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AWS Fargate

byAmazon Web Services (AWS)
in
4.6
2026

Overview

Product Information on AWS Fargate

Updated 13th October 2025

What is AWS Fargate?

AWS Fargate is a software offered by Amazon Web Services that enables users to run containers without managing servers or clusters. The software handles provisioning, configuring, and scaling of compute resources needed to run containerized applications. AWS Fargate integrates with orchestration services such as Amazon Elastic Container Service and Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service, allowing for automatic resource allocation and isolation at the task or pod level. This software aims to address operational overhead by automating infrastructure management, which assists businesses in deploying and managing applications in a scalable and secure manner.

AWS Fargate Pricing

AWS Fargate is software that follows a pay-as-you-go pricing model, where charges are based on the requested compute and storage resources for running containers. Pricing depends on the CPU and memory resources specified for each task and the duration of task execution. Additional charges may apply for data transfer, EBS storage, and optional features such as task protection and ephemeral storage. No Profile found

Overall experience with AWS Fargate

Software Developer
50M - 250M USD, Software
FAVORABLE

“Operational Simplicity Increases but Higher Costs and Cold Starts Noted With Fargate”

4.0
May 1, 2026
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LEAD ENGINEER
10B - 30B USD, Media
CRITICAL

“Redeployment Delays and Frequent Outages Reported in Cloud Service Operations”

2.0
Nov 27, 2025
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2026
For Market:
Container Management

About Company

Company Description

Updated 6th March 2025

Amazon Web Services (AWS), established in 2006, is focused on providing essential infrastructure services to businesses globally in the form of cloud computing. The key advantage offered through cloud computing, particularly via AWS, is its capacity to shift fixed infrastructure expenses into flexible costs. Businesses have been able to forgo extensive planning and procurement of servers and other Information Technology (IT) resources, owing to AWS. AWS seeks to provide businesses with prompt and cost-effective access to resources using Amazon's expertise and economies of scale, as and when their business requires. Currently, AWS offers a robust, scalable, economic infrastructure platform on the cloud powering an extensive array of businesses worldwide. It operates across numerous industries with data center locations in various parts of the globe including U.S., Europe, Singapore, and Japan.

Company Details

Updated 23rd December 2024
Company type
Public
Year Founded
2006
Head office location
Seattle, United States
Number of employees
10001+
Website
http://aws.amazon.com

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Peer Discussions

AWS Fargate Reviews and Ratings

4.6

(102 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star
61%
4 Star
37%
3 Star
1%
2 Star
1%
1 Star
0%
Why ratings and reviews count differ?
  • Software Developer
    50M-1B USD
    Software
    Review Source

    Operational Simplicity Increases but Higher Costs and Cold Starts Noted With Fargate

    4.0
    May 1, 2026
    I used Fargate to run containerized workloads without managing EC2 nodes. This removes a significant operational burden. Scaling, patching, and node lifecycle management are no longer a concern The tradeoff is a higher per-task cost compared to normal nodes
  • Software Developer
    50M-1B USD
    Software
    Review Source

    Operational Simplicity Increases but Higher Costs and Cold Starts Noted With Fargate

    4.0
    May 1, 2026
    I used Fargate to run containerized workloads without managing EC2 nodes. This removes a significant operational burden. Scaling, patching, and node lifecycle management are no longer a concern The tradeoff is a higher per-task cost compared to normal nodes
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User Sentiment About AWS Fargate
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AWS Fargate Likes & Dislikes

Like

1. No node management 2. Native integration with ECS, EKS, IAM, CloudWatch and VPC networking 3. Task level IAM roles 4. Scales to zero, you only pay for what it runs

Like

1. No node management 2. Native integration with ECS, EKS, IAM, CloudWatch and VPC networking 3. Task level IAM roles 4. Scales to zero, you only pay for what it runs

Like

1. No node management 2. Native integration with ECS, EKS, IAM, CloudWatch and VPC networking 3. Task level IAM roles 4. Scales to zero, you only pay for what it runs

Dislike

Very long redeployment times. It's just a container, it starts locally in 1-2 seconds. Why it can't start in the same time in cloud?

Dislike

Very long redeployment times. It's just a container, it starts locally in 1-2 seconds. Why it can't start in the same time in cloud?

Dislike

Very long redeployment times. It's just a container, it starts locally in 1-2 seconds. Why it can't start in the same time in cloud?