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# AWS Lambda

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> Serverless computing platform that helps businesses build applications, run codes, and automatically execute events across applications
> 
> Verdict: Rated **4.6/5** by 95 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**.

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## Quick Stats & Ratings

| Metric | Rating | Detail |
| **Overall** | **4.6/5** | 95 Reviews |
| Ease of Use | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Customer Support | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Value for Money | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Features | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) |

## About the vendor

- **Company**: Amazon Web Services
- **Location**: Seattle, US
- **Founded**: 2006

## Commercial Context

- **Pricing model**: Per Feature
- **Pricing Details**: Please reach out to Amazon Web Services for pricing details.
- **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+
- **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based
- **Supported Languages**: English
- **Available Countries**: United States

## Features

- API
- Deployment Management

## Support Options

- Email/Help Desk
- FAQs/Forum
- Knowledge Base

## Category

- [Platform as a Service Software](https://www.capterra.co.uk/directory/32376/platform-as-a-service/software)

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## Reviews

### "Powerful Serverless Task Executer" — 5.0/5

> **Flavio** | *11 March 2026* | Banking | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10
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> **Pros**: Lambda do not require server provisioning, as AWS provides the infra needed, also Lambda scalability is great, the application can have few requests, or thousands per second and it would behave well. As pat of AWS environment, its integration with DynamoDB, S3 Bucket, Cloudwatch, etc is natural. As Lambda accepts multi code language, it gives teams more flexibility on building
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> **Cons**: Sometimes if the Lambda is "cold", I mean, not been run for while, it can bring some latency issues and times out.

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### "Excellent developer tool" — 5.0/5

> **Edward** | *22 October 2024* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: Super flexible with the whole gamut of AWS tools to support if needed. The free tier allocation is fantastic, and general pricing is very competitive.
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> **Cons**: None. It's the best option for cloud functions.

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### "A Powerful Serverless Solution" — 5.0/5

> **Iddy** | *26 February 2025* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
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> **Pros**: Lambda automatically scales up or down based on the number of incoming requests.
> 
> **Cons**: it has some limitations and challenges that can be frustrating, especially for large-scale or complex applications
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> AWS Lambda is an excellent choice for serverless applications, automation, and microservices, but it has some cold start and execution limit challenges. It’s best suited for event-driven workloads, API backends, and real-time processing.

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### "Lambda is the golden standard of serverless functions" — 5.0/5

> **Verified Reviewer** | *18 June 2024* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
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> **Pros**: Super easy to use and set up, you really don't need to know a lot to get your code running in the cloud, and the best part of it is that it will scale to very very large without anything on your side.
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> **Cons**: In large scales, you need to know a little about lambda in order to make sure your service runs without any disruptions.

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### "AWS Lambda small pieces for big projects" — 4.0/5

> **Verified Reviewer** | *23 April 2024* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
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> **Pros**: The way that AWS Lambda can give you control of the way that it behaves and can be consumed is quite flexible. We were able to prepare for high-demand spikes on the services with hot availability, as well as connect them to be triggered by different events. This last part allowed them to be flexible for many patterns in our services as front and middle actuators in the flow of data.
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> **Cons**: This service is simple to use, so I can't recall a negative feeling associated with it.
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> We have this service in several places. We put them as API endpoints, as gears to process data received from events with our defined thresholds in the service, as queue processors, and as B2B endpoints.
Our experience with the service has been around how easy it was to define, develop, and create. So, it's a pretty straightforward implementation. You define the code and the triggers. Then connect it.
Security is also a breeze with the IAM support.

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