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Compare AWS Lambda and Google Cloud Functions 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (42.6% of reviews)
Small-Business (47.4% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
No pricing available
AWS Lambda
Star Rating
(974)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (42.6% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about AWS LambdaGoogle Cloud Functions
Star Rating
(81)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (47.4% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Google Cloud FunctionsAWS Lambda vs Google Cloud Functions
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Google Cloud Functions easier to use, set up, and administer. However, reviewers preferred doing business with AWS Lambda overall.
- Reviewers felt that AWS Lambda meets the needs of their business better than Google Cloud Functions.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that AWS Lambda is the preferred option.
- When assessing product direction, AWS Lambda and Google Cloud Functions received similar ratings from our reviewers.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
AWS Lambda
No pricing availableGoogle Cloud Functions
No pricing availableFree Trial
AWS Lambda
No trial information availableGoogle Cloud Functions
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
9.0
689
8.8
57
Ease of Use
8.6
695
8.8
58
Ease of Setup
8.5
347
9.0
23
Ease of Admin
8.5
279
8.7
20
Quality of Support
8.5
631
8.4
52
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.9
271
8.8
20
Product Direction (% positive)
9.4
640
9.4
57
Features by Category
Development
8.9
435
8.7
47
8.3
432
8.9
46
8.3
431
8.6
45
8.5
422
8.3
45
7.9
418
8.4
45
Database
8.3
351
8.6
44
8.3
354
8.6
44
9.0
394
8.9
45
8.4
337
8.7
44
8.4
351
8.7
44
Infrastructure
8.6
370
8.9
43
8.4
340
8.6
40
8.8
388
9.1
44
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
AWS Lambda and Google Cloud Functions are categorized as Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS)
Unique Categories
AWS Lambda has no unique categories
Google Cloud Functions 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 Cloud Functions
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
19.6%
Financial Services
8.5%
Internet
2.9%
Hospital & Health Care
2.8%
Other
43.1%
Computer Software
18.4%
Information Technology and Services
14.5%
Financial Services
6.6%
Retail
5.3%
Marketing and Advertising
5.3%
Other
50.0%
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?
2 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
What languages does Google cloud functions support?
3 Comments
VK
Google cloud supports numerous no of programming languages like Java, python, R- programming, pyspark,scala etc.. all these languages allow developers to...Read more
What is the function of Google cloud?
1 Comment
👨V
Cloud Functions are serverless, single-purpose, and event-driven solutions. They can also be triggered on HTTP requests. Each request/event is processed by a...Read more
Which architecture is supported by cloud functions?
1 Comment
G2
Google Cloud Functions supports the serverless architecture. Serverless architecture, also known as Function as a Service (FaaS), is a cloud computing...Read more
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