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Comparison

AWS Lambda@Edge vs Cloudflare Workers

On the evidence we track, Cloudflare Workers leads this comparison with a composite score of 91/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

AWS Lambda@Edge full profile →Cloudflare Workers full profile →
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AWS Lambda@Edge56
★Cloudflare Workers91
Score
Vioscale score
AWS Lambda@Edge56 / 100medium · 63%
Cloudflare Workers91 / 100medium · 63%
Pricing
Free tier
AWS Lambda@Edge✓
Cloudflare Workers✓
Model
AWS Lambda@Edgecommercial
Cloudflare Workersfreemium
Price level
AWS Lambda@Edgeunknown
Cloudflare Workersmid
Transparent
AWS Lambda@Edge✗
Cloudflare Workers✓
Integrations
Count
AWS Lambda@Edge1
Cloudflare Workers–
Security
Disclosure policy
AWS Lambda@Edge✓
Cloudflare Workers✓
Fedramp
AWS Lambda@Edge✓
Cloudflare Workers–
Gdpr
AWS Lambda@Edge✓
Cloudflare Workers✓
Hipaa
AWS Lambda@Edge✓
Cloudflare Workers–
Iso27001
AWS Lambda@Edge✓
Cloudflare Workers✓
Pci
AWS Lambda@Edge✓
Cloudflare Workers✓
Soc2
AWS Lambda@Edge✓
Cloudflare Workers✓
Reliability
Sla pct
AWS Lambda@Edge–
Cloudflare Workers100
Status page
AWS Lambda@Edge✓
Cloudflare Workers✓
Market
Availability

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for serverless & edge platforms. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
Execution substrate
AWS Lambda@Edge-
Cloudflare WorkersV8 isolate
Language / runtime breadth
AWS Lambda@Edge-
Cloudflare WorkersJavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Rust
Reach
Runs at global edge PoPs
AWS Lambda@Edge✓
Cloudflare Workers✓
Scale
Scale to zero
AWS Lambda@Edge✓
Cloudflare Workers✓
Performance
Cold-start profile
AWS Lambda@Edge-
Cloudflare WorkersNone (isolate)
Limits
Max execution duration
AWS Lambda@Edge-
Cloudflare Workers-
Integration
Event source breadth
AWS Lambda@EdgeCloudFront events (viewer request, viewer response, origin request, origin respo
Cloudflare WorkersHTTP requests, cron schedules, webhooks, message queues
HTTP endpoint trigger
AWS Lambda@Edge✓
Cloudflare Workers✓
Cron / scheduled invocations
AWS Lambda@Edge✗
Cloudflare Workers✓
State
Durable state / workflow primitive
AWS Lambda@Edge-
Cloudflare Workers✓
Flexibility
Bring-your-own runtime / container
AWS Lambda@Edge-
Cloudflare Workers✓
Deployment
Hosting
AWS Lambda@EdgeCloud only
Cloudflare WorkersCloud only
Ops
Built-in logs / metrics / tracing
AWS Lambda@Edge✗
Cloudflare Workers-
Extensibility
CLI + IaC / framework support
AWS Lambda@Edge-
Cloudflare Workers✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

AWS Lambda@Edge

A CloudFront feature that executes serverless code at AWS edge locations worldwide, reducing latency and enabling dynamic content delivery without provisioning or managing origin infrastructure

Independently observed

Cloudflare Workers

Leader

A serverless platform enabling developers to deploy applications and scripts that run across Cloudflare's global infrastructure, scaling automatically from zero requests to millions, with billing based on actual execution time rather than reserved capacity.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

AWS Lambda@Edge

Usage-based

Pay-per-use based on compute time consumed; no charge when code is not running

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Cloudflare Workers

Leader
from $20/moHybridFree tier

Free tier with per-request and per-CPU metering. General Cloudflare plans from free to $250/mo; Workers add-on services metered separately.

  • FreeFree
    • DNS
    • DDoS Protection
    • CDN
    • Universal SSL
    • WAF
    • +3 more
  • Pro$20/mo billed annually or $25/mo billed monthly
    • Fast DNS
    • Unmetered DDoS Protection
    • CDN
    • Universal SSL Certificate
    • Free Managed Ruleset
    • +7 more
  • Business$200/mo billed annually or $250/mo billed monthly
    • Fast DNS
    • Unmetered DDoS Protection
    • CDN
    • Universal SSL Certificate
    • Free Managed Ruleset
    • +8 more
  • ContractContact sales
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Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
AWS Lambda@Edge–
Cloudflare Workers✓
CLI
AWS Lambda@Edge–
Cloudflare Workers✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
AWS Lambda@Edge✓
Cloudflare Workers✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

AWS Lambda@Edge

1 total
  • CloudFront
Independently observed

Cloudflare Workers

Leader

Not documented yet.

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.