We use it for serverless functions.
Member at a religious institution with self employed
Good integration with other AWS services, stable, and scalable
Pros and Cons
- "The programming language and the integration with other AWS services are the most valuable features."
- "Its performance can be improved. There should also be more dynamic security permissions."
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
The programming language and the integration with other AWS services are the most valuable features.
What needs improvement?
Its performance can be improved. There should also be more dynamic security permissions.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using this solution since I joined this company, which was two years ago.
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What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is very stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It is very scalable.
How are customer service and support?
There are no issues. So far, I am completely satisfied with their technical support.
How was the initial setup?
It was easy.
What about the implementation team?
I did it myself.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We didn't evaluate other options because it was a requirement for the project.
What other advice do I have?
I would advise others to predefine the main model and ensure their CI/CD pipeline.
I am satisfied with Lambda, and I would recommend it to others. I would rate it an eight out of 10.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
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Senior Manager -Datacenter Planning and Operations at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
Has straightforward installation, but should have better automation with other Amazon products
Pros and Cons
- "The installation and configuration of the solution is straightforward."
- "The automation with other Amazon products could be better."
What is most valuable?
In respect of the function and template, I find the solution to be easy to use, as it obviates the need to do the same thing repeatedly.
What needs improvement?
The automation with other Amazon products could be better.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
As the solution is on-cloud, it is already scalable.
How are customer service and support?
There is another local team with whom we work when it comes to the need for technical support.
How was the initial setup?
The installation and configuration of the solution is straightforward.
The length of the deployment can vary with the solution. It took us half a day but, when accounting for the configurations and connectivity, all told, this can take about one or two days.
What about the implementation team?
The cloud team consists of 47 people.
What other advice do I have?
The solution is deployed on-cloud.
In the past year, we have around 75 to 80 Lambda functions.
The solution provides basic security standards.
I would recommend the solution to others.
I rate AWS Lambda as a five to six out of ten.
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Chief Technology Officer at a financial services firm with 11-50 employees
Scales automatically, low-cost, dependable, and has excellent customer service
Pros and Cons
- "It is easy to use."
- "I would like to see more integration with other platforms."
What is our primary use case?
We use AWS Lambda to automatically manages some compute resources.
It triggers and screens some of my services.
What is most valuable?
It is easy to use.
I like the way it manages.
What needs improvement?
I would like to see more integration with other platforms.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using AWS Lambda for a few years.
We are not using the latest version.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
AWS Lambda is a stable solution.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
You do not have to scale AWS Lambda, it automatically scales for you.
AWS Lambda is used on a daily basis.
We only have a few people who used this solution. I have two teams.
How are customer service and support?
We have a dedicated manager.
My experience with support so far has been good.
How was the initial setup?
It doesn't require any installation at all.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
AWS Lambda is inexpensive.
What other advice do I have?
I am very happy with this solution. I would recommend it to others who are interested in it.
I would rate AWS Lambda an eight out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Software Development Manager at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Easy to install, reliable, and scales well
Pros and Cons
- "We have no issues with the technical support."
- "The price in general could always be better."
What is our primary use case?
We use AWS Lambda for several things. We are using it, for instance, to do authentication of information from HTTP sites. We use it for alerting when monitoring the direct database infrastructure, and we use it for API transformation.
What is most valuable?
It provides us with everything that we need.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been using AWS Lambda for two or three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
We don't have a problem with the stability of AWS Lambda. It's very stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It is a scalable solution.
We have many users, but it is based on volume and the number of transactions, not by the number of users.
How are customer service and support?
We have no issues with the technical support.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We use a number of AWS services.
How was the initial setup?
The installation is straightforward.
We have scripted most of the things. There was no problem with the installation.
What about the implementation team?
We completed the installation ourselves.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The price in general could always be better.
The fees are volume-based.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend this solution to others who are interested in using it.
I would rate AWS Lambda a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Consultant at a educational organization with 11-50 employees
Extremely scalable, stable, and often free to use
Pros and Cons
- "It is my preferred product, as it provides me with source code within the solution."
- "The product could make the process of integration easier."
What is our primary use case?
The product is primarily used to deploy code and provision a software solution to your clients when they don't have the time. You don't have to pay for the servers and the uptime.
What is most valuable?
It is my preferred product, as it provides me with source code within the solution.
It's a great product due to the fact that you don't have to pay for the servers and the uptime.
The solution is very stable.
The product scales well.
The solution can be free to use.
What needs improvement?
The product could make the process of integration easier.
The could be more integration testing. The internal is great with Lambda, however, I have to make sure I have done my tests on a related machine before deploying.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using the solution for three years. I haven't used it for too long just yet.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The solution is very stable. There are no bugs or glitches. It does not crash or freeze. It's reliable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution scales very well. If a company needs to expand it, it can do so.
Its scalability is always based on how much software there is. It's actually virtually building out. The API can scale up automatically. And if the API calls go down, then the system slows in real-time.
All my clients are using the product. All the projects I push to my clients are on Lambda.
How are customer service and technical support?
I haven't dealt with technical support directly. Therefore, I can't speak to how helpful or responsive they are in general. I don't have experience with them on that personal level.
How was the initial setup?
There is no setup process to deal with as the entire solution is on the cloud. It's very easy.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
If you need to deploy it to a license, the first server you use you need to pay for a license. If you're going to open-source, there are no licenses required.
What other advice do I have?
I'm just a customer and have clients on the solution.
I've had a very good experience with the product. I would rate it at a ten out of ten.
I would recommend the product to all developers.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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Sr. Technology Specialist at a computer software company with 5,001-10,000 employees
No server installation, good support for various languages, stable, and flexible
Pros and Cons
- "The basic feature that I like is that there is no server installation. It also has good support for various languages, such as Java, .NET, C#, and Python."
- "Its price should be improved. Its pricing is on the higher side. I am not sure if it currently supports the Go language. If it doesn't support the Go language, they can introduce it."
What is our primary use case?
It is useful in many scenarios. For example, in a microservices architecture where serverless functionality is required, one can use Lambda.
What is most valuable?
The basic feature that I like is that there is no server installation. It also has good support for various languages, such as Java, .NET, C#, and Python.
What needs improvement?
Its price should be improved. Its pricing is on the higher side.
I am not sure if it currently supports the Go language. If it doesn't support the Go language, they can introduce it.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It is flexible and scalable. I have a couple of customers who are using Lambda. They are from the banking domain.
How are customer service and technical support?
I've not reached out to Lambda technical support, but they should be good.
How was the initial setup?
Its installation is simple. It doesn't require much effort. It hardly takes 10 to 15 minutes to make a Lambda service functional.
What about the implementation team?
We had done the installation with the vendor. We have three developers for its implementation.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Its pricing is on the higher side.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend this solution to others. I would rate AWS Lambda an eight out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
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Senior Analyst with 11-50 employees
Stable and scalable with a good overall design
Pros and Cons
- "The solution is designed very well. You don't need to keep a server up. You just need some router to route your API request and Lambda provides a very well-designed feature to process the request."
- "We need to better understand Lambda for different scenarios. We need some joint effort between Amazon and the users to have the users identify how they can really leverage Lambda. It's not about Lambda itself; it's about the practice, the guidance. There needs to be very good documentation. From the user perspective, what exists now is not always enough."
What is our primary use case?
We have some APIs and we use some mechanisms to process these APIs. Normally, some APIs need to be hosted by some servers. However, with this product, we can compute everything serverless.
What is most valuable?
The solution is designed very well. You don't need to keep a server up. You just need some router to route your API request and Lambda provides a very well-designed feature to process the request.
From our perspective, the solution works for a variety of scenarios.
It's very straightforward and very easy to use. We don't need to keep several apps. We just use some APIs and to route with the APIs to create related Lambda functions.
What needs improvement?
The kind of scenarios we can leverage in Lambda can be difficult. For example, we have a lot of their servers that provide APIs. Before, the APIs were hosted by a server. We have identified that some of them can be hosted in Lambda. That's a challenge as we're yet to think of our scenario and match our requirements in order to really leverage Lambda. That's more on us than the solution itself.
We need to better understand Lambda for different scenarios. We need some joint effort between Amazon and the users to have the users identify how they can really leverage Lambda. It's not about Lambda itself; it's about the practice, the guidance. There needs to be very good documentation. From the user perspective, what exists now is not always enough.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Lambda is stable. We don't see any problems so far. There haven't been bugs or glitches and it doesn't crash or freeze on us.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution is very scalable. We just allocated a very small number of requirements to Lambda. We've still found it to be very scalable.
We are a technology company, so we do not have many users. Most are developers, engineers, and architects.
How are customer service and technical support?
So far, we've found the technical support to be okay. They are knowledgeable and responsive and we are satisfied with the level of support we get.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup's level of difficulty depends on different requirements. Normally, we can see that number to process and do a straight comparative analysis for a simple scenario. The deployment is fine for the most part. We don't spend much time on it in comparison to a traditional deployment. It's very quick.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
When you try some services, with Amazon, the first phase is okay. When we continued with more workloads placed on Amazon, we needed to take into account the cost, as the cost to the firm becomes more and more. It can get expensive if you aren't careful.
What other advice do I have?
We're just a customer. We don't have a business relationship with the company.
Lambda is very good. I don't collect feedback from other colleagues or other members. However, from my perspective, Lambda is good. I would rate it nine out of ten, based on my experience alone.
The best advice I can give other organizations is that it's better to consider your scenarios and see what is scenario is suitable for the functions or services you require, or not. Don't try to move your applications just because of new technology and new concepts. Consider carefully your requirements and that will help you avoid some additional costs.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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Hi there, great review.
I wanted to check on AWS Lambda on-premises implementation. I think you can implement it only on an AWS public cloud? Could you please clarify?