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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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Melroy D.
MD
Senior Systems Analyst
Computer Software
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Best serverless service"
What do you like best about AWS Lambda?

The choice of coding technologies and ease of development are great Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Lambda?

The timeout, but now that's been increased Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Financial Services
AF
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Lambda simplifies"
What do you like best about AWS Lambda?

Lambda takes a lot of the server sitting in a corner away so you no longer need to worry about turning off that one vm nobody can access. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Lambda?

Can take some time to learn and get comfortable with Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

AR
CTO
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Data extraction functions"
What do you like best about AWS Lambda?

The serverless architecture of it. Abiltiy to use it easily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Lambda?

limit of connection time it is a pain for long running jobs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

BP
Bhavdeep Patel
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"QUick Solutions for a simple problem"
What do you like best about AWS Lambda?

Easy to setup with out any type of infrastruture to test out a POC. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Lambda?

Was hard to understand in the staring... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Consumer Electronics
UC
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Best Serverless Compute service!"
What do you like best about AWS Lambda?

The fact that I don't have to have a heavy infrastructure to run my code makes it easy to use and not worry about setting up any type of environments. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Lambda?

There is not much that you can complain about Lambdas. They have completely revolutionalized the way the the modern applications are written. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

RL
Lead Architect
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"No servers do worry about"
What do you like best about AWS Lambda?

Removing the operational need to maintain servers reduced massivelly our costs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Lambda?

Sometimes it takes time to warmup and time is critical Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SR
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Really good for Notification and token validation"
What do you like best about AWS Lambda?

Really good for Notification and token validation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Lambda?

CICD and debugging is difficult. Log aggrgation is diificult Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
CC
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"Makes Programming a Game"
What do you like best about AWS Lambda?

Lambda opens doors for programming to be used for fun - to teach children technical skill, to give adults an avenue for creativity, and enabling brand new innovations for companies. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Lambda?

The onboarding curve of registering for an AWS account can be overwhelming and prohibitive to the new learners and hobbyists. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

RR
Security Architecture Lead
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Lambda is a game changer"
What do you like best about AWS Lambda?

on demand compute! Only pay for what you use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Lambda?

difficult to predict costs, but with other toolling this can be determined. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
UI
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"AWS Lambda"
What do you like best about AWS Lambda?

The fact you can code and deploy applications quickly, to test ideas or iterate in a quick manner.

It integrates also very well with a lot of the AWS services. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Lambda?

The built-in IDE is not the best, especially with large files. Debugging can be difficult sometimes. 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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