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."The most important aspects are that the solution is scalable and easy to manage."
"The setup is straightforward and it takes around an hour."
"Amazon EC2's most valuable feature I have heard from clients is easy provisioning. Provisioning is very quick and easy."
"EC2 has helped us to deploy various Microsoft applications efficiently. It has also facilitated our workstation operations."
"We don't have to worry about scalability issues or maintenance or security. It's all taken care of."
"The ability to bring up servers and then do the computation and deposit means we don't have to maintain a data center. Everything is virtual and the security is also taken care of. It helps us to achieve compliance. Being a small startup with the security features that AWS provides helps us with compliance."
"I like EC2 because of its simple workload and the ability to configure VPCs and security groups."
"EC2 is secure and stable, and we have no complaints about it on AWS."
"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."
"AWS Batch's deployment was easy."
"Built-in and/or integration with other services to proactively identify potential failures before they occur."
"They can build automatic features for ENSS or network drive. They have the Control-M feature. Similarly, they should have a feature for the network drive that can be mapped. I have not seen such a feature. They have a lot of products but those are quite costly. There is no cheaper option available for the EC2 instance for syncing two drives. If these features are available, it would be good."
"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."
"Regarding availability, a noticeable improvement would be the possibility of more load balancing configurations and the deployment of more datacenters, mainly in Latin America."
"EC2 could be improved with easier migration."
"An area for improvement in Amazon EC2 is the cost because it's a bit higher than competitor pricing."
"The availability and response time of the free technical support can be improved."
"The scalability could improve."
"The solution should include better and seamless integration with other AWS services, like Amazon S3 data storage and EC2 compute resources."
"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."
"When we run a lot of batch jobs, the UI must show the history."
"AWS Batch needs to improve its documentation."
Amazon EC2 is ranked 3rd in Compute Service with 56 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 "Highly stable, is auto-scaling, and can be utilized in under five minutes". 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, AWS Lambda, Apache Spark, Apache NiFi and Google App Engine, 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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