We performed a comparison between Amazon EC2 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."Configuration can be changed at any time and it's very scalable."
"The most valuable features are the scalability options, low maintenance, and options to upgrade. AWS support is also pretty good. The generation upgrade is pretty simple and standardized."
"The scalability and elasticity are helpful."
"The Key Management Service (KMS) feature is very helpful for security. It encrypts the data that is being saved. Cloud storage is also very helpful, and it could be AWS S3, which a lot of people use."
"EC2 provides a lot of flexibility. If you don't want to have a separate on-premise database, you can put it on the cloud with EC2. You can adjust the instance type according to your needs. You select a size and get a certain amount of specific memory, CPUs, etc. You set the redirect limit, and from there, you install the software, database servers, application servers, and whatever you want."
"The most valuable features of Amazon EC2 are ease of use and the services offered."
"I would recommend this solution to others who want to start using it."
"Amazon EC2 is highly scalable."
"The installation and configuration of the solution is straightforward."
"The most valuable features of AWS Lambda are a serverless and event-driven architecture."
"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."
"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."
"The initial setup is pretty easy."
"We have no issues with the technical support."
"This product is easy to use."
"AWS Lambda's best features are log analysis and event triggering and actioning."
"The solution is pretty expensive."
"I would like to see more variety in the operating system images used to create test environments in EC2. There should be more versions and releases. Sometimes, you want to test an update from an old release to a higher version, but you can’t do that with the new images available. You have to use your own."
"Current inability to change the resource service levels."
"We're expecting to have Graviton instances. Graviton means it's not internal, it's a low-cost instance. At present time, Graviton is not supported for a few packages."
"We have had some downtime using the solution."
"The product needs to improve its cost management."
"In terms of improvement, they could build some client-side desktop tools that provide easier connectivity to Amazon."
"The customization could be simplified."
"The support team does not know how to implement and build the solution."
"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."
"If you're running a new application with a significant load, you need to be prepared for potential bottlenecks."
"Lambda can only be used in one account; there's no possibility to utilize it in another account."
"AWS Lambda should support additional languages."
"I wish to see better execution time in the next release."
"The security needs to be improved."
"The automation with other Amazon products could be better."
Amazon EC2 is ranked 3rd in Compute Service with 60 reviews while AWS Lambda is ranked 1st in Compute Service with 70 reviews. Amazon EC2 is rated 8.6, while AWS Lambda is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Amazon EC2 writes "Easy to scale and valuable features include the security group and key management". 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". Amazon EC2 is most compared with AWS Fargate, Apache Spark, AWS Batch and Apache NiFi, whereas AWS Lambda is most compared with AWS Batch, Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling, Apache NiFi and Apache Spark. See our AWS Lambda vs. Amazon EC2 report.
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