# AWS Lambda vs Google App Engine Comparison | | AWS Lambda | Google App Engine | |---|---|---| | **Star Rating** | 4.6 out of 5 | 4.1 out of 5 | | **Total Reviews** | 1,039 | 216 | | **Largest Market Segment** | Enterprise (41.9% of reviews) | Small-Business (44.3% 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) ### Google App Engine Pros: - Ease of Use (9 reviews) - Cloud Storage (7 reviews) Cons: - Expensive (4 reviews) - Poor Customer Support (4 reviews) --- ## Ratings Comparison | Rating | AWS Lambda | Google App Engine | |---|---|---| | **Meets Requirements** | 9.0 (739 reviews) | 8.4 (158 reviews) | | **Ease of Use** | 8.7 (748 reviews) | 8.2 (161 reviews) | | **Ease of Setup** | 8.6 (400 reviews) | 8.3 (77 reviews) | | **Ease of Admin** | 8.5 (286 reviews) | 8.4 (73 reviews) | | **Quality of Support** | 8.6 (676 reviews) | 7.6 (149 reviews) | | **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?** | 8.9 (278 reviews) | 8.0 (68 reviews) | | **Product Direction (% positive)** | 9.3 (685 reviews) | 7.8 (150 reviews) | --- ## Pricing ### AWS Lambda #### Entry-Level Pricing No pricing available #### Free Trial No information available ### Google App Engine #### 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 | 587 | | **Google App Engine** | 8.5/10 | 79 | #### Development | Feature | AWS Lambda | Google App Engine | |---|---|---| | **Application Deployment** | 9.0 (474 reviews) | 9.0 (68 reviews) | | **Development Tools** | 8.4 (461 reviews) | 8.4 (65 reviews) | | **Development Environment** | 8.3 (454 reviews) | 8.5 (65 reviews) | | **Language Support** | 8.5 (443 reviews) | 8.0 (66 reviews) | | **Testing** | 8.0 (440 reviews) | Feature Not Available | #### Database | Feature | AWS Lambda | Google App Engine | |---|---|---| | **Database Management** | 8.3 (364 reviews) | Feature Not Available | | **Analytics** | 8.4 (374 reviews) | 8.0 (60 reviews) | | **Auto Scaling** | 9.1 (425 reviews) | Feature Not Available | | **Backup / Recovery** | 8.4 (342 reviews) | 8.5 (58 reviews) | | **Storage** | 8.4 (359 reviews) | 8.5 (62 reviews) | #### Infrastructure | Feature | AWS Lambda | Google App Engine | |---|---|---| | **Networking** | 8.6 (376 reviews) | 8.8 (64 reviews) | | **Virtual Machines** | 8.4 (344 reviews) | 8.6 (62 reviews) | | **Security** | 8.8 (401 reviews) | 8.7 (66 reviews) | --- ## Categories **Shared Categories (1):** [Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS) Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/cloud-platform-as-a-service-paas) --- ## Reviewer Demographics ### By Company Size | Segment | AWS Lambda | Google App Engine | |---|---|---| | **Small-Business** | 21.9% | 44.3% | | **Mid-Market** | 36.2% | 27.1% | | **Enterprise** | 41.9% | 28.6% | ### By Industry #### 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% #### Google App Engine - **Information Technology and Services:** 17.7% - **Computer Software:** 16.7% - **Telecommunications:** 4.7% - **Financial Services:** 4.2% - **Internet:** 3.6% - **Higher Education:** 3.6% - **Marketing and Advertising:** 2.6% - **Entertainment:** 2.6% - **E-Learning:** 2.1% - **Education Management:** 2.1% - **Other:** 40.1% --- ## 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 (304 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) - [Google Cloud Functions](https://www.g2.com/products/google-cloud-functions/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (81 reviews) ### Alternatives to Google App Engine - [Agentforce 360 Platform (formerly Salesforce Platform)](https://www.g2.com/products/agentforce-360-platform-formerly-salesforce-platform/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (4006 reviews) - [AWS Elastic Beanstalk](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-elastic-beanstalk/reviews) — 4.2/5 stars (198 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) - [DigitalOcean](https://www.g2.com/products/digitalocean/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (749 reviews) - [Azure Web Apps](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-web-apps/reviews) — 4.2/5 stars (90 reviews) - [PythonAnywhere](https://www.g2.com/products/pythonanywhere/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (81 reviews) - [Render](https://www.g2.com/products/render-render/reviews) — 4.7/5 stars (81 reviews) - [Cloud Foundry](https://www.g2.com/products/cloud-foundry/reviews) — 4.0/5 stars (19 reviews) - [Azure Cloud Services](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-cloud-services/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (73 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" ### Google App Engine - Title: [why it does not provide full-text search API](https://www.g2.com/discussions/33508-why-it-does-not-provide-full-text-search-api) — 1 comment, 1 upvote > **Top comment:** "They used to, but it got deprecated. We use https://firesearch.dev instead - which bring full-text search backed by Google Cloud Firestore." --- **Source:** [G2.com](https://www.g2.com) | [Comparison Page](https://www.g2.com/compare/aws-lambda-vs-google-app-engine)