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At a Glance
AWS Lambda
AWS Lambda
Star Rating
(1,095)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (41.9% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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Google App Engine
Google App Engine
Star Rating
(301)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (43.1% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Google App Engine
AI Generated Summary
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  • Users report that Google App Engine excels in application deployment with a score of 9.0, highlighting its seamless integration and ease of use for deploying applications, while AWS Lambda follows closely with a score of 8.8, which some users find slightly less intuitive.
  • Reviewers mention that Google App Engine's auto-scaling feature is particularly robust, scoring 9.3, allowing applications to handle varying loads efficiently, whereas AWS Lambda, with a score of 9.0, also offers auto-scaling but may require more configuration to achieve optimal performance.
  • G2 users indicate that Google App Engine's database management capabilities are rated at 8.5, with users appreciating its built-in support for various databases, while AWS Lambda's database management is rated lower at 8.2, with some users noting limitations in direct database integration.
  • Users on G2 report that Google App Engine provides a more user-friendly development environment, scoring 8.5, which is favored by developers for its simplicity, while AWS Lambda's development environment, rated at 8.3, is seen as slightly more complex, particularly for those new to serverless architecture.
  • Reviewers say that Google App Engine's quality of support is rated at 7.8, which some users find lacking compared to AWS Lambda's higher score of 8.6, where users appreciate the responsiveness and helpfulness of the support team.
  • Users report that Google App Engine has a strong product direction with a score of 8.3, indicating a commitment to continuous improvement, while AWS Lambda shines with a score of 9.4, with reviewers mentioning that its frequent updates and feature enhancements keep it at the forefront of serverless technology.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
AWS Lambda
No pricing available
Google App Engine
No pricing available
Free Trial
AWS Lambda
No trial information available
Google App Engine
No trial information available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.1
794
8.7
239
Ease of Use
8.6
802
8.5
242
Ease of Setup
8.5
382
8.6
130
Ease of Admin
8.5
336
8.5
101
Quality of Support
8.6
738
8.0
229
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.9
328
8.2
94
Product Direction (% positive)
9.4
738
8.5
231
Features by Category
Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS)Hide 13 FeaturesShow 13 Features
8.4
488
8.5
78
Development
8.8
394
9.0
67
8.3
391
8.4
65
8.3
395
8.5
65
8.5
383
8.0
66
7.9
381
Feature Not Available
Database
8.2
313
Feature Not Available
8.3
318
8.0
60
9.0
351
Feature Not Available
8.4
303
8.5
58
8.3
312
8.5
62
Infrastructure
8.7
334
8.8
64
8.4
305
8.6
62
8.7
352
8.7
66
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
AWS Lambda
AWS Lambda
Google App Engine
Google App Engine
AWS Lambda and Google App Engine are categorized as Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS)
Unique Categories
AWS Lambda
AWS Lambda has no unique categories
Google App Engine
Google App Engine has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
AWS Lambda
AWS Lambda
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
22.2%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
35.9%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
41.9%
Google App Engine
Google App Engine
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
43.1%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
31.5%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
25.4%
Reviewers' Industry
AWS Lambda
AWS Lambda
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%
Google App Engine
Google App Engine
Information Technology and Services
19.2%
Computer Software
18.1%
Telecommunications
3.6%
Financial Services
3.6%
Marketing and Advertising
3.3%
Other
52.2%
Most Helpful Reviews
AWS Lambda
AWS Lambda
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Ashish D.
AD
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
GI
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.

Google App Engine
Google App Engine
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Ahmed A.
AA
Ahmed A.
Verified User in Wireless

Very minimal administration required. Easy configuration for auto-scaling. Google Cloud Endpoint makes it very easy to integrate mobile apps to the server REST APIs. Task queues make it very easy to execute long asynchronous tasks without having to...

Most Helpful Critical Review
Sankul G.
SG
Sankul G.
Verified User in Entertainment

GAE ecosystem. Gae comes with its ecosystem and it's very easy to get attached to it. The ease of use of other services such as analytics and stack driver is great but it comes with a cost which can easily go way up. Then there are some versions of...

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Discussions
AWS Lambda
AWS Lambda Discussions
Is AWS lambda a container?
3 comments
Gana  N.
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
Vishwa R.
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
Abilio H.
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
Google App Engine
Google App Engine Discussions
why it does not provide full-text search API
1 comment
Mat R.
MR
They used to, but it got deprecated. We use https://firesearch.dev instead - which bring full-text search backed by Google Cloud Firestore.Read more
Monty the Mongoose crying
Google App Engine has no more discussions with answers