Compare AWS Elastic Beanstalk and AWS Lambda

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At a Glance
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
Star Rating
(196)4.2 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (34.3% of reviews)
Information
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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AWS Lambda
AWS Lambda
Star Rating
(1,014)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (41.6% of reviews)
Information
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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AWS Elastic Beanstalk vs AWS Lambda

When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found AWS Lambda easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with AWS Lambda overall.

  • Reviewers felt that AWS Lambda meets the needs of their business better than AWS Elastic Beanstalk.
  • When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that AWS Lambda is the preferred option.
  • For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of AWS Lambda over AWS Elastic Beanstalk.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
No pricing available
AWS Lambda
No pricing available
Free Trial
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
No trial information available
AWS Lambda
No trial information available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.5
148
9.0
718
Ease of Use
8.5
147
8.6
726
Ease of Setup
8.2
74
8.5
378
Ease of Admin
8.1
68
8.5
283
Quality of Support
8.1
130
8.5
657
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.2
65
8.9
275
Product Direction (% positive)
8.5
143
9.4
668
Features by Category
Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS)Hide 13 FeaturesShow 13 Features
8.4
103
8.5
564
Development
8.8
86
8.9
454
8.0
82
8.4
447
8.2
82
8.3
441
8.2
78
8.5
432
8.1
80
7.9
428
Database
8.1
76
8.3
355
7.8
80
8.3
364
8.6
86
9.0
410
8.3
80
8.4
340
8.5
81
8.4
356
Infrastructure
8.5
82
8.6
372
8.7
83
8.4
341
8.8
83
8.8
396
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
AWS Lambda
AWS Lambda
AWS Elastic Beanstalk and AWS Lambda are categorized as Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS)
Unique Categories
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
AWS Elastic Beanstalk has no unique categories
AWS Lambda
AWS Lambda has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
34.3%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
31.4%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
34.3%
AWS Lambda
AWS Lambda
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
22.2%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
36.1%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
41.6%
Reviewers' Industry
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
Computer Software
23.4%
Information Technology and Services
18.9%
Financial Services
4.6%
Automotive
4.0%
Marketing and Advertising
3.4%
Other
45.7%
AWS Lambda
AWS Lambda
Computer Software
23.1%
Information Technology and Services
19.9%
Financial Services
8.4%
Internet
2.8%
Hospital & Health Care
2.7%
Other
43.2%
Alternatives
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
AWS Elastic Beanstalk Alternatives
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AWS Lambda
AWS Lambda Alternatives
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Google App Engine
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Discussions
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
AWS Elastic Beanstalk Discussions
Any late 2019 updates you wanna add? Did they got better on the stack upgrade communication? Any ne
4 Comments
pal p.
PP
This is a very nice one and gives in-depth information. I am really happy with the quality and presentation of the article. I’d really like to appreciate the...Read more
What is AWS Elastic Beanstalk used for?
1 Comment
Ashutosh S.
AS
AWS Elastic Beanstalk is used for deploying and scaling web applications within minutes.Read more
Is AWS Elastic Beanstalk PaaS?
1 Comment
AWS Lambda
AWS Lambda Discussions
What is AWS Lambda used for?
3 Comments
Vishwa R.
VR
It is used to deply applications. It provides serverless environment which means you only pay the cost for the cost or duration for which the application had...Read more
Is AWS lambda a container?
3 Comments
What is AWS Lambda built on?
2 Comments
Josh B.
JB
Each lambda function is packaged in its own container running on Linux. You can write your lambda function using a variety of languages such as Python, Java,...Read more