Compare AWS Lambda and Google App Engine 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (41.6% of reviews)
Small-Business (44.0% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
No pricing available
AWS Lambda
Star Rating
(1,014)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (41.6% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about AWS LambdaGoogle App Engine
Star Rating
(215)4.1 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (44.0% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Google App EngineAWS Lambda vs Google App Engine
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found AWS Lambda easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with AWS Lambda overall.
- Reviewers felt that AWS Lambda meets the needs of their business better than Google App Engine.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that AWS Lambda is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of AWS Lambda over Google App Engine.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
AWS Lambda
No pricing availableGoogle App Engine
No pricing availableFree Trial
AWS Lambda
No trial information availableGoogle App Engine
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
9.0
718
8.4
157
Ease of Use
8.6
726
8.2
160
Ease of Setup
8.5
378
8.3
76
Ease of Admin
8.5
283
8.4
73
Quality of Support
8.5
657
7.6
148
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.9
275
8.0
68
Product Direction (% positive)
9.4
668
7.8
150
Features by Category
Development
8.9
454
9.0
67
8.4
447
8.4
65
8.3
441
8.5
65
8.5
432
8.0
66
7.9
428
Feature Not Available
Database
8.3
355
Feature Not Available
8.3
364
8.0
60
9.0
410
Feature Not Available
8.4
340
8.5
58
8.4
356
8.5
62
Infrastructure
8.6
372
8.8
64
8.4
341
8.6
62
8.8
396
8.7
66
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
AWS Lambda and Google App Engine are categorized as Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS)
Unique Categories
AWS Lambda has no unique categories
Google App Engine has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
AWS Lambda
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Google App Engine
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
23.1%
Information Technology and Services
19.9%
Financial Services
8.4%
Internet
2.8%
Hospital & Health Care
2.7%
Other
43.2%
Information Technology and Services
17.8%
Computer Software
16.2%
Telecommunications
4.7%
Financial Services
4.2%
Internet
3.7%
Other
53.4%
Alternatives
Discussions
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 built on?
2 Comments
JB
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,...Read more
why it does not provide full-text search API
1 Comment
MR
They used to, but it got deprecated. We use https://firesearch.dev instead - which bring full-text search backed by Google Cloud Firestore.Read more
Google App Engine has no more discussions with answers
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