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Compare AWS Elastic Beanstalk and AWS Lambda 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (35.0% of reviews)
Enterprise (41.9% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
No pricing available
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
Star Rating
(267)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (35.0% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about AWS Elastic BeanstalkAWS Lambda
Star Rating
(1,095)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (41.9% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about AWS LambdaSummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that AWS Elastic Beanstalk excels in application deployment with a score of 8.8, providing a seamless experience for developers looking to manage their applications easily. In contrast, AWS Lambda also scores 8.8 but is often highlighted for its serverless architecture, which allows for automatic scaling without the need for manual intervention.
- Reviewers mention that AWS Lambda shines in auto-scaling capabilities, achieving a score of 9.0, which is higher than AWS Elastic Beanstalk's score of 8.6. This feature is particularly beneficial for applications with variable workloads, as it automatically adjusts resources based on demand.
- G2 users indicate that AWS Elastic Beanstalk offers a more comprehensive development environment with a score of 8.2, which includes support for multiple programming languages and frameworks. Conversely, AWS Lambda, while also supporting various languages, is often seen as more limited in terms of development tools, scoring 8.3.
- Users on G2 report that AWS Lambda's analytics capabilities are superior, with a score of 8.3 compared to AWS Elastic Beanstalk's 7.7. This is particularly important for users who need real-time insights into their application performance and usage patterns.
- Reviewers say that both products have comparable security features, each scoring 8.7. However, AWS Elastic Beanstalk is noted for its ease of integration with existing security protocols, making it a preferred choice for enterprises with stringent security requirements.
- Users report that AWS Elastic Beanstalk's quality of support, scoring 8.4, is slightly lower than AWS Lambda's 8.6. Many users appreciate the responsive support team of AWS Lambda, which is crucial for troubleshooting issues in a serverless environment.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
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AWS Elastic Beanstalk
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No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
8.8
208
9.1
794
Ease of Use
8.6
209
8.6
802
Ease of Setup
8.3
112
8.5
382
Ease of Admin
8.3
104
8.5
336
Quality of Support
8.3
192
8.6
738
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.4
101
8.9
328
Product Direction (% positive)
8.7
197
9.4
738
Features by Category
Development
8.8
83
8.8
394
8.0
79
8.3
391
8.2
79
8.3
395
8.3
75
8.5
383
8.1
77
7.9
381
Database
8.1
75
8.2
313
7.7
78
8.3
318
8.6
84
9.0
351
8.2
78
8.4
303
8.5
78
8.3
312
Infrastructure
8.5
81
8.7
334
8.7
82
8.4
305
8.7
81
8.7
352
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
AWS Elastic Beanstalk and AWS Lambda are categorized as Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS)
Unique Categories
AWS Elastic Beanstalk has no unique categories
AWS Lambda has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
AWS Lambda
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
23.9%
Computer Software
23.5%
Financial Services
5.3%
Computer & Network Security
3.7%
Automotive
2.9%
Other
40.7%
Computer Software
23.1%
Information Technology and Services
19.9%
Financial Services
8.4%
Hospital & Health Care
2.7%
Retail
2.6%
Other
43.3%
Most Helpful Reviews
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Rahul S.
Verified User in Computer Software
Cross-Zone Load Balancing,ELB DNS Failover with Route 53,ELB Security Enhancements Connection Draining is the process of serving the existing connections on a deregistered instance for the duration of the configured timeout. When an Instance is removed...
Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User in Consumer Services
Deployments at scale. The "swap URLs" method of blue-green deployment didn't work very well for us. We served relatively few clients, but at a high volume. Much of our client traffic was going through a load balancer that cached the ELB IPs indefinitely....
AWS Lambda
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Ashish D.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
It can help us to trigger the services and make the execution process faster.
Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User in Internet
Cost/performance ratio is not useful for our use case, which is a shame because on paper it should be a poster-child for Lambda.
Rahul S.
Verified User in Computer Software
Cross-Zone Load Balancing,ELB DNS Failover with Route 53,ELB Security Enhancements Connection Draining is the process of serving the existing connections on a deregistered instance for the duration of the configured timeout. When an Instance is removed...
Ashish D.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
It can help us to trigger the services and make the execution process faster.
Verified User in Consumer Services
Deployments at scale. The "swap URLs" method of blue-green deployment didn't work very well for us. We served relatively few clients, but at a high volume. Much of our client traffic was going through a load balancer that cached the ELB IPs indefinitely....
Verified User in Internet
Cost/performance ratio is not useful for our use case, which is a shame because on paper it should be a poster-child for Lambda.
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Discussions
Any late 2019 updates you wanna add? Did they got better on the stack upgrade communication? Any ne
4 comments
SV
This is very helpful especially for beginners who are looking towards learning about the stack in depth. Keep sharing more information like this, Thanks...Read more
Should you use Elastic Beanstalk?
1 comment
SK
Definitely. This way, you only have to worry about your application and data, and nothing else.Read more
Is AWS Elastic Beanstalk PaaS?
1 comment
SK
Certainly! Please provide the text in the Unknown Language that you would like translated into English.Read more
Is AWS lambda a container?
3 comments
GN
AWS Lambda is an event-driven, serverless computing platform provided by Amazon as a part of Amazon Web Services. It is a computing service that runs code in...Read more
What is AWS Lambda used for?
2 comments
VR
It is used to deply applications. It provides serverless environment which means you only pay the cost for the cost or duration for which the application had...Read more
What is the best way to test locally without additional frameworks like serverless, SAM or Chalice?
1 comment
AH
Depending on the language, you can just write your own wrappers and execute them with the right event object structure and context objects.Read more
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