# AWS Elastic Beanstalk vs AWS Lambda Comparison

| | AWS Elastic Beanstalk | AWS Lambda | 
|---|---|---|
| **Star Rating** | 4.2 out of 5 | 4.6 out of 5 | 
| **Total Reviews** | 198 | 1,039 | 
| **Largest Market Segment** | Small-Business (34.5% of reviews) | Enterprise (41.9% of reviews) | 
| **Entry Level Price** | No pricing available | No pricing available | 

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## Top Pros & Cons

### AWS Elastic Beanstalk

Pros:
- Deployment Ease (3 reviews)
- Ease of Use (3 reviews)

Cons:
- Learning Curve (2 reviews)
- Resource Limitations (2 reviews)

### AWS Lambda

Pros:
- Ease of Use (47 reviews)
- Scalability (35 reviews)

Cons:
- Resource Limitations (36 reviews)
- Difficult Debugging (17 reviews)

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## Ratings Comparison
| Rating | AWS Elastic Beanstalk | AWS Lambda | 
|---|---|---|
  | **Meets Requirements** | 8.5 (150 reviews) | 9.0 (739 reviews) | 
  | **Ease of Use** | 8.5 (149 reviews) | 8.7 (748 reviews) | 
  | **Ease of Setup** | 8.2 (76 reviews) | 8.6 (400 reviews) | 
  | **Ease of Admin** | 8.1 (68 reviews) | 8.5 (286 reviews) | 
  | **Quality of Support** | 8.1 (132 reviews) | 8.6 (676 reviews) | 
  | **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?** | 8.2 (65 reviews) | 8.9 (278 reviews) | 
  | **Product Direction (% positive)** | 8.5 (144 reviews) | 9.3 (685 reviews) | 

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## Pricing

### AWS Elastic Beanstalk

#### Entry-Level Pricing

No pricing available

#### Free Trial

No information available

### AWS Lambda

#### Entry-Level Pricing

No pricing available

#### Free Trial

No information available

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## Features Comparison By Category

### Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS)

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **AWS Elastic Beanstalk** | 8.4/10 | 104 |
| **AWS Lambda** | 8.5/10 | 587 |

#### Development

| Feature | AWS Elastic Beanstalk | AWS Lambda | 
|---|---|---|
| **Application Deployment** | 8.8 (87 reviews) | 9.0 (474 reviews) | 
| **Development Tools** | 8.0 (83 reviews) | 8.4 (461 reviews) | 
| **Development Environment** | 8.2 (83 reviews) | 8.3 (454 reviews) | 
| **Language Support** | 8.2 (78 reviews) | 8.5 (443 reviews) | 
| **Testing** | 8.1 (80 reviews) | 8.0 (440 reviews) | 

#### Database

| Feature | AWS Elastic Beanstalk | AWS Lambda | 
|---|---|---|
| **Database Management** | 8.1 (76 reviews) | 8.3 (364 reviews) | 
| **Analytics** | 7.8 (80 reviews) | 8.4 (374 reviews) | 
| **Auto Scaling** | 8.6 (87 reviews) | 9.1 (425 reviews) | 
| **Backup / Recovery** | 8.3 (80 reviews) | 8.4 (342 reviews) | 
| **Storage** | 8.5 (81 reviews) | 8.4 (359 reviews) | 

#### Infrastructure

| Feature | AWS Elastic Beanstalk | AWS Lambda | 
|---|---|---|
| **Networking** | 8.5 (82 reviews) | 8.6 (376 reviews) | 
| **Virtual Machines** | 8.7 (83 reviews) | 8.4 (344 reviews) | 
| **Security** | 8.8 (84 reviews) | 8.8 (401 reviews) | 

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## Categories
**Shared Categories (1):** [Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS) Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/cloud-platform-as-a-service-paas)




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## Reviewer Demographics

### By Company Size

| Segment | AWS Elastic Beanstalk | AWS Lambda | 
|---|---|---|
| **Small-Business** | 34.5% | 21.9% | 
| **Mid-Market** | 31.1% | 36.2% | 
| **Enterprise** | 34.5% | 41.9% | 

### By Industry

#### AWS Elastic Beanstalk

- **Computer Software:** 23.2%
- **Information Technology and Services:** 19.8%
- **Financial Services:** 4.5%
- **Automotive:** 4.0%
- **Marketing and Advertising:** 3.4%
- **Computer & Network Security:** 3.4%
- **Education Management:** 2.8%
- **Health, Wellness and Fitness:** 2.3%
- **Hospitality:** 2.3%
- **Retail:** 1.7%
- **Other:** 32.8%

#### AWS Lambda

- **Computer Software:** 23.0%
- **Information Technology and Services:** 20.4%
- **Financial Services:** 8.3%
- **Internet:** 2.8%
- **Hospital & Health Care:** 2.6%
- **Retail:** 2.5%
- **Insurance:** 2.3%
- **Education Management:** 2.0%
- **Marketing and Advertising:** 2.0%
- **Telecommunications:** 1.9%
- **Other:** 32.2%

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## Alternatives

### Alternatives to AWS Elastic Beanstalk

- [DigitalOcean](https://www.g2.com/products/digitalocean/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (749 reviews)
- [Google App Engine](https://www.g2.com/products/google-app-engine/reviews) — 4.1/5 stars (216 reviews)
- [Salesforce Heroku](https://www.g2.com/products/salesforce-heroku/reviews) — 4.2/5 stars (148 reviews)
- [Azure App Service](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-app-service/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (94 reviews)
- [Azure Web Apps](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-web-apps/reviews) — 4.2/5 stars (90 reviews)
- [Oracle Cloud PaaS](https://www.g2.com/products/oracle-cloud-paas/reviews) — 4.1/5 stars (34 reviews)
- [Cloud Foundry](https://www.g2.com/products/cloud-foundry/reviews) — 4.0/5 stars (19 reviews)
- [Plesk](https://www.g2.com/products/plesk/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (277 reviews)
- [Agentforce 360 Platform (formerly Salesforce Platform)](https://www.g2.com/products/agentforce-360-platform-formerly-salesforce-platform/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (4006 reviews)
- [Render](https://www.g2.com/products/render-render/reviews) — 4.7/5 stars (81 reviews)

### Alternatives to AWS Lambda

- [DigitalOcean](https://www.g2.com/products/digitalocean/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (749 reviews)
- [Red Hat OpenShift](https://www.g2.com/products/red-hat-red-hat-openshift/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (304 reviews)
- [Google App Engine](https://www.g2.com/products/google-app-engine/reviews) — 4.1/5 stars (216 reviews)
- [Salesforce Heroku](https://www.g2.com/products/salesforce-heroku/reviews) — 4.2/5 stars (148 reviews)
- [Azure App Service](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-app-service/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (94 reviews)
- [PythonAnywhere](https://www.g2.com/products/pythonanywhere/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (81 reviews)
- [Agentforce 360 Platform (formerly Salesforce Platform)](https://www.g2.com/products/agentforce-360-platform-formerly-salesforce-platform/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (4006 reviews)
- [Cloud Foundry](https://www.g2.com/products/cloud-foundry/reviews) — 4.0/5 stars (19 reviews)
- [Azure Functions](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-functions/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (213 reviews)
- [SAP Integration Suite](https://www.g2.com/products/sap-integration-suite/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (339 reviews)

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## Top Discussions

### AWS Elastic Beanstalk

- Title: [Any late 2019 updates you wanna add? Did they got better on the stack upgrade communication? Any ne](https://www.g2.com/discussions/any-late-2019-updates-you-wanna-add-did-they-got-better-on-the-stack-upgrade-communication-any-ne) — 4 comments, 1 upvote
  > **Top comment:** "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..."
- Title: [What is AWS Elastic Beanstalk used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/aws-elastic-beanstalk-what-is-aws-elastic-beanstalk-used-for) — 1 comment
  > **Top comment:** "AWS Elastic Beanstalk is used for deploying and scaling web applications within minutes."
- Title: [Is AWS Elastic Beanstalk PaaS?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-aws-elastic-beanstalk-paas) — 1 comment
  > **Top comment:** "Yes"
- Title: [Should you use Elastic Beanstalk?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/should-you-use-elastic-beanstalk) — 1 comment
  > **Top comment:** "Definitely. This way, you only have to worry about your application and data, and nothing else."

### AWS Lambda

- Title: [What is AWS Lambda used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-aws-lambda-used-for) — 3 comments
  > **Top comment:** "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..."
- Title: [Is AWS lambda a container?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-aws-lambda-a-container) — 3 comments
  > **Top comment:** "yes"
- Title: [What is AWS Lambda built on?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-aws-lambda-built-on) — 2 comments
  > **Top comment:** "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,..."
- Title: [How does AWS Lambda work?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/how-does-aws-lambda-work) — 2 comments
  > **Top comment:** "Lambda is a Serverless service, Behind the scene, there are containers running, When you trigger a lambda a container spins up and your code is executed. The..."
- Title: [What is AWS Lambda good for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-aws-lambda-good-for) — 2 comments
  > **Top comment:** "Using AWS Lambda, we can schedule jobs of required scripts on regular interval to run, which is directly indicates to automation"

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**Source:** [G2.com](https://www.g2.com) | [Comparison Page](https://www.g2.com/compare/aws-elastic-beanstalk-vs-aws-lambda)