AWS Lambda Reviews & Product Details

AWS Lambda lets you run code without provisioning or managing servers. You pay only for the compute time you consume - there is no charge when your code is not running. With Lambda, you can run code for virtually any type of application or backend service - all with zero administration. Just upload your code and Lambda takes care of everything required to run and scale your code with high availability. You can set up your code to automatically trigger from other AWS services or call it directly from any web or mobile app.

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Time to Implement

2 months

Return on Investment

10 months

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Takeharu O.

Developer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

11/29/2018

"Easy to use"

4.5/5

What do you like best about AWS Lambda?

Serverless is good to start prototype development Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Lambda?

API gateway setup is necessary to use from browser Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Retail

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/26/2018

"AWS Lambda Worth It"

4.5/5

What do you like best about AWS Lambda?

Lambda makes making scalable applications much easier to develop and deploy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Lambda?

The biggest drawback is the start up time for Java based lambdas. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering AWS Lambda:

Plan your microservices correctly. Particularly the databases. Make sure to follow the best practices for developing microservices. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is AWS Lambda solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are migrating our applications to the cloud and were updating out apps to a cloud based paradigm. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Games

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

11/29/2018

"Lambda has grown better"

5/5

What do you like best about AWS Lambda?

Its extremely easy to get a lambda function working. It literally takes 2-3 mins to deploy code on lambda and get it working. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Lambda?

If there are more invocations within a minute, the performance is hit. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Health, Wellness and Fitness

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/26/2018

"Best Innovation Since Cloud"

4.5/5

What do you like best about AWS Lambda?

The very fact that I do not have to support or write anything infrastructure stuff. It just works. I loved the lang runtimes offered Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Lambda?

The timelimits and memory limitation can be constratining of some use cases Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

11/28/2018

"why not Lambda"

5/5

What do you like best about AWS Lambda?

this is a great service for building event driven systems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Lambda?

the default timeout can be difficult to deal with. having better integration with other AWS services would be a plus Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Marketing and Advertising

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

11/28/2018

"Using Lambda for Alexa skills"

4.5/5

What do you like best about AWS Lambda?

I like that I can write the lambdas in Python or Node, and test them locally. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Lambda?

I would like a better deployment mechanism. Prefably integrated into an IDE. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Government Administration

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

11/28/2018

Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.

"Great Flexibility"

5/5

What do you like best about AWS Lambda?

Gives other AWS services the power and flexibility to adapt to business needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Lambda?

So far, I would like a better editor or more pwerful color coded editor. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

san s.

Associate DIrector

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/28/2018

"scalabale"

5/5

What do you like best about AWS Lambda?

scablable, cost effective deisgn, best fit for microservices Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Lambda?

troubleshooting is still little difficult Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Automotive

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

11/27/2018

"Good testing ground for your ideas"

5/5

What do you like best about AWS Lambda?

I like the simplicity and speed a lambda offers. I can rapidly prototype an idea and even tie it in with a database.Integration with the other AWS services like DynamoDB, Simple Notification Service make things easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Lambda?

Cold starts, lack of observability, VPC issues, not using the latest node versions... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/27/2018

"Building a Registration for a Client"

5/5

What do you like best about AWS Lambda?

I appreciated the ability to use the service and pay for only what I needed. The fact that this allowed us to process large amounts of data for a finite period of time demonstrated the ability to better orchestrate services for efficacy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Lambda?

There was actually nothing that I disliked. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.