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    AWS Lambda

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AAWS Lambda is a serverless computing platform that lets users run code without provisioning or managing servers. With Lambda, users can run code for virtually any type of app or backend service—all with zero administration. It takes of requirements to run and scale code with high availability.

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    IBM Cloud Code Engine

    Score9.4 out of 10
    N/AIBM Cloud Code Engine is a fully managed, serverless platform that unifies the deployment of containers and applications including web apps, microservices, event-driven functions, or batch jobs. This serverless compute service aims to remove the burden of building, deploying, and managing workloads in Kubernetes so users can focus on writing code and not on the infrastructure that is needed to host it. With IBM Cloud Code Engine users can run any workload…N/A
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    AWS LambdaIBM Cloud Code Engine
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    Pricing Offerings
    AWS LambdaIBM Cloud Code Engine
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    AWS LambdaIBM Cloud Code Engine
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    Amazon AWS
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    IBM
    Chose IBM Cloud Code Engine
    Having only some hands-on with the other services, The cloud engine is considerably simpler to operate, with a very clear interface and management. Each application can be easily configured and altered without needing to know anything about different subscription tiers or the …
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    96%
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    92%
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    AWS LambdaIBM Cloud Code Engine
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of AWS Lambda and IBM Cloud Code Engine
    Feature
    AWS Lambda
    9.3
    3 Ratings
    3% below category average
    IBM Cloud Code Engine
    -
    Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)9.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of AWS Lambda and IBM Cloud Code Engine
    Feature
    AWS Lambda
    6.0
    3 Ratings
    6% below category average
    IBM Cloud Code Engine
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    Dashboards6.73 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports6.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports5.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Function as a Service (FaaS)
    Comparison of Function as a Service (FaaS) features of AWS Lambda and IBM Cloud Code Engine
    Feature
    AWS Lambda
    7.9
    3 Ratings
    3% below category average
    IBM Cloud Code Engine
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    Ratings
    Programming Language Diversity9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Runtime API Authoring8.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Function/Database Integration8.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    DevOps Stack Integration6.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform-as-a-Service
    Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of AWS Lambda and IBM Cloud Code Engine
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    AWS Lambda
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    IBM Cloud Code Engine
    6.4
    15 Ratings
    22% below category average
    Scalability00 Ratings6.515 Ratings
    Services-enabled integration00 Ratings6.215 Ratings
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    AWS LambdaIBM Cloud Code Engine
    Small Businesses
    IBM Cloud Functions
    Score8 out of 10
    IBM Cloud Foundry
    Score6 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM Cloud Functions
    Score8 out of 10
    IBM Cloud Private
    Score9.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    IBM Cloud Functions
    Score8 out of 10
    AWS Elastic Beanstalk
    Score7.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    AWS LambdaIBM Cloud Code Engine
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.3
    (48 ratings)
    6.3
    (15 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (13 ratings)
    6.2
    (12 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.7
    (20 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    AWS LambdaIBM Cloud Code Engine
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Amazon AWS
    Lambda excels at event-driven, short-lived tasks, such as processing files or building simple APIs. However, it's less ideal for long-running, computationally intensive, or applications that rely on carrying the state between jobs. Cold starts and constant load can easily balloon the costs.
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    IBM
    It would be a good solution for running serverless applications. Because infrastructure setup and maintenance expenses can be avoided, the investment will pay for itself. The time to value is short, allowing IT to respond to business demands quickly. It aided us in customizing security as well as operating a personal project using to autoscale up and down approach. Also, because there isn't much hassle, items can be pushed into production as soon as possible. Simply push a container, create an application, and you're ready to go. But, It is less suited when you have a static machine or need to keep data in some way and do not want to utilize network storage or a database.
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    Pros
    Amazon AWS
    • No provisioning required - we don't have to pay anything upfront
    • Serverless deployment - it gets executed only when request comes and we pay only for the time the request is getting executed
    • Integrates well with AWS CloudWatch triggers so it is easy to setup scheduled tasks like cron jobs
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    IBM
    • Managed Environment for partners and customers - shifting skills and speed to CSP
    • A variety of programming model support
    • Elastic scalability for cloud native development and speed
    • Flexible consumption model
    • Containerized workloads with horizontal scalability
    • Here is an example - live demo walk-thru delivered to partners and community:
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCBClYgpDFg
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    Cons
    Amazon AWS
    • Developing test cases for Lambda functions can be difficult. For functions that require some sort of input it can be tough to develop the proper payload and event for a test.
    • For the uninitiated, deploying functions with Infrastructure as Code tools can be a challenging undertaking.
    • Logging the output of a function feels disjointed from running the function in the console. A tighter integration with operational logging would be appreciated, perhaps being able to view function logs from the Lambda console instead of having to navigate over to CloudWatch.
    • Sometimes its difficult to determine the correct permissions needed for Lambda execution from other AWS services.
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    IBM
    • the pricing structure is complicated, and the servers are expensive. I really think they should offer better pricing options and support for more languages
    • sometimes the servers go down, and they take too long to respond to support tickets
    • uploading documents is slow since I have to do it one by one, making the process much longer than it should be
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    IBM
    Since this capability supports a wide variety of use cases - all on non proprietary and open technology based frameworks
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    Usability
    Amazon AWS
    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.
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    IBM
    Consumers can purchase individual components as well as unlocking new bundles with special features and services including the extensive data management governance capabilities of the Automation range. Kubernetes containerizing for effective service implementation and an agile, flexible multi-cloud data program help both utilization expansion and deployment to be improved by this architecture.
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    Support Rating
    Amazon AWS
    Amazon consistently provides comprehensive and easy-to-parse documentation of all AWS features and services. Most development team members find what they need with a quick internet search of the AWS documentation available online. If you need advanced support, though, you might need to engage an AWS engineer, and that could be an unexpected (or unwelcome) expense.
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    IBM
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    Alternatives Considered
    Amazon AWS
    AWS Lambda is good for short running functions, and ideally in response to events within AWS. Google App Engine is a more robust environment which can have complex code running for long periods of time, and across more than one instance of hardware. Google App Engine allows for both front-end and back-end infrastructure, while AWS Lambda is only for small back-end functions
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    IBM
    What impresses me most about IBM Cloud Code Engine is the container workload management capability and the Cloud services and dataflow monitoring functionalities. Data security and network security control via IBM Cloud Code Engine is quite excellent and very responsive data integration functions and the first deployment is not very technical.
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    Return on Investment
    Amazon AWS
    • Positive - Only paying for when code is run, unlike virtual machines where you pay always regardless of processing power usage.
    • Positive - Scalability and accommodating larger amounts of demand is much cheaper. Instead of scaling up virtual machines and increasing the prices you pay for that, you are just increasing the number of times your lambda function is run.
    • Negative - Debugging/troubleshooting, and developing for lambda functions take a bit more time to get used to, and migrating code from virtual machines and normal processes to Lambda functions can take a bit of time.
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    IBM
    • [One] positive is that we have one tool to learn (and a simple one) for all kinds of deployment. We need less people to maintain the system.
    • We have saved a lot of time on trouble shooting. It's clear how it works. It's "just" kubernetes..
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