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We performed a comparison between Amazon EC2 and Apache NiFi 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.
To learn more, read our detailed Amazon EC2 vs. Apache NiFi Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Pros
"The amount of bandwidth has been most valuable.""The product helps us with scalability. We also need not have data centers.""Amazon EC2's most valuable feature I have heard from clients is easy provisioning. Provisioning is very quick and easy.""I would recommend this solution to others who want to start using it.""The product is easy to set up.""The most valuable features of Amazon EC2 are content delivery and adaptability.""I can quickly create a VM instance with just one click.""The most valuable feature is EC2 is scalable, so when you want to move to market, you don't need to wait until your provision is fast, you can just go and provision it and then easily install your application."

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"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 has been the range of clients and the range of connectors that we could use.""The user interface is good and makes it easy to design very popular workflows.""Visually, this is a good product.""The most valuable features of this solution are ease of use and implementation.""We can integrate the tool with other applications easily.""The initial setup is very easy.""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."

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Cons
"am concerned about the tool's data security.""I would like to see more variety in the operating system images used to create test environments in EC2. There should be more versions and releases. Sometimes, you want to test an update from an old release to a higher version, but you can’t do that with the new images available. You have to use your own.""The price could be better, and it could be more affordable. Because I run my own servers, the prices are quite high.""Built-in and/or integration with other services to proactively identify potential failures before they occur.""Its price can be reduced.""The solution’s pricing and downtimes could be improved.""We have had some downtime using the solution.""The initial setup could be easier because many keys are required for access."

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"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.""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 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.""There are some claims that NiFi is cloud-native but we have tested it, and it's not.""There should be a better way to integrate a development environment with local tools.""I think the UI interface needs to be more user-friendly.""The use case templates could be more precise to typical business needs.""More features must be added to the product."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Pricing appears to be cheap, however, it is extremely difficult in calculating what something will cost."
  • "It has helped to reduce costs with infrastructure."
  • "EC2 pricing is somewhat transparent, in that AWS provides pricing for all instance types. However, the number of pricing options can be confusing."
  • "For our usage, the cost is approximately $20,000 to $23,000 per month."
  • "There is a license required to use this solution and we pay on a monthly basis."
  • "The price is reasonable, but there is definitely an opportunity to lower it in instances which are of a higher configuration, because they have been typically used for the long term."
  • "Amazon EC2 has a pay-as-you-use cost model."
  • "The clients have found the billing of Amazon EC2 good, but the price could be less high. There is a monthly subscription to use the solution."
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  • "It's an open-source solution."
  • "We use the free version of Apache NiFi."
  • "The solution is open-source."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:Amazon EC2 is really reliable and provides great flexibility.
    Top Answer:The solution has different pricing models, and its cost differs when you purchase it for one year or three years.
    Top Answer:The solution’s pricing and downtimes could be improved. I would like to have a better pricing model for Amazon EC2 instances because it comes with different pricing models. The solution's cost differs… more »
    Top Answer:I am using it open source, so it means it's free for me to use.
    Top Answer: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… more »
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    3rd
    out of 16 in Compute Service
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    Reviews
    46
    Average Words per Review
    347
    Rating
    8.6
    8th
    out of 16 in Compute Service
    Views
    3,937
    Comparisons
    1,969
    Reviews
    5
    Average Words per Review
    565
    Rating
    7.4
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    Also Known As
    Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, EC2
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    Overview

    Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) is a web service that provides secure, resizable compute capacity in the cloud. It is designed to make web-scale cloud computing easier for developers.

    Amazon EC2’s simple web service interface allows you to obtain and configure capacity with minimal friction. It provides you with complete control of your computing resources and lets you run on Amazon’s proven computing environment. Amazon EC2 reduces the time required to obtain and boot new server instances to minutes, allowing you to quickly scale capacity, both up and down, as your computing requirements change. Amazon EC2 changes the economics of computing by allowing you to pay only for capacity that you actually use. Amazon EC2 provides developers the tools to build failure resilient applications and isolate them from common failure scenarios.

    Apache NiFi is an easy to use, powerful, and reliable system to process and distribute data. It supports powerful and scalable directed graphs of data routing, transformation, and system mediation logic.
    Sample Customers
    Netflix, Expedia, TimeInc., Novaris, airbnb, Lamborghini
    Macquarie Telecom Group, Dovestech, Slovak Telekom, Looker, Hastings Group
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company32%
    Financial Services Firm16%
    Comms Service Provider12%
    Government8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm20%
    Computer Software Company18%
    Educational Organization7%
    University6%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm18%
    Computer Software Company15%
    Government7%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business45%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise38%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business20%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise67%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business40%
    Large Enterprise60%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise70%
    Buyer's Guide
    Amazon EC2 vs. Apache NiFi
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Amazon EC2 vs. Apache NiFi and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
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    Amazon EC2 is ranked 3rd in Compute Service with 56 reviews while Apache NiFi is ranked 8th in Compute Service with 10 reviews. Amazon EC2 is rated 8.6, while Apache NiFi is rated 7.8. 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 Apache NiFi writes "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". Amazon EC2 is most compared with AWS Fargate, AWS Lambda, Apache Spark, AWS Batch and Google App Engine, whereas Apache NiFi is most compared with Google Cloud Dataflow, AWS Lambda, Apache Spark, Azure Stream Analytics and AWS Batch. See our Amazon EC2 vs. Apache NiFi report.

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