incident.io
Small (~140)
Lambda
Mid (~500)
Best For
incident.io
Best for: Engineers and salespeople who value a strong culture with 13 extra holidays per year and approachable, ego-free founders
Lambda
Best for: Professionals interested in Lambda
Ratings
incident.ioLambda
4.5
3.6
Overall
4.1
3.7
Work-Life Balance
4.6
3.7
Culture & Values
4.5
3.6
Comp & Benefits
4.3
3.4
Senior Mgmt
4.3
3.4
Career Opps
👍 90% Recommend
👤 95% CEO Approval (Stephen Whitworth)
👍 72% Recommend
👤 76% CEO Approval (CEO)
Culture Values
incident.io only
🪟 Transparent🛡️ Safe to Fail🌱 Learning & Growth🤝 Flat Hierarchy
Lambda only
💎 Strong Comp & Equity🎯 Direct Product Impact
Shared
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate⚙️ Engineering-Driven
Pros & Cons
incident.io
- Strong culture with a dedicated culture manager — values are practiced, not just stated
- Excellent compensation and benefits with strong career growth opportunities
- Rapid scaling can create instability — some report organizational growing pains
- London-centric with limited remote options for some roles
Lambda
- Building the GPU cloud that powers the world’s top AI labs — genuinely impactful infrastructure
- Smart engineering team with strong technical culture and good WLB on most teams
- Management style described as top-down; strategy clarity could be better
- Internal politics and coordination overhead slow things down for some teams
Bottom Line
incident.io
Exceptional culture (4.5 stars) with genuine values, great benefits including 10% pension match, and kind colleagues — but London-centric with some layoff scars from 2024.
Lambda
Lambda — check Glassdoor for detailed reviews.
Open Roles
incident.io — 25 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
17
💻 Engineering
6
Lambda — 32 jobs
💻 Engineering
14
💰 Finance
6
📋 Product
4
👤 HR / People
2
⚖️ Legal
1
Summary
incident.io scores 4.5/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 4.1 work-life balance rating. Lambda scores 3.6/5.0 overall with a 3.7 WLB. That’s a 0.9-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Ship Fast & Iterate, Engineering-Driven. incident.io also emphasizes Transparent, Safe to Fail, Learning & Growth, Flat Hierarchy. Lambda also emphasizes Strong Comp & Equity, Direct Product Impact.
On the hiring front, incident.io has 25 open roles and Lambda has 32 open roles.