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Compare AWS Lambda and Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)

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At a Glance
AWS Lambda
AWS Lambda
Star Rating
(962)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (42.6% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)
Star Rating
(100)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (42.9% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)

AWS Lambda vs Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)

When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found them equally easy to use. However, Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) is easier to set up and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) overall.

  • Reviewers felt that Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) meets the needs of their business better than AWS Lambda.
  • When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) is the preferred option.
  • For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) over AWS Lambda.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
AWS Lambda
No pricing available
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)
No pricing available
Free Trial
AWS Lambda
No trial information available
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)
No trial information available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.0
680
9.1
85
Ease of Use
8.6
686
8.6
85
Ease of Setup
8.5
338
8.7
49
Ease of Admin
8.5
276
9.0
46
Quality of Support
8.5
623
8.8
82
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.9
268
9.3
45
Product Direction (% positive)
9.4
631
9.6
80
Features by Category
Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS)Hide 13 FeaturesShow 13 Features
8.5
525
Not enough data
Development
8.9
430
Not enough data
8.4
427
Not enough data
8.3
431
Not enough data
8.5
419
Not enough data
7.9
417
Not enough data
Database
8.3
349
Not enough data
8.3
354
Not enough data
9.0
386
Not enough data
8.4
337
Not enough data
8.4
348
Not enough data
Infrastructure
8.6
370
Not enough data
8.4
340
Not enough data
8.8
388
Not enough data
Not enough data
9.1
48
Management
Not enough data
8.8
46
Not enough data
9.2
44
Not enough data
9.0
40
Organization
Not enough data
9.0
45
Not enough data
9.0
47
Not enough data
9.3
44
Development
Not enough data
8.4
41
Not enough data
9.0
47
Not enough data
9.0
40
Not enough data
9.2
44
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
AWS Lambda
AWS Lambda
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)
AWS Lambda and Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) share no categories
Unique Categories
AWS Lambda
AWS Lambda is categorized as Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS)
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) is categorized as Container Management and Container Orchestration
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
AWS Lambda
AWS Lambda
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
21.5%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
35.9%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
42.6%
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
29.6%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
42.9%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
27.6%
Reviewers' Industry
AWS Lambda
AWS Lambda
Computer Software
23.1%
Information Technology and Services
19.2%
Financial Services
8.6%
Internet
3.0%
Hospital & Health Care
2.8%
Other
43.3%
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)
Information Technology and Services
25.5%
Computer Software
23.5%
Telecommunications
7.1%
Banking
7.1%
Computer & Network Security
6.1%
Other
30.6%
Alternatives
AWS Lambda
AWS Lambda Alternatives
DigitalOcean
DigitalOcean
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Red Hat OpenShift
Red Hat OpenShift
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Google App Engine
Google App Engine
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Salesforce Heroku
Heroku
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Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) Alternatives
Red Hat OpenShift
Red Hat OpenShift
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Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Add Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Container Engine for Kubernetes
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Container Engine for Kubernetes
Add Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Container Engine for Kubernetes
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
Kubernetes Engine
Add Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
Discussions
AWS Lambda
AWS Lambda Discussions
Is AWS lambda a container?
3 Comments
Gana  N.
GN
AWS Lambda is an event-driven, serverless computing platform provided by Amazon as a part of Amazon Web Services. It is a computing service that runs code in...Read more
What is AWS Lambda used for?
2 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
What is the best way to test locally without additional frameworks like serverless, SAM or Chalice?
1 Comment
Abilio H.
AH
Depending on the language, you can just write your own wrappers and execute them with the right event object structure and context objects.Read more
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) Discussions
What components of Amazon's Elastic Kubernetes service EKS are managed by Amazon?
1 Comment
Nathan S.
NS
Great great great great great greatRead more
What is Kubernetes and EKS?
1 Comment
BZ
EKS As a fully-managed Kubernetes service on AWS, Amazon EKS makes it easier to construct and secure Kubernetes clusters. The service is the most reliable...Read more
How does Amazon EKS work?
1 Comment
Hardevsinh J.
HJ
Yes i am agree Read more