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Best Serverless Platforms in 2026

  1. 01 Inngest

    Inngest suits developers building event-driven workflows, background jobs, or agents who need durable execution and observability.

    From $99/mo Free plan Open source Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    9.0 Visit Specs
  2. 02 AWS Lambda
    From $0.20/mo Free plan Web · API
    8.4 Visit Specs
  3. 03 Alibaba Cloud Function Compute
    Free plan Web · Linux · API
    8.2 Visit Specs
  4. 04 AWS Fargate
    Free plan Web · Windows · Linux
    8.2 Visit Specs
  5. 05 Cloud Run functions
    From $0.40/mo Free trial Web · API · Self-hosted
    8.2 Visit Specs
  6. 06 OpenFaaS
    From $1,250/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    8.2 Visit Specs
  7. 07 Knative

    Knative suits teams building serverless services and event-driven workloads on Kubernetes.

    Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux · API
    8.0 Visit Specs
  8. 08 Apache OpenWhisk
    Windows · macOS · Linux · API
    7.9 Visit Specs
  9. 09 Fn Project
    Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux · API
    7.9 Visit Specs
  10. 10 Restate

    It suits developers building services, workflows, and AI agents that need resumable execution and operational controls.

    From $75/mo Free plan Web · API · Self-hosted
    7.9 Visit Specs
  11. 11 Koyeb
    From $29/mo Free plan Web · API
    7.8 Visit Specs
  12. 12 Fission
    Windows · macOS · Linux · API
    7.7 Visit Specs
  13. 13 Nuclio
    Free trial Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    7.6 Visit Specs
  14. 14 Trigger.dev

    It suits developers building long-running TypeScript or Python workflows, AI agents, and scheduled tasks.

    From $10/mo Free plan Web · API · Self-hosted
    7.6 Visit Specs
  15. 15 Val Town
    From $21/mo Free plan Web · API
    7.6 Visit Specs
  16. 16 Cloudflare Workers KV
    From $5/mo Free plan Web · Linux
    7.4 Visit Specs
  17. 17 Google Cloud Run
    Free trial Web · Linux · API
    7.4 Visit Specs
  18. 18 Modal
    From $250/mo Web · API
    7.4 Visit Specs
  19. 19 OpenFunction
    Self-hosted
    6.8 Visit Specs
  20. 20 DigitalOcean Functions
    Free plan Web
    6.7 Visit Specs
  21. 21 IBM Code Engine
    Free plan Web
    6.6 Visit Specs
  22. 22 Azure Container RegistryMicrosoft
    Web · API
    6.4 Visit Specs
  23. 23 Azure FunctionsMicrosoft
    Web · API
    6.4 Visit Specs
  24. 24 Tencent Cloud Serverless Cloud Function
    From $1.90/mo Web
    6.0 Visit Specs
  25. 25 Deno Deploy
    Web
    5.8 Visit Specs
How this list is ordered. Specifiction scores each tool on how fully its maker documents it, whether its prices are published, where the research puts it, the platforms it runs on and whether it can be tried for free (how we rank). Makers can also buy a numbered place (how Specifiction is paid for).

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