We performed a comparison between Apache NiFi and AWS Lambda based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Compute Service solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable features of this solution are ease of use and implementation."
"It's an automated flow, where you can build a flow from source to destination, then do the transformation in between."
"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."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"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."
"Visually, this is a good product."
"This product is easy to use."
"The solution integrates well with API gateways and S3 events via its AWS ecosystem."
"The ease and speed of developing the services using any available language is the most valuable feature."
"We have no issues with the technical support."
"It's a fairly easy solution to learn."
"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."
"It's also suitable for companies of any size. For example, we're a large enterprise, and we've used Lambda without any problems in the last 10 months."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"I think the UI interface needs to be more user-friendly."
"There are some claims that NiFi is cloud-native but we have tested it, and it's not."
"The use case templates could be more precise to typical business needs."
"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."
"We face some problems with the event-driven execution model."
"One area of improvement is to include support for more programming languages. AWS Lambda does not support a lot of programming languages. You have to write the Lambda functions in a certain programming language. We are using C++. My developer knows a couple of other languages. Python is his favorite language, but Python is not supported in AWS Lambda."
"Lambda could be improved in the sense that some of the things done with Lambda function take some time. So the performance could be better and faster."
"Lambda would benefit from a debugging feature as well."
"If it is a specific ETL process or a long-term one, then AWS Lambda is not a good option."
"Memory limitation is one of the weaknesses of AWS Lambda and as a result, we have to use several Lambda, instead of just one. Recently, I met with an Amazon employee, who is responsible for Lambda as a product. It appears Amazon has some plans with Lambda, so I don’t have to add something to the additional features."
"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."
"We'd love to see more integration potential in the future."
Apache NiFi is ranked 8th in Compute Service with 10 reviews while AWS Lambda is ranked 1st in Compute Service with 70 reviews. Apache NiFi is rated 7.8, while AWS Lambda is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Apache NiFi writes "Allows the creation and use of custom functions to achieve desired functionality but limitation in handling monthly transactions due to a lack of partitioning for dates". On the other hand, the top reviewer of AWS Lambda writes "An easily scalable solution with a variety of use cases and valuable event-based triggers". Apache NiFi is most compared with Google Cloud Dataflow, Apache Spark, Azure Stream Analytics, Apache Storm and AWS Fargate, whereas AWS Lambda is most compared with AWS Batch, Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling, Apache Spark, AWS Fargate and Google Cloud Dataflow. See our AWS Lambda vs. Apache NiFi report.
See our list of best Compute Service vendors.
We monitor all Compute Service reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.
