# AWS Lambda@Edge vs Cloudflare Workers

| Attribute | AWS Lambda@Edge | Cloudflare Workers |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 65.8 (73% (medium)) | 63.1 (14% (low)) |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"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 It is indexed under Serverless & Edge Platforms.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/sagemaker/pricing/?nc2=h_pr_sgm","question":"What is AWS Lambda@Edge?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"AWS Lambda@Edge offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/sagemaker/pricing/?nc2=h_pr_sgm","question":"Is AWS Lambda@Edge free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for AWS Lambda@Edge, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/sagemaker/pricing/?nc2=h_pr_sgm","question":"Can AWS Lambda@Edge be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA and GDPR for AWS Lambda@Edge. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as AWS Lambda@Edge not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/security/?nc2=h_dsc_aa_sec","question":"What security certifications does AWS Lambda@Edge have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"AWS Lambda@Edge is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in the United States.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/sagemaker/pricing/?nc2=h_pr_sgm","question":"Where is AWS Lambda@Edge available?","confidence":0.75}]` | `[{"answer":"Cloudflare Workers is a server runtime that allows you to run JavaScript and WebAssembly code in response to HTTP requests, either through Cloudflare's cloud platform or by self-hosting the runtime. It is indexed under Serverless & Edge Platforms.","source":"https://workers.cloudflare.com/","question":"What is Cloudflare Workers?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Cloudflare Workers offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $20 per year. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.cloudflare.com/plans","question":"Is Cloudflare Workers free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Cloudflare Workers supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://www.cloudflare.com/plans","question":"What platforms does Cloudflare Workers support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Cloudflare Workers can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://workers.cloudflare.com/","question":"Can Cloudflare Workers be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001 and GDPR for Cloudflare Workers. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Cloudflare Workers not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://workers.cloudflare.com/trust-hub/","question":"What security certifications does Cloudflare Workers have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Cloudflare Workers is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in the United States.","source":"https://www.cloudflare.com/plans","question":"Where is Cloudflare Workers available?","confidence":0.75}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | 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 | A server runtime environment based on Cloudflare Workers' underlying code, designed for self-hosting applications built with JavaScript and WebAssembly. It provides web-platform standard APIs and functions as a programmable HTTP proxy. |
| features.capabilities | `{"hosting":"cloud","triggers":"CloudFront events (viewer request, viewer response, origin request, origin respo","http_trigger":true,"scale_to_zero":true,"scheduled_cron":false,"edge_distributed":true,"runtime_substrate":"microvm","observability_builtin":false}` | `{"hosting":"cloud","triggers":"HTTP requests, cron schedules, webhooks, message queues","languages":"JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Rust","cold_start":"none","cli_and_iac":true,"http_trigger":true,"durable_state":true,"scale_to_zero":true,"custom_runtime":true,"scheduled_cron":true,"edge_distributed":true,"runtime_substrate":"isolate"}` |
| integrations.count | 2 | - |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"CloudFront"},{"name":"Kinesis","native":true,"direction":"outbound"}]` | - |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | - | `{"cli":true,"mac":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"usage","summary":"Usage-based: $0.20 per million requests; duration costs vary by memory allocation. Free tier: 1 million requests and 400,000 GB-seconds per month.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://aws.amazon.com/lambda/pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-10-13T10:32:53.263Z"}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Free tier for hobby projects","features":["DNS","DDoS Protection","CDN","Universal SSL","WAF","Free Managed Ruleset","SSO Support","Role-based Account Control"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For personal or hobby projects","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"containers_cpu":"375 vCPU-min","containers_disk":"200 GB-hrs","workers_cpu_time":"10ms/request","workers_requests":"100k/day","browser_rendering":"10 min/day","containers_memory":"25 GiB-hrs","workflows_storage":"1 GB","browser_concurrent":"3 browsers","workflows_cpu_time":"10ms/invocation","workflows_requests":"100k/day","containers_egress_na_eu":"1 TB","durable_objects_duration":"13k GB-s/day","durable_objects_requests":"100k/day","durable_objects_kv_storage":"1 GB","durable_objects_sql_storage":"5 GB","durable_objects_sql_rows_read":"50M/day","durable_objects_sql_rows_written":"100k/day"}},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","summary":"$20/mo billed annually or $25/mo billed monthly","features":["Fast DNS","Unmetered DDoS Protection","CDN","Universal SSL Certificate","Free Managed Ruleset","Web Application Firewall","Lossless Image Optimization","Accelerated Mobile Pages","100% Uptime SLA","1x Uptime Service Credits","Single-Sign-On Support","Role-based Account Control"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":25,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"fixed","amount":20,"period":"year","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For professional websites","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Business","summary":"$200/mo billed annually or $250/mo billed monthly","features":["Fast DNS","Unmetered DDoS Protection","CDN","Universal SSL Certificate","Free Managed Ruleset","Web Application Firewall","Lossless Image Optimization","Accelerated Mobile Pages","PCI DSS 4.0 Compliance","10x or 25x Uptime Service Credits","Single-Sign-On Support","Role-based Account Control","Network Prioritization"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":250,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"fixed","amount":200,"period":"year","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For small businesses operating online","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Contract","summary":"Custom pricing, billed annually","commitment":"annual","description":"For mission-critical applications","contactSales":true}],"addOns":[{"name":"Workers (metered)","components":[{"per":{"qty":1000000,"unit":"requests"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.3,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1000000,"unit":"CPU ms"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.02,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Containers (metered)","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GiB-second"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.0000025,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"vCPU-second"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.00002,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB-second"},"kind":"metered","amount":7e-8,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.025,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Durable Objects (metered)","components":[{"per":{"qty":1000000,"unit":"requests"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.15,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1000000,"unit":"GB-s"},"kind":"metered","amount":12.5,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1000000,"unit":"SQL rows read"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.001,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1000000,"unit":"SQL rows written"},"kind":"metered","amount":1,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB-month"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.2,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Browser Rendering (metered)","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"hour"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.09,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"browser"},"kind":"metered","amount":2,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Workflows (metered)","components":[{"per":{"qty":1000000,"unit":"requests"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.3,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1000000,"unit":"CPU ms"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.02,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB-month"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.2,"currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"Free tier with per-request and per-CPU metering. General Cloudflare plans from free to $250/mo; Workers add-on services metered separately.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.cloudflare.com/plans","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T16:41:04.189Z","startingPrice":{"amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | low | free |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| reliability.sla_pct | - | 100 |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | yes |
| security.fedramp | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.iso27001 | yes | yes |
| security.pci | yes | yes |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |
| security.trust_center | https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/ | https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/security/account-takeover |

## Capabilities (Serverless & Edge Platforms)

| Capability | AWS Lambda@Edge | Cloudflare Workers |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Execution substrate | MicroVM | V8 isolate |
| Language / runtime breadth | - | JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Rust |
| **Reach** |  |  |
| Runs at global edge PoPs | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Scale** |  |  |
| Scale to zero | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Performance** |  |  |
| Cold-start profile | - | None (isolate) |
| **Limits** |  |  |
| Max execution duration | - | - |
| **Integration** |  |  |
| Event source breadth | CloudFront events (viewer request, viewer response, origin request, origin respo | HTTP requests, cron schedules, webhooks, message queues |
| HTTP endpoint trigger | ✓ | ✓ |
| Cron / scheduled invocations | ✗ | ✓ |
| **State** |  |  |
| Durable state / workflow primitive | - | ✓ |
| **Flexibility** |  |  |
| Bring-your-own runtime / container | - | ✓ |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Hosting | Cloud only | Cloud only |
| **Ops** |  |  |
| Built-in logs / metrics / tracing | ✗ | - |
| **Extensibility** |  |  |
| CLI + IaC / framework support | - | ✓ |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T08:43:15.802Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*