AWS Lambda vs Knative
AWS Lambda
aws.amazon.comKnative
knative.devSide by side
| Figure | AWS Lambda | Knative |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $0.20/mo | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 3 | 1 |
| Spec score · Serverless Platforms | 8.4 (#2) | 8.0 (#7) |
| Integrations | Lambda natively integrates with over 220 AWS services and 50 SaaS applications. | Installation documentation lists networking integrations including Istio, Contour, and Gateway API, and messaging integrations including Kafka, RabbitMQ, and NATS. |
Plans
AWS Lambda
- AWS Lambda Functions — Free TierFree
- AWS Lambda Functions — On-Demand$0.20 a month
- AWS Lambda MicroVMsPrice not published
In their own words
AWS Lambda
AWS Lambda has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
Knative
Knative is open-source Kubernetes middleware for building, deploying, and managing serverless workloads. Knative Serving handles stateless HTTP services, including deployment, routing, and automatic scaling. Services can scale from zero when idle and rise again with incoming traffic. Serving also supports blue-green deployments, canary releases, and traffic splitting between revisions. Knative Eventing routes asynchronous events through CloudEvents over HTTP. Knative Functions provides a framework for packaging stateless functions as containers. Installation can use a local quickstart or a production setup on an existing Kubernetes cluster with YAML or the Knative Operator. The project runs on Kubernetes across cloud providers and on-premises environments, with Linux, macOS, and Windows listed for installation. Integrations include Istio, Contour, Gateway API, Kafka, RabbitMQ, and NATS. The open-source plan is free, with self-managed Kubernetes deployment.