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807 Ratings
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Feature Set Ratings
Platform-as-a-Service
8.6
AWS Lambda
86%
Microsoft Azure
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
AWS Lambda ranks higher in 11/11 features
AWS Lambda ranks higher in 11/11 features
Ease of building user interfaces
7.9
79%
24 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Scalability
9.3
93%
48 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Platform management overhead
8.7
87%
44 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Workflow engine capability
8.6
86%
40 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Platform access control
8.1
81%
43 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Services-enabled integration
8.9
89%
47 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Development environment creation
8.5
85%
42 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Development environment replication
8.5
85%
40 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Issue monitoring and notification
8.6
86%
44 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Issue recovery
8.6
86%
36 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Upgrades and platform fixes
9.0
90%
37 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
AWS Lambda
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
8.3
Microsoft Azure
83%
Microsoft Azure ranks higher in 9/9 features
Microsoft Azure ranks higher in 9/9 features
Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime
N/A
0 Ratings
8.6
86%
14 Ratings
Dynamic scaling
N/A
0 Ratings
8.4
84%
14 Ratings
Elastic load balancing
N/A
0 Ratings
8.2
82%
14 Ratings
Pre-configured templates
N/A
0 Ratings
7.7
77%
14 Ratings
Monitoring tools
N/A
0 Ratings
8.0
80%
14 Ratings
Pre-defined machine images
N/A
0 Ratings
8.2
82%
13 Ratings
Operating system support
N/A
0 Ratings
8.4
84%
14 Ratings
Security controls
N/A
0 Ratings
8.9
89%
14 Ratings
Automation
N/A
0 Ratings
8.2
82%
13 Ratings
Attribute Ratings
- AWS Lambda is rated higher in 2 areas: Likelihood to Recommend, Usability
- Microsoft Azure is rated higher in 1 area: Support Rating
Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
AWS Lambda
89%
48 Ratings
8.2
Microsoft Azure
82%
87 Ratings
Likelihood to Renew
AWS Lambda
N/A
0 Ratings
10.0
Microsoft Azure
100%
15 Ratings
Usability
9.0
AWS Lambda
90%
13 Ratings
8.6
Microsoft Azure
86%
28 Ratings
Availability
AWS Lambda
N/A
0 Ratings
6.8
Microsoft Azure
68%
4 Ratings
Support Rating
8.6
AWS Lambda
86%
33 Ratings
8.8
Microsoft Azure
88%
47 Ratings
Implementation Rating
AWS Lambda
N/A
0 Ratings
8.0
Microsoft Azure
80%
4 Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
AWS Lambda
[AWS Lambda] is very well suited for the projects that doesn't have any infra but needs it where short running processes are required. But if your application need to run continuously than this might not be the very apt tool for you.
Data Analyst
PaytmFinancial Services, 5001-10,000 employees
Microsoft Azure
In terms of cloud computing, Microsoft Azure is the only comprehensive result the company offers. Regardless of how big or small an organization is, it can make use of this system. As a cyber-security professional, this is your best option for data management. A business that wants to minimize capital expenditures can use Microsoft Azure. Many Microsoft services accept it. People with little or no knowledge of cloud computing may find it impossible. It isn’t the solution for companies that don’t want to risk having only one platform and infrastructure vendor.
IT Specialist
Lamda I-TECHInformation Technology & Services, 11-50 employees
Pros
AWS Lambda
- Lambda provides multiple methods for triggering functions, this includes AWS resources and services and external triggers like APIs and CLI calls.
- The compute provided my Lambda is largely hands off for operations teams. Once the function is deployed, the management overhead is minimal since there are no servers to maintain.
- Lambda's pricing can be very cost effective given that users are only charged for the time the function runs and associated costs like network or storage if those are used. A function that executes quickly and is not called often can cost next to nothing.
Senior Systems Reliability Engineer
The Walt Disney CompanyEntertainment, 10,001+ employees
Microsoft Azure
- Azure simply provides end to end life cycle. Starting from the development to automated deployment, you will find [a] bunch of options. Custom hook-points allow [integration] on-premise resources as well.
- Excellent documentation around all the services make it really easy for any novice. Overall support by [the] community and Azure Technical team is exceptional.
- BOT Services, Computer Vision services, ML frameworks provide excellent results as compare to similar services provided by other giants in the same space.
- Azure data services provide excellent support to ingest data from different sources, ETL, and consumption of data for BI purpose.
Senior Solutions Architect
InfostretchInformation Technology and Services, 1001-5000 employees
Cons
AWS Lambda
- Putting a significant portion of your codebase into AWS Lambda and taking advantage of the high level of integration with other AWS services comes with the risk of vendor lock-in.
- While the AWS Lambda environment is "not your problem," it's also not at your disposal to extend or modify, nor does it preserve state between function executions.
- AWS Lambda functions are subject to strict time limitations, and will be aborted if they exceed five minutes of execution time. This can be a problem for some longer-running tasks that are otherwise well-suited to serverless delivery.
Technical Project Manager
California State University, NorthridgeEducation Management, 1001-5000 employees
Microsoft Azure
- In our experience, Azure Kubernetes Survice was difficult to set up, which is why we used Kubernetes on top of VMs.
- Azure REST API is a bit difficult to use, which made it difficult for us to automate our interactions with Azure.
- Azure's Web UI does a good job of showing metrics on individual VMs, but it would be great if there was a way to show certain metrics from multiple VMs on one dashboard. For example, hard drive usage on our database VMs.
Principal Engineer
Booster FuelsTransportation/Trucking/Railroad, 51-200 employees
Pricing Details
AWS Lambda
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
$2.1e-9 Per 1 ms
AWS Lambda Editions & Modules
Edition
128 MB | $0.00000000211 |
---|---|
1024 MB | $0.00000001671 |
10240 MB | $0.00000016671 |
- Per 1 ms
Additional Pricing Details
—Microsoft Azure
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
$29 per month
Microsoft Azure Editions & Modules
Edition
Basic | Free1 |
---|---|
Developer | $291 |
Standard | $1001 |
Professional Direct | $10001 |
- per month
Additional Pricing Details
The free tier lets users have access to a variety of services free for 12 months with limited usage after making an Azure account.Likelihood to Renew
AWS Lambda
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Azure 10.0
Based on 15 answers
Moving to Azure was and still is an organizational strategy and not simply changing vendors. Our product roadmap revolved around Azure as we are in the business of humanitarian relief and Azure and Microsoft play an important part in quickly and efficiently serving all of the world. Migration and investment in Azure should be considered as an overall strategy of an organization and communicated companywide.
Vice President of Delivery
AidmatrixLogistics and Supply Chain, 11-50 employees
Usability
AWS Lambda
AWS Lambda 9.0
Based on 13 answers
I give it a seven is usability because it's AWS. Their UI's are always clunkier than the competition and their documentation is rather cumbersome. There's SO MUCH to dig through and it's a gamble if you actually end up finding the corresponding info if it will actually help. Like I said before, going to google with a specific problem is likely a better route because AWS is quite ubiquitous and chances are you're not the first to encounter the problem. That being said, using SAM (Serverless application model) and it's SAM Local environment makes running local instances of your Lambdas in dev environments painless and quite fun. Using Nodejs + Lambda + SAM Local + VS Code debugger = AWESOME.

Verified User
Engineer in Research & Development
Fund-Raising Company, 1-10 employeesMicrosoft Azure
Microsoft Azure 8.6
Based on 28 answers
Microsoft Azure's overall usability has been better than expected. Often times vendors promise the world, only to leave you with a run-down town. Not the case with our experience. From an implementation perspective, all went perfect, and from the user-facing experience we have had no technical issues, just some learning curve issues that are more about "why" than "how"

Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 51-200 employeesReliability and Availability
AWS Lambda
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Azure 6.8
Based on 4 answers
It has proven to be unreliable in our production environment and services become unavailable without proper notification to system administrators

Verified User
Team Lead in Information Technology
Commercial Real Estate Company, 10,001+ employeesSupport Rating
AWS Lambda
AWS Lambda 8.6
Based on 33 answers
I have not needed support for AWS Lambda, since it is already using Python, which has resources all over the internet. AWS blog posts have information about how to install some libraries, which is necessary for some more complex operations, but this is available online and didn't require specific customer support for.

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Internet Company, 51-200 employeesMicrosoft Azure
Microsoft Azure 8.8
Based on 47 answers
Support is easy with all the knowledge base articles available for free on the web. Plus, if you have a preferred status you can leverage their concierge support to get rapid response. Sometimes they’ll bounce you around a lot to get you to the right person, but they are quite responsive (especially when you are paying for the service). Many of the older Microsoft skills are also transferable from old-school on-prem to Azure-based virtual interfaces.

Verified User
Manager in Finance and Accounting
Consumer Goods Company, 10,001+ employeesImplementation Rating
AWS Lambda
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Azure 8.0
Based on 4 answers
As I have mentioned before the issue with my Oracle Mismatch Version issues that have put a delay on moving one of my platforms will justify my 7 rating.
Vice President of Delivery
AidmatrixLogistics and Supply Chain, 11-50 employees
Alternatives Considered
AWS Lambda
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.
Co-Founder/CEO
aspace, Inc.Computer Software, 1-10 employees
Microsoft Azure
As I continue to evaluate the "big three" cloud providers for our clients, I make the following distinctions, though this gap continues to close. AWS is more granular, and inherently powerful in the configuration options compared to [Microsoft] Azure. It is a "developer" platform for cloud. However, Azure PowerShell is helping close this gap. Google Cloud is the leading containerization platform, largely thanks to it building kubernetes from the ground up. Azure containerization is getting better at having the same storage/deployment options.
Software Development Director
Fresh ConsultingInternet, 201-500 employees
Return on Investment
AWS Lambda
- 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.

Verified User
Employee in Information Technology
Research Company, 1001-5000 employeesMicrosoft Azure
- Brings down Capex to customers.
- Some of the built-in security features of DDoS Basic protection that comes with VNET on Azure or even WAF on AGW brings huge advantages to customers.
- Hybrid benefits for those who have software assurance can save even more costs by moving to Azure.
Researcher
Instituto de TelecomunicaçõesTelecommunications, 501-1000 employees