{"id":78343,"date":"2021-04-13T22:53:55","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T22:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/?p=78343"},"modified":"2021-08-11T06:41:21","modified_gmt":"2021-08-11T12:11:21","slug":"aws-lambda-vs-ec2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/aws-lambda-vs-ec2\/","title":{"rendered":"AWS Lambda vs EC2 &#8211; A Detailed Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amazon has proved its might in the field of offering diverse cloud services and has excelled in almost all scenarios to date. Amazon EC2 is considerably one of the most popular services brought up by Amazon. Moreover, it is considered one of the major parts of the cloud computing scenario of Amazon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amazon EC2 came into play in 2006 and has gained immense popularity since then. But, along with that, AWS Lambda is also a popular service that came out in 2014 and is now walking side-to-side with EC2 in terms of popularity and adaptation.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Read more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/what-is-aws-lambda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>What is AWS Lambda<\/strong><\/a> today!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Therefore, to help you understand the potential of both of these services offered by Amazon, here are some of the important differences upon\u00a0<\/span><b>AWS Lambda vs EC2\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for you to consider that will help you make the right decision upon picking one amongst these two.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_76 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #ea7e02;color:#ea7e02\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #ea7e02;color:#ea7e02\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/aws-lambda-vs-ec2\/#Brief_Definition_of_Amazon_EC2_and_AWS_Lambda\" >Brief Definition of Amazon EC2 and AWS Lambda<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/aws-lambda-vs-ec2\/#Amazon_EC2_vs_AWS_Lambda_%E2%80%93_Practical_Differences_with_Major_Comparison_Elements\" >Amazon EC2 vs. AWS Lambda &#8211; Practical Differences with Major Comparison Elements<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/aws-lambda-vs-ec2\/#Best_Performing_AWS_Free_Tests\" >Best Performing AWS Free Tests<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/aws-lambda-vs-ec2\/#Comparison_Table_of_AWS_Lambda_vs_Amazon_EC2\" >Comparison Table of AWS Lambda vs. Amazon EC2<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/aws-lambda-vs-ec2\/#Comparison_Criteria\" >Comparison Criteria<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/aws-lambda-vs-ec2\/#AWS_Lambda\" >AWS Lambda<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/aws-lambda-vs-ec2\/#AWS_EC2\" >AWS EC2<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/aws-lambda-vs-ec2\/#Conclusion\" >Conclusion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Brief_Definition_of_Amazon_EC2_and_AWS_Lambda\"><\/span><b>Brief Definition of Amazon EC2 and AWS Lambda<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before starting with the differences between AWS Lambda and Amazon EC2, it is better to get a brief idea of the definitions of these two services by Amazon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AWS EC2 (Amazon Web Services Elastic Compute Cloud) is a popular service that uses EC2 instances or virtual machines within the cloud. It allows you to change the disk space, enhance CPU performance and tweak memory a swell.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Planning to take AWS Certifications? Check out Whizlabs brand new online courses and practice tests <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/aws-certifications\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AWS Lambda is a popular computing service platform that allows users to execute defined code that is written in a Lambda understandable language that is Python, JavaScript, or Java. Under AWS Lambda, you do not need to configure any special virtual server or environment for running the application that is coded.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Amazon_EC2_vs_AWS_Lambda_%E2%80%93_Practical_Differences_with_Major_Comparison_Elements\"><\/span><b>Amazon EC2 vs. AWS Lambda &#8211; Practical Differences with Major Comparison Elements<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78391\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AWS-Lambda-vs-AWS-EC2.png\" alt=\"AWS Lambda vs AWS EC2\" width=\"2240\" height=\"1260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AWS-Lambda-vs-AWS-EC2.png 2240w, https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AWS-Lambda-vs-AWS-EC2-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AWS-Lambda-vs-AWS-EC2-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AWS-Lambda-vs-AWS-EC2-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AWS-Lambda-vs-AWS-EC2-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AWS-Lambda-vs-AWS-EC2-2048x1152.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AWS-Lambda-vs-AWS-EC2-747x420.png 747w, https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AWS-Lambda-vs-AWS-EC2-640x360.png 640w, https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AWS-Lambda-vs-AWS-EC2-681x383.png 681w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2240px) 100vw, 2240px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both AWS EC2 and AWS Lambda have their own significance in different comparison criteria. By using these two services, you can configure almost everything. This section is dedicated to the important comparison elements in <\/span><b>Lambda vs. EC2<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0battle that are as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"#Differences-in-Terms-of-Use-Cases\">Differences in Terms of Use Cases<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#Difference-in-Terms-of-Working-Principle\">Difference in Terms of Working Principle<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#Differences-in-Terms-of-Versions-and-Snapshots\">Differences in Terms of Versions and Snapshots<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#Differences-in-Terms-of-Performance-and-Availability\">Differences in Terms of Performance and Availability<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#Differences-in-Terms-of-Security\">Differences in Terms of Security<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4 id=\"Differences-in-Terms-of-Use-Cases\"><b>1. Differences in Terms of Use Cases<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under the\u00a0<\/span><b>AWS Lambda vs. EC2\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">scenario, both have different uses that state their significance in different sectors. The use cases of Amazon EC2 are:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Testing applications<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Developing applications<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hosting different web sites<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Disaster recovery attributes<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">High-end computing solutions.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The use cases of AWS Lambda are different from that of EC2 and serve the users in a distinct manner than the way EC2 does:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is meant to automate the specified tasks.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Objects uploaded under the Amazon S3 bucket are processed within Lambda.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Log analyzing is implemented in real-time with AWS Lambda.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Transformation and filtering of data in real-time.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 id=\"Difference-in-Terms-of-Working-Principle\"><b>2. Difference in Terms of Working Principle<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the use cases, the working principle is also different when\u00a0<\/span><b>AWS EC2 vs Lambda\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is considered. Under EC2, the operations are done with VMs that are also known as the EC2 instances. Along with that, it allows you to add virtual hardware such as network interfaces, memory, virtual disks, and others to the instances. Along with that, you can also add start, stop &amp; reboot functions to the instances. AWS EC2 is proficient in working with both S3 Buckets and Elastic Block Storage.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Here we bring a comprehensive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/aws-lambda-tutorial\/\">AWS Lambda tutorial<\/a> that will make you a pro in AWS Lambda.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AWS Lambda runs your application within a container that consists of libraries and codes. The resources needed for the execution are provided by Amazon, and the scaling is done automatically. You do not have the authority to control the running instance of EC2 and the running container of AWs Lambda. AWS Lambda is a function that gets executed from the trigger queries. Some of the common triggers of AWS Lambda are Alexa Skills Set, API Gateway, CloudFront, Kinesis, S3, SQS, SNS, CodeCommit, and others.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 id=\"Differences-in-Terms-of-Versions-and-Snapshots\"><b>3. Differences in Terms of Versions and Snapshots<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under EC2, there is a complex snapshot system available for the Elastic Block Storage of respective EC2 instances. With it, you have the accessibility to create diverse incremental snapshots and then turn around to the needed EC2 instance state. It also allows the users to use multi-volume snapshots with the intention of handling the high-end workloads.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AWS Lambda is embedded within a versioning system for enhanced management of the Lambda functions. Every code copy can be assigned a specific version number, following to which the aliases will be pointed to the respective versions of code. The numbering of such code versions commenced with the count of 1 and increments gradually.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An Amazon Resource Name is assigned to every version of the Lambda function.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"tablepress-1-name\" class=\"tablepress-table-name tablepress-table-name-id-1\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Best_Performing_AWS_Free_Tests\"><\/span>Best Performing AWS Free Tests<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-1\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-1\" aria-labelledby=\"tablepress-1-name\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Sl No<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Certification<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">Questions<\/th><th class=\"column-4\">Rating<\/th><th class=\"column-5\">Link to the Test<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">55 Practice Questions<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4.72 (29235)<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/aws-certified-cloud-practitioner\/free-test\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Try Now<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">20 Practice Questions<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4.72 (93418)<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/aws-solutions-architect-associate\/free-test\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Try Now<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">3<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">AWS Certified Developer Associate<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">25 Practice Questions<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4.67 (29669)<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/aws-developer-associate\/free-test\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Try Now<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">4<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">20 Practice Questions<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4.69 (17143)<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/aws-sysops-administrator-associate\/free-test\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Try Now<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">5<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">15 Practice Questions<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4.71 (20740)<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/aws-solutions-architect-professional\/free-test\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Try Now<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">6<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">15 Practice Questions<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4.56 (10809)<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/aws-devops-certification-training\/free-test\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Try Now<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">7<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">AWS Certified Advanced Networking \u2013 Specialty<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">15 Practice Questions<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4.41 (3894)<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/aws-advanced-networking-speciality\/free-test\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Try Now<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">8<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">AWS Certified Security - Specialty<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">15 Practice Questions<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4.49 (8650)<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/aws-certified-security-specialty\/free-test\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Try Now<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">9<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">AWS Certified Alexa Skill Builder - Specialty<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">15 Practice Questions<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4.58 (972)<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/aws-certified-alexa-skill-builder-specialty\/free-test\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Try Now<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">10<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">AWS Certified Machine Learning - Specialty<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">15 Practice Questions<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4.81 (3157)<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/aws-certified-machine-learning-specialty\/free-test\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Try Now<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-12\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">11<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">AWS Certified Database - Specialty<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">15 Practice Questions<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4.67 (1005)<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/aws-certified-database-specialty\/free-test\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Try Now<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-13\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">12<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">AWS Certified Data Analytics - Specialty<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">20 Practice Questions<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4.55 (2000)<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/aws-certified-data-analytics-specialty\/free-test\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Try Now<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-1 from cache -->\n<h4 id=\"Differences-in-Terms-of-Performance-and-Availability\"><b>4. Differences in Terms of Performance and Availability<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this\u00a0<\/span><b>AWS Lambda vs. EC2\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">battle, this differentiation point is of utmost importance. It is so because performance is what will define the importance of each one of these Amazon services.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under EC2, the instance runs continuously after it is powered until the time you stop it manually. If not that, then you will have to initiate a task specifying the shutdown protocol for stopping the running of that instance. If the performance aspects of a particular EC2 instance permit, you can run several applications upon it simultaneously. If your applications are meant to be run throughout the day, then EC2 instances can be considered as a worthy solution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AWS Lambda is quite available at all times but is not meant to run throughout the day. You will find the Lambda function inactive when it is in the default state. It activates only when a query of the trigger is linked to a particular event. The application or Lambda function has a maximum timeout limit of 15 minutes or 900 seconds. If you intend to run some long-running applications, then AWS Lambda might not be the best bet for the same.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For running the applications that need a run-time of more than 900 seconds or have a variable time of execution, prefer using AWS EC2 for the purpose.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 id=\"Differences-in-Terms-of-Security\"><b>5. Differences in Terms of Security<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With EC2, you will have to manually configure a firewall to control the security aspects of your EC2 instances. Amazon is offering a Virtual Private Cloud for ensuring cloud security to the instances and maintains traffic control. You are requested to manually add and configure antivirus to the EC2 instances. Along with that, you can also specify permissions, create the specified IAM roles, initiate dedicated security groups, and others for added security.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Read more on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/use-of-aws-lambda\/\">When Should You Use AWS Lambda<\/a>!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are certain permissions to access select AWS services, and Lambda has that access by default. IAM Role is implemented for defining the services that are available for the function. For each function, the IAM role should be configured accordingly. Once you have successfully configured the IAM role, you can easily connect the Lambda function to select Amazon services without the need for any special authorizations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is a possibility of encryption within a lambda function and S3 bucket or Lambda and API gateway. The default encryption is initiated every time a lambda function is created. Security is better with AWS Lambda in comparison with Amazon EC2 as it does not need any patches or security updates over time. Hence, under this\u00a0<\/span><b>Lambda vs EC\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">comparison element, AWS Lambda took an extra point!<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Comparison_Table_of_AWS_Lambda_vs_Amazon_EC2\"><\/span><b>Comparison Table of AWS Lambda vs. Amazon EC2<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Comparison_Criteria\"><\/span><b>Comparison Criteria<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"AWS_Lambda\"><\/span><b>AWS Lambda<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"AWS_EC2\"><\/span><b>AWS EC2<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maximum Function Running Timeout\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">900 seconds<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No maximum timeout<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dependency<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is dependent upon external libraries for any large process.<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Management and storage of dependencies are not a major concern.\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scalability<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scalability is automated within Lambda<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You will have to manually define the scalability features.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pricing<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Pay for the number of executed applications<\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pay for the running time of instances<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Security<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It does not need patch or updates over time<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It requires manual firewall or antivirus creation that needs security patches and updates over time.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Working Principle<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It works within a container of codes and libraries.\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It operated with Virtual Machines or EC2 instances.\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Read a simplified <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/aws-lambda-documentation\/\">AWS Lambda Documentation<\/a> today!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusion\"><\/span><b>Conclusion<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are a few of the practical differences that explain the importance of both AWS Lambda and AWS EC2. 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