard to configure."
"AWS Fargate could improve the privileged mode containers. We had some problems and they were not able to run."
"We would like to see some improvement in the process documents that are provided with this product, particularly for auto-scaling and other configuration tools that are a bit complicated."
"If there are any options to manage containers, that would be good. That relates more to the cost point. For example, over the next three months, I'll be making a comparison between solutions like CAST AI and other software-as-a-service platforms that offer Kubernetes management with an emphasis on cost reduction."
"I would like to see enhanced faster application scaling and better integration with the elastic file system to unify storage volumes and improve the launch time of instances."
"We faced challenges in vertically scaling our workload."
"I would like to see the older dashboard instead of the newer version. I don't like the new dashboard."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I used the tool's free version."
"It's an open-source solution."
"The solution is open-source."
"We use the free version of Apache NiFi."
"I rate the price of AWS Fargate a four out of five."
"We would advise that this solution has a slightly-higher price point than others on the market. There is a free plan available for start-ups, but the free and lower range licensing models do not provide the full functionality."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
19%
Computer Software Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Retailer
6%
Financial Services Firm
26%
Computer Software Company
14%
Government
6%
Manufacturing Company
6%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Apache NiFi?
The tool should incorporate more tutorials for advanced use cases. It has tutorials for simple use cases.
What do you like most about AWS Fargate?
The most valuable feature of Fargate is that it's self-managed. You don't have to configure your own clusters or deploy any Kubernetes clusters. This simplifies the initial deployment and scaling p...
What needs improvement with AWS Fargate?
I would like to see enhanced faster application scaling and better integration with the elastic file system to unify storage volumes and improve the launch time of instances. It requires enhancemen...
What advice do you have for others considering AWS Fargate?
I recommend using AWS Fargate as it offers serverless computing capabilities with integration into load balancing, making it a good and beneficial solution. I'd rate the solution six out of ten.
 

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Sample Customers

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