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AWS Batch vs Zadara comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on May 21, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
6.7
AWS Batch offers cost-effective, flexible solutions for variable workloads, with up to 70% savings during peak demand periods.
Sentiment score
7.2
Zadara offers flexible, cost-effective storage expansion, with up to 50% savings and no major hardware investments, despite AWS comparisons.
The project had a calculated cost that was fifteen thousand dollars, and came to an amount of six to seven thousand dollars with Zadara.
Arquiteto De Cloud at Claro Brasil
The cost is not cheaper compared to AWS, and we have not seen the expected return on investment.
Cloud System Engineer at cloud251
I can see the return on investment because we are saving around 15 to 18% of the operational cost when compared to AWS.
AI product lead at Sortis
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.9
AWS Batch support is praised for efficiency with faster response for higher tiers, and users value self-manageable issues.
Sentiment score
8.2
Zadara's customer service is praised for efficient, 24/7 support, proactive issue monitoring, and knowledgeable technical assistance worldwide.
We lack adequate response times and a 24/7 service level agreement.
Cloud System Engineer at cloud251
I rate the technical support from Zadara as nine out of ten.
IT Technical Architect at AVALIS
The customer support from Zadara has met my expectations.
Analyst Level 3 at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
8.0
AWS Batch efficiently scales resources for concurrent tasks, managing cloud compute operations with flexible CPU and RAM allocation.
Sentiment score
7.9
Zadara provides seamless, scalable storage solutions with cost-effective resource expansion, ideal for dynamic business needs and budget adaptability.
There is no need to worry about scalability because the virtual machine automatically detects the load and then takes the load balance.
AI product lead at Sortis
The Zadara team handled changes to hard drive RAID and the storage that made up all the logical part, and it was very transparent to the end user.
Arquiteto De Cloud at Claro Brasil
Zadara is a fully-fledged platform, and our customers are happy with its use.
Cloud System Engineer at cloud251
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.8
AWS Batch is reliable and stable, though minor issues with job terminations and redundancy arise during outages.
Sentiment score
7.7
Users praise Zadara's stability and consistency, noting strong failover, smooth updates, and proactive support despite rare glitches.
The security and control side, for what it offered, gave total stability.
Arquiteto De Cloud at Claro Brasil
 

Room For Improvement

AWS Batch requires improved visibility, debugging, setup ease, pricing, integration, error handling, documentation, and user-friendly interfaces for beginners.
Zadara users recommend proactive updates, enhanced features, improved interfaces, better security, platform compatibility, and AI integration with pricing adjustments.
Adding AI capabilities could enhance the offering as well.
Cloud System Engineer at cloud251
Creating a stronger partnership where this block storage can become an API connectable across various clouds but native to those clouds would be beneficial.
Arquiteto De Cloud at Claro Brasil
Zadara is a partner for Claro, which permits us to offer good prices and scalable services when using Zadara products.
Analyst Level 3 at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
 

Setup Cost

AWS Batch is cost-effective, with charges primarily for compute time, enabling efficient budget management using spot instances.
Zadara offers simple, competitive pricing aligned with IaaS, with flexible billing but has regional cost concerns in South Africa and Ethiopia.
The pricing is considered expensive.
Cloud System Engineer at cloud251
 

Valuable Features

AWS Batch offers scalable job scheduling, cost optimization, and integration with AWS, supporting containerized workloads and flexible task management.
Zadara excels in cloud integration, offering flexible deployments, advanced management, multicloud support, and predictable costs for diverse customer needs.
Zadara's impact on scalability and its competitive pricing compared to other market players positively affect my organization.
Analyst Level 3 at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
Zadara offers a dynamic multicloud API capability that connects with the main clouds on the market at the moment, and I believe this is the main differentiator for a storage solution.
Arquiteto De Cloud at Claro Brasil
The most valuable feature is its storage management capability.
Cloud System Engineer at cloud251
 

Categories and Ranking

AWS Batch
Ranking in Compute Service
7th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Zadara
Ranking in Compute Service
9th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
15
Ranking in other categories
All-Flash Storage (23rd), Software Defined Storage (SDS) (11th), Public Cloud Storage Services (13th), File and Object Storage (13th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Compute Service category, the mindshare of AWS Batch is 7.6%, down from 18.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Zadara is 3.9%, up from 1.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Compute Service Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
AWS Batch7.6%
Zadara3.9%
Other88.5%
Compute Service
 

Featured Reviews

AK
Software Engineering Manager – Digital Production Optimization at Yara International ASA
Flexibility in planning and scheduling with containerized workload management has significantly improved computational efficiency
AWS Batch is highly flexible. It allows users to plan, schedule, and compute on containerized workloads. In previous roles, I utilized it for diverse simulations, including on-demand and scheduled computations. It facilitates creating clusters tailored to specific needs, such as memory-centric or CPU-centric workloads, and supports scaling operations massively, like running one hundred thousand Docker containers simultaneously.
AA
Arquiteto De Cloud at Claro Brasil
Hybrid data migration has reduced costs and now needs stronger security and database integration
I would like to share something that I believe could improve Zadara's process, which is the issue of communication with databases. Today we have MongoDB as a cloud service, so integration with databases in Zadara would bring better performance in connection in SaaS models and in dynamic models that could bring a platform and a solution that could increase Zadara's usage in the market and in its business scope. Zadara can improve in the database integration area as I mentioned. Zadara can have better dynamism such as MongoDB in SaaS and bring this better dynamism by connecting and offering it within the clouds as a possibility of block storage within that partner cloud, such as AWS EBS, Google's cloud storage, or something within Azure. Creating a stronger partnership where this block storage can become an API connectable across various clouds but native to those clouds would be beneficial. I noticed simplicity in the security part during the time I used Zadara, so I believe Zadara's security needs to improve to provide more and deliver more security visibility to the end customer so that they feel more secure with data encryption and attack protection. A WAF on the API connection that goes through greater protection, something along those lines, could help guarantee that the data is protected by Zadara.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
24%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Computer Software Company
7%
Comms Service Provider
13%
Construction Company
12%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
10%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Large Enterprise6
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business13
Large Enterprise7
 

Questions from the Community

Which is better, AWS Lambda or Batch?
AWS Lambda is a serverless solution. It doesn’t require any infrastructure, which allows for cost savings. There is no setup process to deal with, as the entire solution is in the cloud. If you use...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AWS Batch?
Regarding pricing for AWS Batch, we don't have to pay much cost. It is mostly useful for the cost-saving purpose. You will have to pay only for the compute time.
What needs improvement with AWS Batch?
AWS Batch has several improvement areas. AWS could provide better visibility into job execution and failure, as well as easier debugging and logging, which is much needed. AWS could also provide si...
What needs improvement with Zadara?
Zadara can be improved by making their interfaces more attractive. They currently look like simple PHP interfaces, but they need to customize and work on their interfaces and user interfaces signif...
What is your primary use case for Zadara?
My main use case for Zadara is to build and validate the GPU as a Service and the AI sovereignty that they're working on. I have developed a tool that works based on GPU as a Service, and it also c...
What advice do you have for others considering Zadara?
Regarding Zadara's AI capabilities, I think it depends on the MSPs that they are performing collaborations with, and based on that, the MSPs are responsible for configuring the data governance or a...
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

Amazon Batch
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Sample Customers

Hess, Expedia, Kelloggs, Philips, HyperTrack
Time, Inc. A&E Network, The Washington Post, News UK, McGraw Hill, Gilt, Toshiba, Deloitte, VMware
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