AWS Lambda Reviews and Pricing

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Senior Automation Test Developer/Automation Test Architect at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

Jan 15, 2018

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Develops release pipeline faster but no shell script is supported

Pros and Cons

"I saw Ops setup the automated release jobs faster in AWS than in Jenkins and CircleCI."

"Cannot checkout code from GitHub but Jenkins can. No shell script is supported and CodePipeline cannot send notification to Slack, but we can use Slack API and Lambda Function."

What is our primary use case?

1. Use lambda function to trigger the jenkins jobs to make whole release pipeline.

2. Send the slack notification once the release with automated test is done.

How has it helped my organization?

My automation test story is we moved from CircleCI to Jenkins, then to AWS. The benefit I can see is the maintenance and budget. Ops made this decision but it did not affect automation tests and the release pipeline too much, but I have seen the release pipeline has been developing much faster.

What is most valuable?

We use AWS Function and Jenkins API to trigger the Jenkins job from the AWS CodePipeline.

Since our automated deploy jobs are on AWS, and automated tests are on Jenkins.

Then we can create the release pipeline including AWS and Jenkins and put them together.

What needs improvement?

1. Cannot checkout code from GitHub but Jenkins can.

2. No shell script supported.

3. CodePipeline cannot send notification to Slack, but we can use Slack API and Lambda Function.

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For how long have I used the solution?

Less than one year.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Pretty good.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I saw Ops setup the automated release jobs faster in AWS than in Jenkins and CircleCI.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

For automation tests, it does not affect too much.

Our Ops are all AWS experts.

What other advice do I have?

For automation developers, we do not care too much about which CI system we use. It does not affect us too much. Automation tests can be ran in most of mainstream CI systems.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.

reviewer1234011

Cloud architect at a tech vendor with 1-10 employees

Jan 16, 2022

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Easy to use, straightforward installation, integrates well with other AWS products, and good support

Pros and Cons

"This product is easy to use."
"In summary, this is a good product, it does what it is supposed to, and I recommend it."

"It could be cheaper."

What is our primary use case?

AWS Lambda is a Code as a Service product. It is used for running code.

What is most valuable?

This product is easy to use.

The integration with other AWS products is straightforward. For our current usage, the integration that we have is sufficient. Everything is connected to CloudWatch and it's working.