AWS Lambda's best features are log analysis and event triggering and actioning.
Associate Manager at HCL Technologies
Phenomenal with data
Pros and Cons
- "AWS Lambda's best features are log analysis and event triggering and actioning."
- "AWS Lambda's GUI could be improved with a twist or tweak in its look and feel to make it more impressive."
What is most valuable?
What needs improvement?
AWS Lambda's GUI could be improved with a twist or tweak in its look and feel to make it more impressive.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
AWS Lambda is reliable.
How are customer service and support?
AWS's technical support is amazing - they can turn a case around in a single email.
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How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is straightforward as Lambda is a built-in feature of AWS services.
What other advice do I have?
AWS Lambda is phenomenal with data, and I would rate it nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Private Cloud
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Cloud Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Serverless platform that makes the administration of code and other Amazon products seamless
Pros and Cons
- "Lambda makes the administration of all our services related to Amazon really easy."
- "The metrics and reporting for this solution could be improved."
What is most valuable?
Lambda makes the administration of all our services related to Amazon really easy.
What needs improvement?
The metrics and reporting for this solution could be improved.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using this solution since 2017.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
From a stability perspective, I would rate it a seven out of ten. There is some room for improvement when it comes to stability of the features.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
This is a scalable solution. I would rate it a nine out of ten in this regard.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is complex.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend this solution to others. Overall, the solution has improved since we started using it in 2017.
I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Partner
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AWS Developer at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Integrated, reliable, and easy to learn
Pros and Cons
- "AWS Lambda is interlinked with CloudWatch. When we have any errors we can directly go there and check the CloudWatch logs. Additionally, we can run it very fast and we can increase the RAM size and other components."
- "We don't have the inbuilt modules in AWS Lambda. If more modules were built into or integrated with AWS Lambda, that would help developers to code."
What is our primary use case?
AWS Lambda is used to write developer codes in Python. It is a place we can run where we can run our codes.
What is most valuable?
AWS Lambda is interlinked with CloudWatch. When we have any errors we can directly go there and check the CloudWatch logs. Additionally, we can run it very fast and we can increase the RAM size and other components.
What needs improvement?
We don't have the inbuilt modules in AWS Lambda. If more modules were built into or integrated with AWS Lambda, that would help developers to code.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using AWS Lambda for approximately two and a half years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The solution is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The scalability of AWS Lambda needs to improve.
We have more than 100 users using this solution in my organization.
How are customer service and support?
I have not used the technical support from AWS Lambda.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have not used other solutions prior to AWS Lambda.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
AWS Lambda is a very inexpensive solution. They charge for the number of times we run it. If you run AWS Lambda for one time, they charge around 50 cents or 25 cents for the use. I don't know the exact price, but it's less than a dollar.
What other advice do I have?
AWS Lambda is user-friendly, people can learn very fast. People should start using AWS Lambda instead of using their own servers. It is very cheap and is the best way where any student can learn.
I rate AWS Lambda an eight out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Chef manager at a insurance company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Excellent management of resources with good disaster recovery
Pros and Cons
- "You can spin up anything instantly without any investment."
- "Security needs to be improved."
What is most valuable?
We have two or three applications that are hosted with Lambda. Being on cloud, the solution has its own advantages with good management of resources. You can spin up anything instantly without any investment and disaster recovery or HA is taken care of by the service itself.
What needs improvement?
I believe Lambda security needs to be improved.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using this solution for one year.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The solution is stable.
How are customer service and technical support?
I'm satisfied with the technical support, they respond quickly.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup was straightforward and we currently have four engineers working on the product.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Licensing is on a monthly subscription model and is usage-based.
What other advice do I have?
I rate the solution nine out of 10.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Data engineer at Cocos pt
Does not need server configuration and can be used for short-term automation processes
Pros and Cons
- "Because AWS Lambda is serverless, server configuration is not required, and we can run it directly anywhere."
- "If it is a specific ETL process or a long-term one, then AWS Lambda is not a good option."
What is our primary use case?
The primary use case is processing data. We use the pipeline multiple places to process the data. Whatever JSON files we get, we have to standardize, enrich, and also format to the application.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable feature is that it's serverless. Therefore, server configuration is not required, and we can run it directly anywhere. We can write Java code or Python code in that.
The initial setup is straightforward as well.
AWS Lambda is good for short-term automation processes.
What needs improvement?
If you want to run processing data, which takes less than 15 minutes, then you can use Lambda. However, if it is a specific ETL process or a long-term one, then AWS Lambda is not a good option.
The longer Lambda runs, the higher is the cost incurred because the cost is based on runtime.
At times, it hard to know when Lambda should be used and when it should not. So in the future, if there are serverless extensions, it would be fine.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been working with AWS Lambda for six to seven months.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup of AWS Lambda is straightforward.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The cost of AWS Lambda is based on runtime.
What other advice do I have?
It's a good product, and we use Lambda for short run processes, for example, processing a file from the landing zone. Suppose FTP or SFTP has put a file in one landing area, and we have to push a file to the S3 bucket. We would not need to do any writing, shell scripting, or Linux coding, etc. In general, with Lambda you can get the Python coder or Java code.
So, professionals can easily perform these tasks within a short time. This will help with agile processes and sprints. My advice is that AWS Lambda is a good service for short-term automation processes.
I would rate AWS Lambda at eight on a scale from one to ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Private Cloud
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
IT Analyst at Tata Consultancy
Scales on demand, allowing us to focus on core business functions
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable feature of this solution is the API Gateway."
- "The security needs to be improved."
What is our primary use case?
We use this solution for a mobile banking application with the ability to scale as per demand and to focus on core business functions rather than the platform.
How has it helped my organization?
This solution has improved our ability to scale as per demand and to focus on core business functions rather than the platform.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable feature of this solution is the API Gateway.
What needs improvement?
The security needs to be improved.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using this solution for one year.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
System Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Excellent serverless architecture for a good price
Pros and Cons
- "AWS Lambda's most valuable feature is serverless architecture."
- "There are sometimes issues following an update."
What is most valuable?
AWS Lambda's most valuable feature is serverless architecture.
What needs improvement?
There are sometimes issues following an update.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using AWS Lambda for about five years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
AWS Lambda is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
AWS Lambda is scalable.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup was straightforward and took only a few minutes.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
AWS Lambda's cloud version isn't expensive, and I'd rate its pricing as five out of five.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate AWS Lambda ten out of ten.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Lead solution architect at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
Scalable and responsive support
Pros and Cons
- "The support from AWS Lambda is very good, they are responsive."
- "AWS Lambda has some size limitations in the code line, you can't do a couple of functions to do the job."
What is our primary use case?
AWS Lambda is used for the whole surface, it does the backups, and schedules, and learns some of the core functionalities but it can depend on the topic or application. The solution is used to build APIs and many other functions
What needs improvement?
AWS Lambda has some size limitations in the code line, you can't do a couple of functions to do the job.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using AWS Lambda for approximately six years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
AWS Lambda is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
AWS Lambda is in the cloud which makes it scalable.
I have worked in many companies that have used this solution and some of them had a lot of users.
How are customer service and support?
The support from AWS Lambda is very good, they are responsive.
What other advice do I have?
I rate AWS Lambda a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
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