| Microservice | Batch program |
|---|---|
| Typically built to serve one usecase | Supports multiple tasks called jobs |
| APIs are built into a microservice | Batch should never contain APIs since the availability is not guaranteed |
| Hosted by a server framework eg., Netty, Django | Not hosted but executed periodically by a scheduler eg., cronjob |
| Have very high availability requirements | No requirement of availability. Executed when required |
| Interoperability with other microservices and batches might be desired | Should be interoperable with other microservices and batches |
| High resource intensive tasks are usually not handled by microservices to enable high availability | Designed for high resource intensive tasks |
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