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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Verified User in Business Supplies and Equipment

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

11/27/2018

"A new way of doing things"

3.5/5

What do you like best about AWS Lambda?

You don't need to worry about the infrasture. Just focus on developing! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Lambda?

There are still quite a few steps to get it going. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Transportation/Trucking/Railroad

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

11/27/2018

"easy to use and exceptionally powerful"

5/5

What do you like best about AWS Lambda?

how easy to create a lambda and use it with step functions to do serverless apps Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Lambda?

limited language support. shouls support more languages Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Entertainment

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/27/2018

"Excellent compute platform"

4/5

What do you like best about AWS Lambda?

THat it is serverless. Does not charge when not being used. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Lambda?

It is a bit of a pain to check logging and metrics. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Internet

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/29/2018

"AWS Lambda Serverless architecture"

4/5

What do you like best about AWS Lambda?

Lambda is a great way to build applications that scale. It allows you to provide functions in the cloud without the need to deploy and maintain servers.Instead of hosting these functions on a server, you add them to Lambda and then call the function - AWS takes care of the rest.

Its a really great way of reducing costs as by far the biggest cost on AWS is running EC2 instances. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Lambda?

Because you no longer need to run a server you also no longer have much control over the environment. There is also the problem of calling the function in a so called 'cold' state, this means the first call will always take longer to perform, and while there are way you can keep the function in a 'warm' state, it adds to the overall cost. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering AWS Lambda:

While there are some tradeoffs to consider when heading down the road of serverless applications, I believe the pros outweigh the cons. AWS Lambda allows you to deploy code without the restrictions of server architecture and allows you to vastly reduce the costs of running the application in the cloud. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Running functions through Lambda means server cost savings - running an instance 24/7 can get expensive. Lambda is only called on-demand and you only pay for what you use.

Putting functions in Lambda also means you get large scale right from the beginning as you are not sending all calls to a single server. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Food & Beverages

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

11/26/2018

"Proof of Concepts with Lambda"

4.5/5

What do you like best about AWS Lambda?

There are many tutorials online available to make it an easy process to get something up and running with Lambda. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Lambda?

The UI is a little confusing for a first-time AWS user. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Financial Services

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

11/28/2018

"Lamdba Serverless"

3.5/5

What do you like best about AWS Lambda?

Serverless, Don't have to manage resources, patching, security, supports versioning. easr for CI/CD Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Lambda?

Cold Start issues., During peak period we have noticed cold start issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Internet

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/28/2018

"Effortless and flexible"

5/5

What do you like best about AWS Lambda?

The ease of building simple bricks with limited impact when coupoled with event based architecture Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Lambda?

The monitoring is not yet up to spped in my company and weneed to get the knowledge Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

12/12/2018

"Serverless"

4.5/5

What do you like best about AWS Lambda?

This will replace all the virtual machines and containers in future Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Lambda?

I felt configuring and testing my app is a bit difficult Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

11/27/2018

"AWS Lambda Review"

4.5/5

What do you like best about AWS Lambda?

Scaling is trivial, and it has helped us reduce our fixed infrastructure costs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Lambda?

The VPC integration is slow and clunky and causes extra lag Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

11/27/2018

"Best option for going serverless"

4.5/5

What do you like best about AWS Lambda?

Ease to use the service and the effort it takes to make a service serverless Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Lambda?

There is nothing I disliked about AWS so far. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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