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AWS Lambda

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What it does
AWS Lambda is a serverless compute service that runs code in response to events and manages the underlying compute resources.Read 29 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Integrations
Lambda natively integrates with over 220 AWS services and 50 SaaS applications.Read 29 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Compliance
AWS says Lambda is certified under SOC, HIPAA, PCI, ISO, and other compliance programs.Read 29 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Founded
2006Read 23 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Additional costs
Using other AWS services or transferring data can incur additional charges, and VPC or VPC peering use with Lambda can also incur charges.Read 29 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Compute options
Lambda offers Functions for event-driven code and MicroVMs for isolated code execution with state retention and lifecycle control.Read 29 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Fault tolerance
Lambda runs on infrastructure across multiple Availability Zones, and durable functions provide built-in error handling, automatic retries, and recovery after failures.Read 29 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Monitoring
Lambda sends logs, metrics, and traces to services such as Amazon CloudWatch and AWS X-Ray, and supports third-party monitoring through Lambda extensions.Read 29 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Performance
Provisioned concurrency keeps functions initialized and ready to respond, while SnapStart offers up to 10× faster startup for Java and startup improvements for Python and .NET.Read 29 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Runtimes and deployment
Lambda supports Python, Node.js, Java, C#, Go, Ruby, and custom runtimes, with deployment using ZIP files or container images through the AWS Console, infrastructure as code, or CI/CD pipelines.Read 29 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Scaling
Lambda automatically scales to incoming request rates and scales down to zero during idle periods; each function can scale up by 1,000 concurrent executions every 10 seconds until it reaches the account concurrency limit.Read 29 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Security isolation
Lambda runs functions on dedicated compute resources powered by the AWS Nitro System, and offers tenant isolation for request processing.Read 29 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Usage limits
A Lambda function can allocate 128 MB to 10,240 MB of memory in 1 MB increments, and the free tier includes one million requests and 400,000 GB-seconds per month.Read 29 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Workload fit
AWS presents Lambda for event-driven applications, isolated code execution, AI agent orchestration and durable workflows, real-time data processing, and analytics or notebook environments.Read 29 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com

Plans and prices

AWS Lambda Functions — Free Tier Free Monthly usage allowance 1 million requests/month · 400,000 GB-seconds/month Read 29 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
AWS Lambda Functions — On-Demand $0.20 a month $0.20 per million requests; execution duration priced separately by GB-second, memory, and architecture 128 MB–10,240 MB memory · 1 MB increments · Additional charges may apply for other AWS services and data transfer Read 29 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
AWS Lambda MicroVMs Price not published Compute billed per second while running, plus snapshot operations and storage; data transfer billed at standard AWS rates Baseline memory-configured compute · Up to 4× baseline capacity · Snapshots retained for at least 1 week Read 29 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com

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