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AWS Lambda vs Apache NiFi comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Apache NiFi
Ranking in Compute Service
8th
Average Rating
7.8
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
AWS Lambda
Ranking in Compute Service
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
79
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the Compute Service category, the mindshare of Apache NiFi is 7.9%, up from 6.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of AWS Lambda is 20.3%, down from 27.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Bruno_Silva - PeerSpot reviewer
Very easy to schedule jobs that realize improvements and monetize
The use case templates could be more precise to typical business needs. Available templates and model workflows are very high-level so don't really match real needs. It would help to have templates that allow us to see business opportunities. It would help to be able to copy workflow to another device rather than having to ingest it.
Wai L Lin O - PeerSpot reviewer
A serverless solution with easy integration features
We use AWS Lambda because it provides a solution for our needs without requiring us to manage our infrastructure. With the tool, we only pay for the resources we use. Additionally, it is straightforward to implement and integrates with other services like API Gateway. The tool's serverless nature has had the most significant impact on our workflow. I find it particularly attractive because it eliminates the need for managing servers. In my previous experience, managing upgrades and updates was quite challenging. The solution's integration process with other AWS services was relatively easy. We primarily use AWS services such as EventBridge for scheduling processes and log management.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The user interface is good and makes it easy to design very popular workflows."
"The initial setup is very easy. I would rate my experience with the initial setup a ten out of ten, where one point is difficult, and ten points are easy."
"We can integrate the tool with other applications easily."
"The most valuable feature has been the range of clients and the range of connectors that we could use."
"Apache NiFi is user-friendly. Its most valuable features for handling large volumes of data include its multitude of integrated endpoints and clients and the ability to create cron jobs to run tasks at regular intervals."
"It's an automated flow, where you can build a flow from source to destination, then do the transformation in between."
"Visually, this is a good product."
"The most valuable features of this solution are ease of use and implementation."
"Lambda has improved our organization by making it possible to transform data."
"We moved our users into the Amazon Cognito pool, so it helps us to standardize our security practices, approaches, etc. We can customize Lambda for authentication to integrate it with API Gateway and other services."
"Amazon takes care of the scalability. That's the right way. It's automatic and it's fully managed. That's one benefit of Lambda."
"Lambda is trigger-based, which means it only activates when accessed, ensuring cost savings."
"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 I like best about AWS Lambda is that it's feature-rich, and I appreciate that. I also like that it's stable and supports many languages."
"I have found all of the features valuable. It's an easy and cheap solution."
"AWS Lambda is a stable solution."
 

Cons

"There is room for improvement in integration with SSO. For example, NiFi does not have any integration with SSO. And if I want to give some kind of rollback access control across the organization. That is not possible."
"I think the UI interface needs to be more user-friendly."
"There should be a better way to integrate a development environment with local tools."
"More features must be added to the product."
"The overall stability of this solution could be improved. In a future release, we would like to have access to more features that could be used in a parallel way. This would provide more freedom with processing."
"There are some claims that NiFi is cloud-native but we have tested it, and it's not."
"We run many jobs, and there are already large tables. When we do not control NiFi on time, all reports fail for the day. So it's pretty slow to control, and it has to be improved."
"The tool should incorporate more tutorials for advanced use cases. It has tutorials for simple use cases."
"Lambda's dashboard could be more user-friendly and customizable. I want the dashboard to have more information to quickly identify what functions and events are running. Also, we want to be able to add more trigger points, push notifications, and events."
"AWS Lambda should improve its compatibility with the language used to write the code."
"What could be improved in AWS Lambda is a tricky question because I base the area for improvement on a specific matrix, for example, latency, so I'm still determining if I can be the judge on that. However, room for improvement could be when you're using AWS Lambda as a backend, it can be challenging to use it for monitoring. Monitoring is critical in development, and I don't have much expertise in the area, but you can use other services such as Xray. I found that monitoring on AWS Lambda is a challenge. The tool needs better monitoring. Another area for improvement in AWS Lambda is the cold start, where it takes some time to invoke a function the first time, but after that, invoking it becomes swift. Still, there's room for improvement in that AWS Lambda process. In the next release of AWS Lambda, I'd like AWS to improve monitoring so that I can monitor codes better."
"We'd love to see more integration potential in the future."
"The user-friendliness of the solution could be improved."
"There's room for improvement in the testing setup."
"I would like the layers to have a bigger volume. I would like to be able to add more. I don't want to be limited by the layer."
"I have seen some drawbacks with certain integrations."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I used the tool's free version."
"We use the free version of Apache NiFi."
"It's an open-source solution."
"The solution is open-source."
"Price-wise, AWS Lambda is very cheap. It's not free, but it's not that expensive."
"AWS Lambda is a cheap solution."
"The solution is free of cost for the first year, and after that, it becomes expensive."
"I would rate the tool’s pricing a nine out of ten. The solution’s pricing works on a pay-as-you-go basis."
"AWS Lambda license is paid on a monthly basis."
"AWS Lambda is inexpensive."
"The cost is based on runtime."
"Lambda is an affordable solution. They offer free requests every month and charge per the compute time. If you are working in a big organization, usually AWS offer a savings plan where you get approximately 70% discount on pricing."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
19%
Computer Software Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Retailer
6%
Educational Organization
62%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Computer Software Company
6%
Manufacturing Company
3%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Apache NiFi?
The tool should incorporate more tutorials for advanced use cases. It has tutorials for simple use cases.
Which is better, AWS Lambda or Batch?
AWS Lambda is a serverless solution. It doesn’t require any infrastructure, which allows for cost savings. There is no setup process to deal with, as the entire solution is in the cloud. If you use...
What do you like most about AWS Lambda?
The tool scales automatically based on the number of incoming requests.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AWS Lambda?
AWS Lambda offers a highly favorable pricing model, especially for smaller applications or low-traffic workloads. The first one million requests per month are free, which provides significant cost ...
 

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