Compare AWS Lambda and Engine Yard 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (42.1% of reviews)
Small-Business (66.7% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
$25 per month cost for platform and support per instance
AWS Lambda
Star Rating
(989)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (42.1% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about AWS LambdaEngine Yard
Star Rating
(10)3.9 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (66.7% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
$25 per month cost for platform and support per instance
Browse all 4 pricing plansAWS Lambda vs Engine Yard
- Reviewers felt that AWS Lambda meets the needs of their business better than Engine Yard.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Engine Yard is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of AWS Lambda over Engine Yard.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
AWS Lambda
No pricing availableEngine Yard
Solo
$25
per month cost for platform and support per instance
plus hourly AWS infrastructure cost
Free Trial
AWS Lambda
No trial information availableEngine Yard
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.0
701
8.7
9
Ease of Use
8.6
708
8.3
9
Ease of Setup
8.5
360
Not enough data
Ease of Admin
8.5
281
Not enough data
Quality of Support
8.6
641
8.7
9
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.9
273
Not enough data
Product Direction (% positive)
9.4
652
6.1
9
Features by Category
Development
8.9
440
Feature Not Available
8.3
437
Not enough data
8.3
431
Not enough data
8.5
425
Not enough data
7.9
420
Not enough data
Database
8.3
353
Feature Not Available
8.3
357
Not enough data
9.0
403
Not enough data
8.4
338
Not enough data
8.4
355
Not enough data
Infrastructure
8.6
370
Feature Not Available
8.4
341
Not enough data
8.8
391
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
AWS Lambda and Engine Yard are categorized as Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS)
Unique Categories
AWS Lambda has no unique categories
Engine Yard has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
AWS Lambda
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Engine Yard
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Computer Software
23.0%
Information Technology and Services
19.7%
Financial Services
8.4%
Internet
2.9%
Hospital & Health Care
2.8%
Other
43.3%
Information Technology and Services
22.2%
Education Management
22.2%
Computer Software
22.2%
Newspapers
11.1%
Marketing and Advertising
11.1%
Other
11.1%
Alternatives
Discussions
Is AWS lambda a container?
3 Comments
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?
3 Comments
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
SK
Using AWS Lambda, we can schedule jobs of required scripts on regular interval to run, which is directly indicates to automationRead more
How does Engine Yard pricing relate to the type and size of my server?
1 Comment
Official Response from Engine Yard
The only time this matters is the incremental, consumption based usage on the AWS EC2 side. All Engine Yard PaaS and Support is the same once a support plan...Read more
How did we calculate the typical average costs our customers see?
1 Comment
Official Response from Engine Yard
We included the following discounts and assumptions in our average costs. Compute costs are set at AWS On-Demand pricing. AWS costs are an estimate: 20% of...Read more
How does my selected support level (or levels) affect my price for Engine Yard services?
1 Comment
Official Response from Engine Yard
To compare what’s offered for each support level, review the Summary of Support Plans.Read more
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