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Time to Implement

2 months

Return on Investment

10 months

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Verified User in Airlines/Aviation
UA
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Cost optized compute"
What do you like best about AWS Lambda?

The pay as you use model, the simplicity of deployment, the connection to events triggered by other services such as S3, the effectiveness of the solution to run auick and small workloads Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Lambda?

Embedding some Python libraries can be painful as some of them are platform dependent. Would be great to have a way to automate that. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

MK
Senior software Engineer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Easy to use and deploy serverless application"
What do you like best about AWS Lambda?

The ease of use and the deployment we don't have to worry Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Lambda?

There are only limitation here is the no.of languages we have supported for lambda function Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

RJ
Architect
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Lambada a great serverless service"
What do you like best about AWS Lambda?

Lot of languages are supported which helps any kind of developer utilize the serverless computing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Lambda?

Limit on the lines of code you can write and also permissioning model is complex Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

NH
Application Developer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Small code big impact"
What do you like best about AWS Lambda?

I like that I can create small and concise code operations and manage them all independently, this allows for rapid and testable environments Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Lambda?

Serverless setup could be about 2 steps shorter Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
UC
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"The easiest FaaS"
What do you like best about AWS Lambda?

Simple to start. Offers the most necessary functions. MAkes it simplier to get up and running. Lambda clearly demonstrates and delivers on FaaS and makes the next level of abstration approachable Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Lambda?

Data storage and retrieval can be difficult. Sometimes significant lag in responsiveness Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

CD
Engineer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"Software Engineer using Lambda for Security"
What do you like best about AWS Lambda?

the ease of use and simplicty and the manageabillity to quickly spin up and take down Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Lambda?

up until recently it was the time out, but now that has been increased to 15mins Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
UC
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Amazing"
What do you like best about AWS Lambda?

I love the idea that you can write small modular endpoints that are only triggered on demand. You no longer have to server sitting idle most of the time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Lambda?

I really wished they supported sockets, however it looks like they added announced that support at re:invent this year. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

DW
CEO
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Awesome "
What do you like best about AWS Lambda?

It’s amazing for velocity and rapid iteration Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Lambda?

Networking is way too much of a challenge, especially if running inside a vpc. Deployment is also a burden without a framework like Serverless Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Games
UC
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"I love lambda"
What do you like best about AWS Lambda?

I love being able to deploy a function without a server (even coming from a sysadmin primarily in my past roles) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Lambda?

the logging from python can be a bit painful to get configured or customized correctly, the implementation offered is fairly opinonated Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

KP
Solutions Architect
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"AWS Lambda for success"
What do you like best about AWS Lambda?

The ability to use a variety of coding languages and setting up low cost compute functions Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Lambda?

the limitation on the amount of memory allocated per function Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Pricing Insights

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Time to Implement

2 months

Return on Investment

10 months

Average Discount

12%

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