AWS Lambda vs IBM Cloud Managed Istio

Likelihood to Recommend

I would definitely recommend using Lambda for short-running, event-triggered processes that are dedicated to a single function. This could be for one-off processing or intermediate tasks between other resources like objects stored in buckets and queues for processing those objects. Also, since Lambda executions can be scheduled, processes that need to happen on regular intervals can be implemented with Lambda as well.I would not recommend using Lambda for anything that needs to run longer than a few seconds. Long running processes like ETL jobs or intensive computations may be better suited for step functions, batch jobs, or even a server based approach.

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Michael Jenkins

Senior Systems Reliability Engineer

The Walt Disney CompanyEntertainment, 10,001+ employees

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Currently use for traffic management for IOT edge devices and their sensor data flows. IoT generates lots of data and this data needs to processed at the edge devices before sending the processed result to cloud. Hence there is always ingress and egress data traffic in and out of the IoT edge devices which needs traffic management

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Engineer in Information Technology

Computer Software Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

AWS Lambda

IBM Cloud Managed Istio

Ease of building user interfaces

Scalability

Platform management overhead

Workflow engine capability

Platform access control

Services-enabled integration

Development environment creation

Development environment replication

Issue monitoring and notification

Issue recovery

Upgrades and platform fixes

Pros

AWS Lambda is a welcoming platform, supporting several languages, including Java, Go, PowerShell, Node.js, C#, Python, and Ruby. And if you need to deploy a Lambda function in another language, AWS offers a Runtime API for integration.
We really appreciate how AWS Lambda is always-on for our functions, with only a brief "cold-start" waiting period the first time a function is called after being dormant.
In addition to only generating costs when it's actually being used, AWS Lambda really puts the "serverless" in serverless architecture, offering turnkey scaleability and high availability for our code with zero effort on our part.

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Benjamin Plotkin

Technical Project Manager

California State University, NorthridgeEducation Management, 1001-5000 employees

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Simple
Easy to setup
Quickly get the benefits

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Professional in Information Technology

Human Resources Company, 51-200 employees

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Cons

The UI and Developer experience is not so great. IF you use an abstraction like Serverless Application Model (SAM), things get pretty easy, but it's still AWS UI/DX you're working with after that (which is to say, not their strength).
Documentation is always a mixed bag. Sometimes it's just easier to google your specific problem and see how others have solved it. This can be much faster than trying to find an example that may or may not be there in the documentation (which oftentimes has multiple versions and revisions).

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Verified User

Engineer in Research & Development

Fund-Raising Company, 1-10 employees

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Still missing functionalities for a full usage as traffic director.

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Computer Software Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Usability

AWS Lambda 8.5

Based on 9 answers

It is very easy to get started with AWS Lambda and create your first function. The user interface makes it easy to add AWS services to be inputs or outputs to the function, meaning it can be configured in many different ways for different needs. This makes it ideal for various scenarios in AWS.

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Engineer in Engineering

Internet Company, 51-200 employees

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Support Rating

AWS Lambda 8.1

Based on 18 answers

Support is great and is rarely needed. Once you get a service running, it usually is error-free unless there's a change in the way you are integrating with it. We have had services run for several years without being maintained. The stability of the platform is staggering as long as you follow platforms.

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Manager in Information Technology

Consumer Goods Company, 10,001+ employees

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IBM Cloud Managed Istio 6.9

Based on 2 answers

IBM has good track record, but we haven't used their support after getting setup initially. However, the training made available by them during our introductory experience was good, and provided us with a lot of useful background knowledge along with guidance on how to address the specific use cases we were looking for.

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Human Resources Company, 51-200 employees

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Implementation Rating

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We did not use IBM professional services to implement istio. Our experience was such that getting it setup quickly did not require assistance. We did however, make use of IBM's training opportunities at kube con 2019, which included a walkthrough setup of istio on IBM Cloud. This provided us with a strong base on which to build.

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Alternatives Considered

Azure Functions is another product that provides lambda functionality, but the documentation for some of Azure's products is quite hard to read. Additionally, AWS Lambda was one of the first cloud computing products on a large cloud service that implemented lambda functions, so they have had the most time to develop the product, increase the quality of service, and extend functionality to more languages. Amazon, by far, has the best service for Lambda that I know.

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Fedor Paretsky

Co-Founder/CEO

aspace, Inc.Computer Software, 1-10 employees

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It's a cost effective solution for my organization.

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Computer Software Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Return on Investment

I was able to perform a lot of processing on data delivered from my website and little or no cost. This was a big plus to me.
Programming AWS Lambda is quite easy once you understand the time limits to the functions.
AWS Lambda has really good integration with the AWS S3 storage system. This a very good method of delivering data to be processed and a good place to pick it up after processing.

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Research Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Simplify management and cost of instrumenting our application.

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Pricing Details

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

AWS Lambda Editions & Modules

Edition

128 MB	$0.0000000021¹
1024 MB	$0.0000000167¹
10240 MB	$0.0000001667¹

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General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

IBM Cloud Managed Istio Editions & Modules

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Rating Summary

AWS Lambda

IBM Cloud Managed Istio

AWS Lambda

IBM Cloud Managed Istio

AWS Lambda

IBM Cloud Managed Istio

AWS Lambda

IBM Cloud Managed Istio

Likelihood to Recommend

AWS Lambda

IBM Cloud Managed Istio

Feature Rating Comparison

Ease of building user interfaces

Scalability

Platform management overhead

Workflow engine capability

Platform access control

Services-enabled integration

Development environment creation

Development environment replication

Issue monitoring and notification

Issue recovery

Upgrades and platform fixes

Pros

AWS Lambda

IBM Cloud Managed Istio

Cons

AWS Lambda

IBM Cloud Managed Istio

Usability

AWS Lambda

IBM Cloud Managed Istio

Support Rating

AWS Lambda

IBM Cloud Managed Istio

Implementation Rating

AWS Lambda

IBM Cloud Managed Istio

Alternatives Considered

AWS Lambda

IBM Cloud Managed Istio

Return on Investment

AWS Lambda

IBM Cloud Managed Istio

Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

AWS Lambda Editions & Modules

Edition

Additional Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

IBM Cloud Managed Istio Editions & Modules

Additional Pricing Details

Rating Summary

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