# AWS Lambda vs Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) Comparison | | AWS Lambda | Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) | |---|---|---| | **Star Rating** | 4.6 out of 5 | 4.5 out of 5 | | **Total Reviews** | 1,033 | 108 | | **Largest Market Segment** | Enterprise (41.9% of reviews) | Mid-Market (43.8% of reviews) | | **Entry Level Price** | No pricing available | No pricing available | --- ## Top Pros & Cons ### AWS Lambda Pros: - Ease of Use (47 reviews) - Scalability (35 reviews) Cons: - Resource Limitations (36 reviews) - Difficult Debugging (17 reviews) ### Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) Pros: - Scalability (6 reviews) - Ease of Use (5 reviews) Cons: - Expensive (3 reviews) - Complex Configuration (2 reviews) --- ## Ratings Comparison | Rating | AWS Lambda | Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) | |---|---|---| | **Meets Requirements** | 9.0 (733 reviews) | 9.1 (92 reviews) | | **Ease of Use** | 8.7 (742 reviews) | 8.5 (92 reviews) | | **Ease of Setup** | 8.6 (394 reviews) | 8.6 (56 reviews) | | **Ease of Admin** | 8.5 (285 reviews) | 9.0 (48 reviews) | | **Quality of Support** | 8.6 (671 reviews) | 8.8 (89 reviews) | | **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?** | 8.9 (277 reviews) | 9.3 (47 reviews) | | **Product Direction (% positive)** | 9.3 (680 reviews) | 9.6 (86 reviews) | --- ## Pricing ### AWS Lambda #### Entry-Level Pricing No pricing available #### Free Trial No information available ### Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) #### Entry-Level Pricing No pricing available #### Free Trial No information available --- ## Features Comparison By Category ### Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS) | Product | Score | Reviews | |---|---|---| | **AWS Lambda** | 8.5/10 | 581 | | **Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)** | N/A | N/A | #### Development | Feature | AWS Lambda | Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) | |---|---|---| | **Application Deployment** | 8.9 (469 reviews) | Not enough data | | **Development Tools** | 8.4 (457 reviews) | Not enough data | | **Development Environment** | 8.3 (450 reviews) | Not enough data | | **Language Support** | 8.5 (440 reviews) | Not enough data | | **Testing** | 8.0 (437 reviews) | Not enough data | #### Database | Feature | AWS Lambda | Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) | |---|---|---| | **Database Management** | 8.3 (363 reviews) | Not enough data | | **Analytics** | 8.4 (371 reviews) | Not enough data | | **Auto Scaling** | 9.1 (420 reviews) | Not enough data | | **Backup / Recovery** | 8.4 (342 reviews) | Not enough data | | **Storage** | 8.4 (358 reviews) | Not enough data | #### Infrastructure | Feature | AWS Lambda | Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) | |---|---|---| | **Networking** | 8.6 (376 reviews) | Not enough data | | **Virtual Machines** | 8.4 (344 reviews) | Not enough data | | **Security** | 8.8 (401 reviews) | Not enough data | ### Container Management | Product | Score | Reviews | |---|---|---| | **AWS Lambda** | N/A | N/A | | **Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)** | 9.1/10 | 55 | #### Management | Feature | AWS Lambda | Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) | |---|---|---| | **Access Control** | Not enough data | 8.8 (50 reviews) | | **Network Isolation** | Not enough data | 9.2 (46 reviews) | | **File Isolation** | Not enough data | 9.0 (40 reviews) | #### Organization | Feature | AWS Lambda | Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) | |---|---|---| | **Packaging ** | Not enough data | 9.0 (47 reviews) | | **Container Networking** | Not enough data | 9.1 (50 reviews) | | **Orchestration** | Not enough data | 9.4 (49 reviews) | #### Development | Feature | AWS Lambda | Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) | |---|---|---| | **Developer Toolkit** | Not enough data | 8.4 (41 reviews) | | **Architecture** | Not enough data | 9.0 (47 reviews) | | **Datacenter** | Not enough data | 9.0 (40 reviews) | | **Virtualization** | Not enough data | 9.2 (44 reviews) | --- ## Categories **Unique to AWS Lambda (1):** [Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS) Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/cloud-platform-as-a-service-paas) **Unique to Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) (2):** [Container Management Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/container-management), [Container Orchestration Tools](https://www.g2.com/categories/container-orchestration) --- ## Reviewer Demographics ### By Company Size | Segment | AWS Lambda | Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) | |---|---|---| | **Small-Business** | 21.9% | 27.6% | | **Mid-Market** | 36.2% | 43.8% | | **Enterprise** | 41.9% | 28.6% | ### By Industry #### AWS Lambda - **Computer Software:** 22.8% - **Information Technology and Services:** 20.3% - **Financial Services:** 8.3% - **Internet:** 2.8% - **Hospital & Health Care:** 2.7% - **Retail:** 2.6% - **Insurance:** 2.2% - **Education Management:** 2.0% - **Marketing and Advertising:** 2.0% - **Telecommunications:** 1.9% - **Other:** 32.4% #### Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) - **Information Technology and Services:** 26.7% - **Computer Software:** 22.9% - **Banking:** 7.6% - **Telecommunications:** 6.7% - **Computer & Network Security:** 5.7% - **Financial Services:** 4.8% - **Internet:** 2.9% - **Automotive:** 2.9% - **Alternative Dispute Resolution:** 1.0% - **Architecture & Planning:** 1.0% - **Other:** 18.1% --- ## Alternatives ### 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 (303 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 (80 reviews) - [Agentforce 360 Platform (formerly Salesforce Platform)](https://www.g2.com/products/agentforce-360-platform-formerly-salesforce-platform/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (4001 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) ### Alternatives to Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) - [Red Hat OpenShift](https://www.g2.com/products/red-hat-red-hat-openshift/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (303 reviews) - [Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-kubernetes-service-aks/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (116 reviews) - [Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Container Engine for Kubernetes](https://www.g2.com/products/oracle-cloud-infrastructure-container-engine-for-kubernetes/reviews) — 3.8/5 stars (10 reviews) - [Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)](https://www.g2.com/products/google-kubernetes-engine-gke/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (259 reviews) - [SUSE Rancher](https://www.g2.com/products/suse-rancher/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (122 reviews) - [Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)](https://www.g2.com/products/mirantis-kubernetes-engine-formerly-docker-enterprise/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (281 reviews) - [Kubernetes](https://www.g2.com/products/kubernetes/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (157 reviews) - [Portainer](https://www.g2.com/products/portainer/reviews) — 4.8/5 stars (294 reviews) - [IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service](https://www.g2.com/products/ibm-cloud-kubernetes-service/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (18 reviews) - [DigitalOcean](https://www.g2.com/products/digitalocean/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (749 reviews) --- ## Top Discussions ### 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" ### Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) - Title: [How does Amazon EKS work?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/how-does-amazon-eks-work) — 1 comment > **Top comment:** "Yes i am agree " - Title: [What is Kubernetes and EKS?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-kubernetes-and-eks) — 1 comment > **Top comment:** "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..." - Title: [What components of Amazon's Elastic Kubernetes service EKS are managed by Amazon?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-components-of-amazon-s-elastic-kubernetes-service-eks-are-managed-by-amazon) — 1 comment > **Top comment:** "Great great great great great great" --- **Source:** [G2.com](https://www.g2.com) | [Comparison Page](https://www.g2.com/compare/aws-lambda-vs-amazon-elastic-kubernetes-service-amazon-eks)