EKS + Fargate versus EKS + Managed Node Group
Learn how EKS + Fargate differs from EKS + Managed Node Group.
| EKS + Fargate | EKS + Managed Node Group | |
|---|---|---|
| Deployment Options | ⚠️ AWS only |
✅ Major cloud providers, On-premises, … |
| Availability | ⚠️ Available in 18 regions |
✅ Available in most regions |
| Cluster Costs (per month) | $ 72.00 |
$ 72.00 |
| Compute Costs | 💰💰 |
💰 |
| Compute Pricing Options | ✅ On-demand |
✅ On-demand |
| Virtual Machines | ✅ Does not involve managing EC2 instances. |
⚠️ EC2 instances running in your AWS account, but Managed Node Group + Cluster Autoscaler automate most operations tasks. |
| Infrastructure Scaling | ✅ AWS takes care of the scaling of the infrastructure. |
✅ Managed Node Groups and Cluster Autoscaler scale the cluster capacity up and down automatically. |
| Networking | ✅ ENI and Security Group per pod/container. |
⚠️ Multiple containers/pods share the same ENI and Security Group. |
| Load Balancing | ✅ ALB |
✅ ALB + NLB + CLB |
| Service Discovery | ✅ K8s |
✅ K8s |