AWS Lambda Valuable Features

Harsha Ravnikar - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Solutions Architect at Sysmex America, Inc.

The most valuable feature of AWS Lambda, from a conceptual point, is its functions. For example, it's mathematical templates into which you can write, and create your solution. You write small pieces of a solution under given parameters.

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DouglasStein - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of Engineering at MemeSpark LLC

I think the most valuable features are event-based triggers. Basically, a Lambda function doesn't get called because you say, "I'm going to call it." It gets called because something happens: a file arrives, a message arrives, or a database gets written. It's really good for a reactive style when you want things to happen as soon as something else happens. That's the best pattern.

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Wai L Lin O - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Engineer - Supervisor at KBZ Bank

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. 

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AWS Lambda
April 2024
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HV
Technical Leader at FPT Software

This solution is easy to integrate with other AWS services, making our job easier and more effective. Lambda is lightweight and we can quickly develop our functions. The ability to scale up and down very quickly helps because we can maintain our system performance and business at a low cost.

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Atif Tariq - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud and Big Data Engineer | Developer at Huawei Cloud Middle East

The best feature of AWS Lambda is its scalability and security. It's a highly scalable service, making it suitable for a range of applications.  

AWS Lambda, like other services offered by AWS, SAP, or Azure, is already quite advanced. However, when considering improvements, it's more about how you write and optimize your applications.

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DR
President at a computer software company with 11-50 employees

It is serverless and scalable. It can scale infinitely. You don't have to worry about the size of the servers that you're pre-allocating. You don't have to build server scale-out models. Auto scale and other similar features are just inherent in Lambda. So, for atomic and fairly non-persistent transactional units of work, Lambda works very well.

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CS
Sr Technical Specialist at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

AWS Lambda is serverless. It is quick to deploy. The event-driven execution model has improved the project efficiency because it is quick and easy to deploy. However, it also introduced a set of new problems. It is the industry traction ever since the network went fully API.

Since the tool is serverless and it is hosted in the cloud, we do not need an initial capital investment on servers. We can pay as we use. We have integrated the product with other AWS services. We use SNS and SQL. There is an offering from AWS for integrated solutions.

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Sai Durga - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr.Software Engineer at Xoriant

The workflow is the best thing about the product. When the integration happened and from where to where is something we can see automatically and navigate the workflow. 

From Jira to AWS Lambda, we're sending data. When we go from Jira to AWS, through webhooks, we are sending data to the Lambda function. From Lambda, they're navigating Jira. Whenever the manual rework is done, they need to perform some job bundles from the AWS to the Jira only. They can operate from Jira to AWS and AWS to Jira, which is great.

The initial setup is pretty easy. 

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RANJAN KUMAR - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps Engineer at ZoomOps Technology

The most valuable features of AWS Lambda are a serverless and event-driven architecture. The solution provides automatic scaling and supports languages like Node.js, Python, and Java.

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Swathi Minchala - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at Relevance Lab

The tool scales automatically based on the number of incoming requests. It supports multiple languages. We can use Python, Java, and Ruby. We can use the solution to stop and start the instances.

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Rajeev Pokkyarath - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Specialist at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

The serverless format is a benefit because on-demand computing can be performed without having to run machines.

The solution integrates well with API gateways and S3 events via its AWS ecosystem. 

The solution works with various programming languages including .NET and Java. 

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Ansari Rehman - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Data Architect (AWS-Snowflake-Teradata-Oracle) at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees

I have found this solution very useful. By using Lambda, we can use Python code and the Boto3 solution. 

The triggering feature is also valuable. For example, if we are using Kafka, we need to be aware that the language comes in Kafka when we write in Python, and that we are transforming our data into the meaningful server and dumping that into the S3 bucket.

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PremKashyap - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution & Integration Architect - AWS Cloud & Modernization at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

You can trigger Lambda in various ways including API Gateway events or a S3 object event. You can create a file in SP and it can trigger a Lambda function. You can process the file based on the event and complete asynchronous programming. It supports both synchronous as well as asynchronous programming. It is integrated with variety of AWS services like the S3, SQS or SNS.

You can use Lambda for a variety of use cases. You just have to write a Lambda which can be in various languages including Python, Node.js or Java. There is no limit on what you can do with Lambda because it is integrated with a variety of AWS services. 

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FL
IoT/AI/Enterprise Solutions Architect at Tech Data Corporation

The number one feature with AWS Lambda is that it is fully managed. From the developer's perspective, you get the coding much more easily. Now many situations are not using code. You plug in, assemble it, and configure it. Lambda makes it low-code. I come from being a Java certified developer for 15 years. You configure the environment for deployment just like in DevOps. That was always the most challenging part as a developer. You identified when to trigger it. If the program can't facilitate it, then 80% is gone. With 20% you just Lose Syntax. You can use Lose Syntax with any programming language as a reference finding out the variables, the statements, the loop, and what other kinds of things you can do. Just follow that to where you can plot it into your business system. 

They might think to have the business benefits say, "Hey, if you don't like it, no need to pay." So, potentially, you can save. If the future is going to be serverless, that's what I think the future of something like Salesforce will be. Programming is getting much easier and does not need a lot of configuration because step-by-step abstraction starts from the infrastructure service. You can replace your hardware, but you still need to do a lot of things in the abstract. The environment now is totally fully managed. I'm not sure if we're totally aligned there. I always talk against those aspects in the Salesforce situation. But I believe Lambda is a comparable peer, apples to apples.

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Ashish Disawal - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps Consultant at PraHari Tech

Leveraging it to run containers directly from Amazon Elastic Container Registry has proven to be highly valuable. The utilization of containers is particularly beneficial in overcoming the size limitations imposed on Lambda functions which not only allows us to work around these constraints but also contributes to the improvement and maintenance of our code.

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Cuneyt Gurses - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Architect, DevOps Engineer at sonne technology

The solution runs on the latest cloud technology so it is easy to deploy cloud-native projects. 

The solution is very useful for managing triggered events. 

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AJ
Senior Software Engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Lambda is the function we need to deploy any code.

We like that we don't require any infrastructure for it, which allows us a lot of cost savings.  

The solution has the capability to scale.

The product is quite stable.

The initial setup is pretty straightforward.

We've found the technical support to be very helpful.

It's a fairly easy solution to learn.

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VinayKumar2 - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Data Engineer at Seven Lakes Enterprises, Inc.

I like that it's easy to use and maintain. Lambda is good and supports different platforms, so you don't need to worry about language or maintenance.

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GM
Assistant Consultant at a logistics company with 10,001+ employees

The valuable feature of AWS Lambda is the ease of coding. It is easier to code using the solution.

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SK
DevOps Consultant at Nissan Digital

The solution's most valuable feature is its ability to work as a serverless application.

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ShilpaShivapuram - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Data Architect at Wells Fargo

AWS Lambda's best feature is the lightweight framework that allowed us to bring down a lot of boilerplate code as part of platform capabilities and give the developers an opportunity to only write business-specific logic.

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Parth Solanki - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Engineer at Advance Idea Modules

The most valuable feature for example Java needs a server, so you need to host your application somewhere. AWS Lambda is itself serverless, and it is connected to the API gateway, and you can directly call the API through the API gateway and connect through AWS Lambda.

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Mati Cohen - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Algorithms at Stealth Startup

The feature I found most valuable about Lambda is the fact that it's serverless.

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MW
Cloud DevOps engineer at DeepMetis

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.

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AT
Principal Solution Architect at a construction company with 51-200 employees

Lambda being serverless is a great feature that is appropriate for our use cases.

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Ekule Mbeng - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps Engineer at United Vision

The automation feature is valuable.

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Sunil Morya - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Lambda is very handy because it gives us the parallelism of computation. If you want to launch thousands of instances simultaneously, it can be done on one site. The solution has a 15-minute computation limit but you can create a chain with the same code so that the output automatically switches to another functionality after 15 minutes. 

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Daniel Calatrava - PeerSpot reviewer
Genesys Cloud Consultant / Software Engineer at Hightelecom

The most valuable feature is that there is no need to implement it in a server because it is a service.

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AM
Global Data Architecture and Data Science Director at FH

The main features of this solution are the ability to integrate multiple AWS applications or external applications very quickly and organize all of them by leveraging server-less computing power of AWS. Additionally, it is easy to use and you can run various programming languages, such as Python, Go, and Java.

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SJ
Director Of Sales Marketing at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees

One of the most valuable features of AWS Lambda is the performance. Lambda is very technical and has very high performance, as well as good real-time performance. 

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AW
CEO at a healthcare company with 51-200 employees

The cool thing about AWS Lambda is that AWS does all the management. For compression, it is all about making the data small and then making it regular size again. We have an encode function and a decode function. AWS Lambda schedules each of those for us. It has a load balancer and all the fancy stuff, depending on the demand.

The most valuable part of AWS Lambda is that I only need to write the software. I need to write two functions, and my cloud developer turns them into two AWS Lambda instances. That's it.

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AN
AWS Architect III - Cloud Engineer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

The solution works for small applications. It is a serverless tool that is quick to spin up. We needn’t consider anything in the bag.

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Johnson Adekunle - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer | AWS Certified Solutions Architect at Venture Garden Group

I like the pay-for-what-you-use feature. This is the main reason why we use AWS Lambda. I don't have to manage servers; I just have to configure Lambda and expose it to an API gateway.

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Shrishti Sisodia - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Manager at HCL Technologies

AWS Lambda's best features are log analysis and event triggering and actioning.

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Muhmad Tabrez A Deewanji - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Software Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The most valuable feature of AWS Lambda is that you can trigger and run jobs instantly, and after you complete the job, that function is either destroyed or stopped.

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JoshuaEfienokwu - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

Lambda makes the administration of all our services related to Amazon really easy. 

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MS
Director - Technology Operations at a educational organization with 10,001+ employees

Some of the most valuable features are that it's easy to install and use. The performance is also good. 

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VR
Cloud Engineer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

The stability of the solution is very good, as is the performance.

It's a brilliant Amazon service that provides for many use cases. It's quite flexible.

The product has been very easy to use. All you have to do is configure a Lambda function and then deploy your code directly there and then you can invoke it in different ways. 

It is easy to configure.

The initial setup is very straightforward. 

Technical support has been great in general.

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WT
Senior Cloud Consultant at GBM

The solution is highly scalable.

The solution has proven itself to be stable.

The initial setup is straightforward. 

We've found the cost to be very good. It would be a great option for startups due to the low pricing.

The solution is very mature.

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Rohit Zanwar - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical manager at Flipkart

AWS Lambda's most valuable feature is serverless architecture.

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SurjitChoudhury - PeerSpot reviewer
Data engineer at Cocos pt

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.

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YK
Assistant to Vice President at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees

It's a serverless solution which is the best feature. It helps us because it offers free aspects. From the infrastructure perspective, it helps us manage costs. There is no overhead of estimating how much infrastructure we're going to need. We can focus on building the business functionality that we want to build. 

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Naresh Rayakwar - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead architect at Tech Mahindra Limited

I have found all of the features valuable. It's an easy and cheap solution. 

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it_user1222389 - PeerSpot reviewer
AWS Platform Head & Chief Architect - CMA Unit at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

The thing that I have found most valuable in Lambda is primarily the ease of developing the services we distribute. We can easily develop the solutions using any language which is available today — this includes all the primary and new-age languages.  

Secondly, because it is a cloud service technology, we do not have to worry about the infrastructure behind the solutions we provide. Everything is all on the cloud and there is no maintenance and we have to do no monitoring of the architecture. The time and expense of maintenance are taken care of by the platform itself. Those are the things that we like most about it.  

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Shaamil Ashraff - PeerSpot reviewer
Architect - Database Administration at Mitra Innovation

 The initial setup is straightforward. 

The stability is good.

It has good monitoring. the visibility is great.

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VG
AWS Developer at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

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.

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MM
Chef manager at a insurance company with 5,001-10,000 employees

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. 

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KA
Technical Director at Look Ltd

One of the most valuable features of this solution is its scalability. 

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WC
Member at a religious institution with self employed

The programming language and the integration with other AWS services are the most valuable features.

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DT
Software Development Manager at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

It provides us with everything that we need.

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DC
Consultant at a educational organization with 11-50 employees

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.

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RS
Service Deliery Manager at a comms service provider with 201-500 employees

I think the most valuable feature is the agility of the solution. You can deploy any codes you like and then control how you want them to be handled.

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CO
Head of Implementation and Security at a financial services firm with 1-10 employees

The solution offers good performance. It is a good tool for developers. 

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SS
Sr. Technology Specialist at a computer software company with 5,001-10,000 employees

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.

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Serg Anonymous - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager at Yukon

Lambda is a lot like AWS Stack. It integrates well with other products. 

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VA
Senior Manager -Datacenter Planning and Operations at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

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. 

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Ravi Satyanarayana - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Analyst at Tata Consultancy

The most valuable feature of this solution is the API Gateway.

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JP
Chief Technology Officer at a financial services firm with 11-50 employees

It is easy to use.

I like the way it manages.

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it_user876690 - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Executive Officer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

The console is very good, the user experience works very well.

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PZ
Senior Analyst with 11-50 employees

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.

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ZF
Cloud architect at a tech vendor with 1-10 employees

This product is easy to use.

The integration with other AWS products is straightforward. For our current usage, the integration that we have is sufficient. Everything is connected to CloudWatch and it's working.

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it_user376134 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Automation Test Developer/Automation Test Architect at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

We use AWS Function and Jenkins API to trigger the Jenkins job from the AWS CodePipeline.

Since our automated deploy jobs are on AWS, and automated tests are on Jenkins.

Then we can create the release pipeline including AWS and Jenkins and put them together.


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AP
Technical Architect at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The most valuable feature is that it scans the cloud system and if they are any security anomalies it triggers an email. 

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Buyer's Guide
AWS Lambda
April 2024
Learn what your peers think about AWS Lambda. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: April 2024.
768,578 professionals have used our research since 2012.