AWS Lambda vs OpenFaaS
AWS Lambda
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| Figure | AWS Lambda | OpenFaaS |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $0.20/mo | $1,250/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 3 | 3 |
| Spec score · Serverless Platforms | 8.4 (#2) | 8.2 (#6) |
| Founded | 2006 | 2019 |
| 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. | Standard includes Grafana dashboards for monitoring and troubleshooting. |
| 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. | OpenFaaS supports workload-tuned autoscaling, including scaling to zero when idle. |
| What it does | AWS Lambda is a serverless compute service that runs code in response to events and manages the underlying compute resources. | OpenFaaS deploys serverless functions and microservices to Kubernetes. |
Plans
AWS Lambda
- AWS Lambda Functions — Free TierFree
- AWS Lambda Functions — On-Demand$0.20 a month
- AWS Lambda MicroVMsPrice not published
OpenFaaS
- Community Edition (CE)Free
- OpenFaaS Standard$1,250 a month
- OpenFaaS for EnterprisesPriced on request
In their own words
AWS Lambda
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