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We performed a comparison between LeanIX and Serverless based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Enterprise Architecture Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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LeanIX vs. Serverless

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Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score

8.0

LeanIX enhances ROI through efficient data management, cost reduction, and long-term savings, with benefits realized in 6-24 months.

Sentiment score

6.4

Serverless increases ROI with cost savings, faster deployments, fewer resources, and reduced cloud spending and operational expenses.

In 24 months, after you've deployed the tool and you've got a lot of good validated data, you're probably looking at consolidating and saving your organization ongoing savings that is equatable to how much the tool would cost you on a yearly basis.

General manager of Enterprise Architecture at Metcash Trading

The ROI is seen more on the optimization side and the ability to map applications comprehensively rather than direct cost savings.

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Senior Manager - Devops& Cloud (Design, Delivery & Testing) at Anheuser-Busch InBev

It saves money, time, and requires fewer people for a project because one person can handle everything, deploying using a single command, with testing and running all managed seamlessly without needing multiple people for various purposes.

Tarikul Islam

Software Engineer at CyberSquadInc

By reducing our monthly infrastructure spend by about 30%, we eliminated the idle capacity costs we were previously paying for underutilized EC2 instances.

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FullStack Developer at EnactOn Technologies

We handle deployment more than 80 percent faster, so we do not need to have a specialized DevOps engineer as my full-stack skills cover it.

Sachith Delaga

Lead Software Engineer

Customer Service

Sentiment score

6.9

LeanIX support is generally fast and effective, despite occasional delays and variability in staff experience and SAP integration issues.

Sentiment score

5.5

AWS offers strong Serverless support with responsive engineers and documentation, while Azure is less favored and alternatives are praised.

The support includes engagement from Technical Advisable Management, who helps us understand and utilize new product features effectively.

Senior Manager - Devops& Cloud (Design, Delivery & Testing) at Anheuser-Busch InBev

Sometimes the challenges with the first level that you actually speak to, they don't understand the problem.

Managing Director at Global Information Technology Corporation

For support, I'll probably give them a seven.

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General manager of Enterprise Architecture at Metcash Trading

We tried to reach out for some issues and received quick responses.

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Working For M Bank at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees

Whenever we reach out to them, they quickly reply to us.

Nk Kumar

Software Engineer at Tech Mahindra

When issues arise, I rely on AWS for detailed insights, but the lack of direct access can be limiting.

Hamza Sharif

Cloud Engineer at a consultancy with 11-50 employees

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

8.3

LeanIX is praised for scalability and flexibility, with some performance issues; costs rise but remains user-friendly.

Sentiment score

6.0

Serverless provides scalable, cost-effective solutions with AWS integration, ideal for light workloads but limited by certain restrictions.

I've never seen any issues with being able to scale up or scale down the capabilities of the solution at all.

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Managing Director at Global Information Technology Corporation

For instance, when I launch an app using Serverless and the load increases, the necessary CPU and RAM scale automatically without requiring any additional configuration from me.

AnilKumar13

Devops Engineer at a engineering company with 5,001-10,000 employees

It allows users to run multiple requests at the same time and is able to handle even thousands of requests concurrently.

Daniel Asha

AI Engineer at a consultancy with 11-50 employees

Serverless automatically handles large requests coming to any Lambda and will automatically scale.

Nk Kumar

Software Engineer at Tech Mahindra

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Stability Issues

Sentiment score

7.7

LeanIX is praised for reliability and stability, with minor performance issues not impacting overall user satisfaction and functionality.

Sentiment score

7.9

Serverless is stable and reliable, with effective features and minor issues mostly related to cold starts or cloud usage.

We've had issues where we've had to go back to SAP and ask for help with issues that we've had with core capabilities that were supposed to be there but weren't working.

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Managing Director at Global Information Technology Corporation

With five years of experience using Serverless services from AWS, I have encountered no outages or issues.

Hamza Sharif

Cloud Engineer at a consultancy with 11-50 employees

Serverless is stable and very responsive.

Working For M Bank at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees

We have seen significantly higher uptime compared to our previous setup because the platform handles all the underlying patching and scaling automatically.

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FullStack Developer at EnactOn Technologies

Room For Improvement

LeanIX users suggest improved features, better integrations, comprehensive support, intuitive interfaces, advanced AI tools, and cost-effective pricing.

Serverless faces challenges like latency and tool integration, needing improved multi-cloud support, security, automation, and user experience.

They should implement their ticketing system natively within the application instead of relying on email.

reviewer2596482

Supervisor, Field Operations at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees

A default framework would provide a base that organizations can quickly adopt and customize, reducing the time and effort spent on adoption.

Senior Manager - Devops& Cloud (Design, Delivery & Testing) at Anheuser-Busch InBev

The challenge with support was probably the response time.

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General manager of Enterprise Architecture at Metcash Trading

It cannot run long-running processes, which keeps it from being a perfect ten.

Abubakkar Siddique

DevSecOps Manager at Ceital - Veroke - MRS

Beyond latency, I believe better observability and debugging tools for distributed Serverless architecture are critical.

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FullStack Developer at EnactOn Technologies

Probably it would have an integration with something like Terraform or another alternative.

Ivan Karpenko

SRE at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees

Setup Cost

LeanIX pricing varies by usage, with concerns over predictability and scalability; flexibility and planning are highly recommended.

Serverless offers transparent, cost-effective pricing with minimal setup costs and efficiency, appealing for lightweight, rapid applications.

It cost me $91,000 a year for 300 applications.

reviewer2596482

Supervisor, Field Operations at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees

Our usage and costs depend on the number of applications, and as the number of applications grows, so does the cost.

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Senior Manager - Devops& Cloud (Design, Delivery & Testing) at Anheuser-Busch InBev

I recently feel the licensing is a bit expensive.

Working For M Bank at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees

Regarding pricing, setup cost, and licensing, I find the pricing model quite efficient for us, as we only pay for execution time in a pay-per-use model, eliminating the idle costs we saw with traditional servers.

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FullStack Developer at EnactOn Technologies

Regarding pricing, setup cost, and licensing experience, I find the application to be very cost-effective.

Sachith Delaga

Lead Software Engineer

Valuable Features

LeanIX provides customizable reporting, user-friendly interfaces, cost optimization, and seamless integration for both technical and business users.

Serverless offers scalability, cost savings, automation, easy deployment, and enhanced productivity by shifting focus from infrastructure to functionality.

It ensures cost optimization by identifying duplicate applications and stopping unnecessary application onboarding.

Senior Manager - Devops& Cloud (Design, Delivery & Testing) at Anheuser-Busch InBev

Being able to do the lineage all the way through so that each one of those you can pull them out into their component parts to determine exactly which areas you need to resolve, fix, plan, or build a strategy around.

Managing Director at Global Information Technology Corporation

When you align it or map it to your business capabilities, this is how you identify duplication of technologies in your business.

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General manager of Enterprise Architecture at Metcash Trading

Serverless integrates with my existing tech stack and other tools seamlessly; it works flawlessly and is a service of its own, so it does not really affect anything else.

Mukesh Srivastav

Senior Software Engineer at Tech9

Serverless improves the release speed and deployment speed significantly compared to earlier when we used to deploy using Lambda SAM, reducing deployment time and becoming less error-prone, making it very useful.

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Working For M Bank at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees

If you want to scale up, then Serverless is the best way. It is scalable and more secure, and it is on-demand, so it is easy to reduce or increase the load based on our needs.

Akbar Abdul Majeed

Programmer at a engineering company with 201-500 employees

Categories and Ranking

LeanIX

Ranking in Enterprise Architecture Management

2nd

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Serverless

Ranking in Enterprise Architecture Management

6th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Enterprise Architecture Management category, the mindshare of LeanIX is 7.7%, down from 16.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Serverless is 0.3%. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Enterprise Architecture Management Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
LeanIX	7.7%
Serverless	0.3%
Other	92.0%

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Managing Director at Global Information Technology Corporation

They will continue to improve LeanIX. I'm actually supposed to be at the SAP Sapphire this year. There are a couple of recommendations I know some of my colleagues have made. For me, I have not looked into additional recommendations for LeanIX because I've been held in really just utilizing it for the purposes it has. One of the things that I know I've had is being able to build it into decent process flows for changes. While LeanIX does have the capability, one of the challenges that I've found, even with working with Subway, was that being able to build that out into a detailed solution for a developer or for new process design was one of the challenges, just making that leap. But there's enough information that comes out of LeanIX to be utilized, and that would be one of the areas I would suggest.

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Sachith Delaga

Lead Software Engineer

Serverless workflows have boosted rapid AWS development but still need better CI and automation

Serverless has many advantages, and it is very easy to handle with a cloud solution. However, there are a few concerns about the limitations. Especially when I work with Lambdas, there are maximum Lambda timeouts. Likewise, there are several things from Serverless, such as maximum file uploads. Serverless can be improved by addressing the challenges faced when we have the first infrastructure. Sometimes it is hard because we need to manually create things such as Cognito pools. While 90 percent of the time is automated, more automation would be better. If Serverless provided CI/CD capabilities, that would also be great, as currently it only allows for manual deployments. Additionally, when working with cloud services, Serverless allows the use of LocalStack or Serverless Dev, but I think Serverless Dev might need simplification for easy access without organization registration. When considering needed improvements, I get frustrated with Lambda time and similar issues, which are actually not related to Serverless but rather are AWS issues. However, when discussing Serverless, the main points I see require improvement from the Serverless end.

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Computer Software Company

Retailer

Construction Company

32%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Outsourcing Company

Healthcare Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	8
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	13

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	11
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	5

Questions from the Community

Any experience with Strategic Project Portfolio Management Solutions?

Hi @Cheryl Joseph Looking at the crossover between Project and Portfolio management with EA, then Planview could be a good choice. If looking at Portfolio Management from an EA perspective then Le...

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for LeanIX?

My experience with pricing is not directly known, as it was handled by others, but it is subscription-based. The tool was part of the RISE license in a previous project.

What needs improvement with LeanIX?

From a pricing perspective, it is not a cheap tool. It is relatively expensive compared to some of its competitors. I can't really think off the top of my head at the moment about any features that...

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Serverless?

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that I recently feel the licensing is a bit expensive; we need to renew the license, but we are still renewing it. In the future, a lower li...

What needs improvement with Serverless?

Serverless can be improved by adding more plugins, as they help to support many integrations and can facilitate integration with other tools, such as monitoring tools like Grafana. User experience ...

What is your primary use case for Serverless?

My main use case for Serverless is to deploy Lambda functions from AWS. A specific example of how I use Serverless with Lambda functions is that we deploy Lambda functions for any transfer-related ...

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Overview

LeanIX offers enterprise architecture solutions to drive IT modernization and continuous business transformation. It empowers organizations to visualize, evaluate, and evolve their architecture for maximum impact.

Known globally, LeanIX provides AI-enhanced SaaS solutions for enterprises, enabling the visualization and evolution of enterprise architecture. From optimizing current IT landscapes to designing future ones, LeanIX equips organizations with necessary insights and flexibility. Its solutions include Application Portfolio Management for an overview of IT and business capabilities, Technology Risk and Compliance for addressing technology obsolescence, and Architecture and Road Map Planning for defining target architectures.

What are the key features of LeanIX?

Application Portfolio Management: Offers a real-time comprehensive overview of business and IT landscapes.
Enterprise Architecture Management: Links between applications and business components for cost optimization and upgrade planning.
Integrations with ServiceNow: Streamlines data management and synchronization.
User-Friendly Interface: Suitable for technical and non-technical users with customizable reports.

What benefits do organizations find in LeanIX reviews?

IT Modernization: Assists in optimizing existing IT landscapes.
Business Transformation: Drives continuous business change and strategic decision-making.
Cost Management: Supports cost optimization through effective technology management.
Risk Assessment: Proactively identifies and addresses technology obsolescence risks.

LeanIX is widely adopted for application portfolio management and rationalization, primarily by organizations seeking to inventory and assess applications. It facilitates the development of business capability models and aligns technology with business needs, aiding in strategic decisions. Teams use it to optimize IT landscapes, manage cloud governance, and link technology with business capabilities effectively across industries.

SAP LeanIX

Serverless revolutionizes application architecture by eliminating the need for server management, offering a scalable, cost-efficient approach for modern development needs. It enables developers to focus on writing code without the complexities of infrastructure handling.

Originally designed for enhancing agility, Serverless provides on-demand function execution, ensuring seamless scalability and rapid deployment. As a back-end architecture, it allows businesses to execute code in response to events and automatically manage the required resources, optimizing resource usage and minimizing idle capacity. This approach abstracts server provisioning, allowing developers to streamline workflow and focus on creating innovative solutions without dealing with infrastructure concerns.

What are Serverless's key features?

Event-Driven Execution: Triggers functions in response to specific events, automating execution based on user actions or data changes.
Dynamic Scalability: Adjusts resources automatically in real-time to handle varying workloads without manual intervention.
Pay-As-You-Go: Charges only for the execution time and resources used, optimizing costs and ensuring economical resource use.
Automatic Resource Management: Handles server provisioning, scaling, and maintenance, freeing developers from managing infrastructure intricacies.

What benefits should users expect in reviews?

Increased Developer Productivity: Allows developers to focus on code, leading to faster feature releases and quicker innovation cycles.
Cost Efficiency: Operates on a usage-based billing model, reducing overhead costs and financial wastage due to idle resources.
Enhanced Scalability: Seamlessly accommodates fluctuating demand, providing reliability and stable performance.
Reduced Time-to-Market: Facilitates rapid deployment and iteration, helping teams release applications faster.

Serverless finds application across industries such as e-commerce, where it handles app backends, and finance, for managing real-time data processing tasks. Its flexibility supports a diverse range of enterprise needs, including automated data collection in retail and transaction processing in banking.

Sample Customers

Bosch Rexroth, NSW Department of Education, Yamaha Motor Corporation, Tetra Pak, Deutsche Bahn, Flynn, SKF AB, NTT Group, Travis Perkins, SEEK, Haworth, Asahi Beverages, MediaMarktSaturn, KAO USA, Ørsted, The Mark Anthony Group of Companies, AmTrust, Banco Itaú Unibanco, SHL Medical,...

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