AWS Lambda vs Firebase Functions

Shehani Perera
May 15, 2021

While working on my current project a few days back I got the chance to get hands-on experience of AWS Lambda.As I have previously worked on a few projects using firebase, I thought it would be best to write an article comparing both Google Firebase Fuctions and AWS Lambda functions.Let’s quickly rush through and get an idea of AWS , AWS Lambda and Firebase.

AWS
Amazon Web Services is a cloud platform provided by Amazon.the service combining Platform as a Service (PaaS) , packaged Software as a Service (SaaS) and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).

AWS Lambda
AWS Lambda is a serveless compute service that executes your code.It can automatically run code in response to multiple events.AWS Lambda supports Node.js , JAVA, C# and Python.The programming model contains a Handler,Context,Event,Logging,Exception.

Firebase

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Shehani Perera

Undergraduate at IIT affiliated with University of Westminster