AWS Lambda vs Zoho Creator

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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If you use excel, Zoho Creator is designed for you. The only scenario where it may not be appropriate is if you have thousands upon thousands lines of stored data where you would need to pay extra for this storage.

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Verified User

Administrator in Customer Service

Renewables & Environment Company, 1-10 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

AWS Lambda

Zoho Creator

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

AWS Lambda

Zoho Creator

Visual Modeling

Drag-and-drop Interfaces

Platform Security

Platform User Management

Reusability

Platform Scalability

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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Low-code skills needed to create complex process.
Easy to learn.
Best for simple form design software (that don't need 'beautiful' design).

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Rafael Grandizoli

Gerente de Operações

MUVMarketing & Advertising, 11-50 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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Engineer in Research & Development

Fund-Raising Company, 1-10 employees

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Sometimes the android app faces some problems displaying email, and it keeps loading.
It doesn't show the OTP screen when logging in through the WEB sometimes.

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Muhammad Hafeez

Freelancer

TruelancerInformation Technology and Services, 1-10 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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Verified User

Engineer in Engineering

Internet Company, 51-200 employees

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Zoho Creator 7.0

Based on 1 answer

I gave 7 because it is better for internal use and internal solutions. If you need something to deliver to your clients (you will give them access to it), then you will have to work hard to give the layout a better look, and not use the using the standard template layout, which it's possible to do, but it will need an extra work.

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Rafael Grandizoli

Gerente de Operações

MUVMarketing & Advertising, 11-50 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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Zoho Creator 9.0

Based on 3 answers

I recommend Zoho Creator very often. A lot of companies go big earlier than they need to and spend way too much on SalesForce & Marketo. I worked for a small company with some limited budget that pivoted to sell it's product to the Enterprise. Zoho Creator was incredibly easy to set up, intuitive to use, and contains all the most essential features that most users need and seek in SalesForce. We integrated with MailChimp & Unbounce and were able to be incredibly useful in acquiring leads, nurturing them, and tracking pipeline in Zoho Creator. Our small sales team found it very easy to use and loved it.

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Muhammad Hafeez

Freelancer

TruelancerInformation Technology and Services, 1-10 employees

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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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We use Zoho Survey and while it is better than other similar 'Off the shelf' products it is not in the same league as Creator.

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Keith Marley

Deputy Principal

Department of Education, Western AustraliaEducation Management, 10,001+ 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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Verified User

Employee in Information Technology

Research Company, 1001-5000 employees

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We really have not tracked the savings in a dollar amount, but our overall ability to have a birds eye view of all of our courses and classes at any moment has been a great tool. And we save time when we need information about courses or classes because the reports are there and ready when needed.

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George C. Thiess III

Director

English2GoEducation Management, 1-10 employees

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Pricing Details

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

AWS Lambda Editions & Modules

Edition

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

Per 1 ms

Additional Pricing Details

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General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

Optional

Zoho Creator Editions & Modules

Edition

Basic	$10¹
Premium	$20¹
Ultimate	$35¹
Enterprise	Custom²

/user/month (Billed Annually)
Flexible plans with bespoke feature set for enterprises. Starts at 200 users.

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Rating Summary

AWS Lambda

Zoho Creator

AWS Lambda

Zoho Creator

AWS Lambda

Zoho Creator

AWS Lambda

Zoho Creator

Likelihood to Recommend

AWS Lambda

Zoho Creator

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

Visual Modeling

Drag-and-drop Interfaces

Platform Security

Platform User Management

Reusability

Platform Scalability

Pros

AWS Lambda

Zoho Creator

Cons

AWS Lambda

Zoho Creator

Usability

AWS Lambda

Zoho Creator

Support Rating

AWS Lambda

Zoho Creator

Alternatives Considered

AWS Lambda

Zoho Creator

Return on Investment

AWS Lambda

Zoho Creator

Screenshots

AWS Lambda

Zoho Creator

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?

Zoho Creator Editions & Modules

Edition

Additional Pricing Details

Rating Summary

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