Batchly is a cloud-based batch job processing service that abstracts away AWS cloud complexities and enables cost-effective processing of jobs. It uses machine learning to optimize infrastructure usage for cost and time. It provides a modern web portal with automatic scaling, supports Windows and Linux, and has features like live monitoring, progress tracking, and reporting. Microsoft Azure Batch enables running large parallel and HPC workloads in Azure at scale but requires direct management of Azure services and only supports Windows currently.