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AWS Lambda

Run code without provisioning or managing servers

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Technical Profile

Scalability
very high
Performance
high
Learning Curve
moderate
Maturity
mature
Languages: Node.js, Python, Java, Go, Ruby, C#, Rust
Architecture: serverless, faas

When to Use

  • +Event-driven
  • +Variable load
  • +AWS infrastructure

When Not to Use

  • -Long-running processes
  • -Predictable load

Strengths

  • Pay per use
  • Auto scaling
  • AWS integration
  • Mature

Weaknesses

  • Cold starts
  • 15min limit
  • AWS lock-in

Operations

Maintenance
low
Monitoring
medium
Backup/Recovery
simple
Hosting: managed

Quick Facts

Category
serverless
License
commercial
Pricing
usage based (free tier)
Community
very large
Docs Quality
excellent
Trend
stable
Vendor Lock-in
high
Data Portability
moderate

Compliance

GDPR
HIPAA
SOC 2
PCI-DSS
Encryption
Audit Logs
RBAC
MFA

Best For

startupsmallmediumlargeenterprise

Use Cases

  • Event processing
  • APIs
  • Automation
  • Data processing

Alternatives to AWS Lambda

Azure Functions

Event-driven serverless compute experience

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Cloudflare Workers

Serverless execution environment at the edge

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Deno Deploy

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Google Cloud Functions

Event-driven serverless compute platform

commercialmature

Knative

Kubernetes-based platform for serverless workloads

open-sourcestable

Netlify Functions

Serverless functions for Jamstack applications

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