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Time to Implement

2 months

Return on Investment

10 months

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Users consistently praise AWS Lambda for its serverless simplicity and automatic scaling, which allows them to focus on writing code without managing infrastructure. The seamless integration with other AWS services enhances development speed and efficiency, making it ideal for event-driven applications. However, many note the 15-minute execution limit and cold start latency as common limitations.

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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.

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

The different supported languages and ease of integration with other amazon services. Basically everything is using a lambda nowadays. I like the scalability and how fast it is to get it setup with other services. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Lambda?

It is hard to debug, I would like to be able to quickly do a debug session without having to go online or setup a dev environment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

HM
consultant
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"simple and powerful"
What do you like best about AWS Lambda?

lambda functions are easy to code and ready to deploy in short time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Lambda?

sometimes debugging is tough. but eventually everything will come together Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

NS
senior manager
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"great service"
What do you like best about AWS Lambda?

aws lambda gives lot of flexibility scalability.. the and increase in time makes it a better option Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Lambda?

cant think of anything at the moment so cant add anything here Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

JW
Lead Devops engineer
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Fantastic FaaS product"
What do you like best about AWS Lambda?

The ease of deployment through AWS SAM, integration with other services and number of supported languages. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Lambda?

No easy way to deploy through Terraform (not a AWS issue really though) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

BL
CTO
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Lamba is easy and powerful!"
What do you like best about AWS Lambda?

Write functions without really knowing code Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Lambda?

would like to have IoT one buttons to fire more than one lambda function Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
UC
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Labmda for event driven processing"
What do you like best about AWS Lambda?

Lambda is available everywhere, S3, API Gateway, Kinesis, anywhere I've wanted to run an event driven serverless process. Lambdas can include any arbitrary code via zip packaging. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Lambda?

Cold start time keeps me from using Lambda in a few cases where it would otherwise be ideal. Having the option to keep lambdas warm or with predictive scaling would be a great help. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

TB
CTO
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"Outstanding Technology"
What do you like best about AWS Lambda?

It is so Versatile, yet powerful I don’t really want to use anything else. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Lambda?

Troubleshooting is a little cumbersome but better tools are becoming available. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

AC
Software Engineer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"The easiest way to get your code running"
What do you like best about AWS Lambda?

Very straightforward experience. No servers, no management is needed. Get your code deployed and running at incredible scale in minutes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Lambda?

Cold starts, have to warm up the lambdas. Initialization takes ridicolous time. 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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