We performed a comparison between Amazon EC2 and AWS Batch based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Compute Service solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."What we have found most valuable is that we have not lost stability in the program."
"The best features of Amazon EC2 are its high performance and security."
"EC2 has helped us to deploy various Microsoft applications efficiently. It has also facilitated our workstation operations."
"The scalability and elasticity are helpful."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the ability to have standard operating systems along with the Windows, Linux operating systems, and their maintenance-free structure, which we prefer."
"Amazon EC2 is highly scalable."
"The solution offers good access policies."
"EC2 provides a lot of flexibility. If you don't want to have a separate on-premise database, you can put it on the cloud with EC2. You can adjust the instance type according to your needs. You select a size and get a certain amount of specific memory, CPUs, etc. You set the redirect limit, and from there, you install the software, database servers, application servers, and whatever you want."
"AWS Batch's deployment was easy."
"We can easily integrate AWS container images into the product."
"There is one other feature in confirmation or call confirmation where you can have templates of what you want to do and just modify those to customize it to your needs. And these templates basically make it a lot easier for you to get started."
"AWS Batch manages the execution of computing workload, including job scheduling, provisioning, and scaling."
"There should be enhanced accessibility from any standpoint. The accessibility should be increased, particularly in scenarios where accessing the software on the Azure platform from the cloud can be complex. Simplifying this process would be beneficial. There are too many steps involved."
"They should fix the key pair name functionality and provide the ability to assign multiple key pair names to an EC2 instance. It is a key pair feature, and it provides you the ability to actually log into the server. It is basically like a password. In terms of new features, it should have the ability to increase and decrease the instance size based on certain times of the day. We should be able to do this without turning off the EC2 instance. Currently, you have to turn it off and then turn it back on. It should also have HTTPS or SSL integration."
"Amazon EC2 could improve the console view. The ability to see the console view directly would be helpful, similar to what VMware has. Additionally, when the system is rebooting we are able to see a screenshot of the UI, but it would be a lot better if we could interact directly with the console level."
"Lacks sufficient tools to help users minimize their costs."
"I would like to see improvement in the information available up-front for users around tailoring the package to their actual requirements. At present it can take time to work with the on demand instance until you are used to what features are right for the user."
"am concerned about the tool's data security."
"Accessibility must be improved."
"I think the pricing needs to be adjusted and better security."
"When we run a lot of batch jobs, the UI must show the history."
"The solution should include better and seamless integration with other AWS services, like Amazon S3 data storage and EC2 compute resources."
"AWS Batch needs to improve its documentation."
"The main drawback to using AWS Batch would be the cost. It will be more expensive in some cases than using an HPC. It's more amenable to cases where you have spot requirements."
Amazon EC2 is ranked 3rd in Compute Service with 60 reviews while AWS Batch is ranked 4th in Compute Service with 4 reviews. Amazon EC2 is rated 8.6, while AWS Batch is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Amazon EC2 writes "Easy to scale and valuable features include the security group and key management". On the other hand, the top reviewer of AWS Batch writes "User-friendly, good customization and offers exceptional scalability, allowing users to run jobs ranging from 32 cores to over 2,000 cores". Amazon EC2 is most compared with AWS Fargate, Apache Spark, AWS Lambda and Apache NiFi, whereas AWS Batch is most compared with AWS Lambda, Apache Spark, AWS Fargate, Oracle Compute Cloud Service and Apache NiFi. See our AWS Batch vs. Amazon EC2 report.
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