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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.
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"The user interface is good and makes it easy to design very popular workflows.""We can integrate the tool with other applications easily.""The initial setup is very easy.""The most valuable features of this solution are ease of use and implementation.""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.""The most valuable feature has been the range of clients and the range of connectors that we could use.""It's an automated flow, where you can build a flow from source to destination, then do the transformation in between.""Visually, this is a good product."

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"The programming language and the integration with other AWS services are the most valuable features.""Provides a good, easy path from when you're using an AWS cluster.""The support from AWS Lambda is very good, they are responsive.""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.""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 automatedly.""Because AWS Lambda is serverless, server configuration is not required, and we can run it directly anywhere.""The most valuable feature of this solution is the API Gateway.""AWS Lambda has improved our productivity and functionality."

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"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.""More features must be added to the product.""The use case templates could be more precise to typical business needs.""There should be a better way to integrate a development environment with local tools.""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.""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."

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"We need to invest time in learning the tool's language variant. We have encountered instances of downtime as well.""Amazon doesn't have enough local support based in our country.""Another challenge I've noticed is that there is a limit to the environment variables such as the 4 KB limit. Although, the advice is to use parameters or other things to store the details when the limit has exceeded the data, this adds additional intensity to the application. If the size limits for environment variables can be revealed, it would be helpful. Even if we have to pay for it, at least we would know that we are not dealing with latency. So, I would like to see the size of the environment variables increased.""Lambda would benefit from a debugging feature as well.""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.""AWS Lambda could improve by having no-code or low-code options because currently, you need to be able to write code well to use it.""AWS Lambda has some size limitations in the code line, you can't do a couple of functions to do the job.""Security needs to be improved."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "It's an open-source solution."
  • "We use the free version of Apache NiFi."
  • "The solution is open-source."
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  • "AWS is slightly more expensive than Azure."
  • "Its pricing is on the higher side."
  • "The price of the solution is reasonable and it is a pay-per-use model. It is very good for cost optimization."
  • "The cost is based on runtime."
  • "The fees are volume-based."
  • "AWS Lambda is inexpensive."
  • "Lambda is a good and cheap solution and I would recommend it to those without a huge payload."
  • "For licensing, we pay a yearly subscription."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:I am using it open source, so it means it's free for me to use.
    Top Answer: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… more »
    Top Answer:AWS Lambda is a serverless solution. It doesn’t require any infrastructure, which allows for cost savings. There is no setup process to deal with, as the entire solution is in the cloud. If you use… more »
    Top Answer:The tool scales automatically based on the number of incoming requests.
    Top Answer:We only need to pay for the compute time our code consumes. The solution does not cost much.
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    Overview
    Apache NiFi is an easy to use, powerful, and reliable system to process and distribute data. It supports powerful and scalable directed graphs of data routing, transformation, and system mediation logic.

    AWS Lambda is a compute service that lets you run code without provisioning or managing servers. AWS Lambda executes your code only when needed and scales automatically, from a few requests per day to thousands per second. You pay only for the compute time you consume - there is no charge when your code is not running. With AWS Lambda, you can run code for virtually any type of application or backend service - all with zero administration. AWS Lambda runs your code on a high-availability compute infrastructure and performs all of the administration of the compute resources, including server and operating system maintenance, capacity provisioning and automatic scaling, code monitoring and logging. All you need to do is supply your code in one of the languages that AWS Lambda supports (currently Node.js, Java, C# and Python).

    You can use AWS Lambda to run your code in response to events, such as changes to data in an Amazon S3 bucket or an Amazon DynamoDB table; to run your code in response to HTTP requests using Amazon API Gateway; or invoke your code using API calls made using AWS SDKs. With these capabilities, you can use Lambda to easily build data processing triggers for AWS services like Amazon S3 and Amazon DynamoDB process streaming data stored in Amazon Kinesis, or create your own back end that operates at AWS scale, performance, and security.

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    Financial Services Firm18%
    Computer Software Company15%
    Government7%
    Manufacturing Company7%
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    Computer Software Company24%
    Financial Services Firm21%
    Non Profit5%
    Educational Organization5%
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    Educational Organization46%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    Computer Software Company8%
    Manufacturing Company4%
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    Small Business40%
    Large Enterprise60%
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    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise70%
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    Small Business38%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise45%
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    Buyer's Guide
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    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, AWS Fargate and Apache Storm, 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.

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