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At a Glance
AWS Lambda
AWS Lambda
Star Rating
(971)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (42.7% of reviews)
Information
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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Azure Functions
Azure Functions
Star Rating
(206)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (40.7% of reviews)
Information
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Azure Functions

AWS Lambda vs Azure Functions

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

  • AWS Lambda and Azure Functions both meet the requirements of our reviewers at a comparable rate.
  • When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Azure Functions is the preferred option.
  • For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of AWS Lambda over Azure Functions.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
AWS Lambda
No pricing available
Azure Functions
No pricing available
Free Trial
AWS Lambda
No trial information available
Azure Functions
No trial information available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.0
687
9.0
158
Ease of Use
8.6
693
9.0
160
Ease of Setup
8.5
345
8.7
81
Ease of Admin
8.5
278
8.6
69
Quality of Support
8.5
629
8.6
151
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.9
270
9.0
64
Product Direction (% positive)
9.4
638
9.3
159
Features by Category
Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS)Hide 13 FeaturesShow 13 Features
8.5
531
8.7
128
Development
8.9
434
8.9
114
8.3
431
8.7
112
8.3
431
8.8
112
8.5
422
8.7
110
7.9
418
8.5
110
Database
8.3
350
8.5
106
8.3
354
8.5
103
9.0
392
9.1
108
8.4
337
8.6
102
8.4
350
8.6
106
Infrastructure
8.6
370
8.7
104
8.4
340
8.7
96
8.8
388
8.8
108
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
AWS Lambda
AWS Lambda
Azure Functions
Azure Functions
AWS Lambda and Azure Functions are categorized as Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS)
Unique Categories
AWS Lambda
AWS Lambda has no unique categories
Azure Functions
Azure Functions has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
AWS Lambda
AWS Lambda
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
21.6%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
35.7%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
42.7%
Azure Functions
Azure Functions
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
29.6%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
29.6%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
40.7%
Reviewers' Industry
AWS Lambda
AWS Lambda
Computer Software
23.0%
Information Technology and Services
19.5%
Financial Services
8.6%
Internet
2.9%
Hospital & Health Care
2.8%
Other
43.2%
Azure Functions
Azure Functions
Computer Software
23.3%
Information Technology and Services
22.2%
Consulting
3.2%
Insurance
3.2%
Financial Services
3.2%
Other
45.0%
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AWS Lambda
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Azure Functions
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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 AWS Lambda good for?
2 Comments
Sai Nikhil Reddy K.
SK
Using AWS Lambda, we can schedule jobs of required scripts on regular interval to run, which is directly indicates to automationRead more
Azure Functions
Azure Functions Discussions
Is Azure functions PaaS?
2 Comments
Shahrukh K.
SK
Yes completely Read more
What compute service does Azure functions provide?
1 Comment
Mohit B.
MB
Azure Functions is a serverless compute service provided by Microsoft Azure. It allows developers to build event-driven applications without having to manage...Read more
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Azure Functions has no more discussions with answers