G2 Vendor Directory

Google App Engine vs. AWS Lambda

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricGoogle App Engine

by Google

AWS Lambda

by Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Overall rating4.14.6
Review count2161,054
Ease of use8.48.9
Ease of setup8.58.8
Quality of support7.98.8
Meets requirements8.69.2
NPS35.937575.266525
Small Business42.1%21.2%
Mid-Market29.2%36.3%
Enterprise28.7%42.6%
Total page views1741,117
Total LLM citations4242,126

Google App Engine

Build monolithic server-side rendered websites. App Engine supports popular development languages with a range of developer tools. New customers get $300 in free credits to spend on App Engine. All customers get 28 instances in standard environment free per day, not charged against your credits.

Pros

  • Ease of Use
  • Cloud Storage
  • Security
  • Customer Support
  • Scalability
  • Management Ease

AWS Lambda

AWS Lambda lets you run code without provisioning or managing servers. You pay only for the compute time you consume - there is no charge when your code is not running. With Lambda, you can run code for virtually any type of application or backend service - all with zero administration. Just upload your code and Lambda takes care of everything required to run and scale your code with high availability. You can set up your code to automatically trigger from other AWS services or call it directly from any web or mobile app.

Pros

  • Ease of Use
  • Scalability
  • Cost-Effective
  • Integrations
  • Cloud Services
  • Easy Setup