Comparison

AWS Lambda@Edge vs Fission

On the evidence we track, AWS Lambda@Edge leads this comparison with a composite score of 66/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★AWS Lambda@Edge66

Fission54

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	AWS Lambda@EdgeLeader	Fission
vioscaleAI score	66 / 100medium · 73%	54 / 100medium · 54%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	open_source
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	2	6
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	-
Fedrampsecurity.fedramp	✓	-
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	-
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	✓	-
Iso27001security.iso27001	✓	-
Pcisecurity.pci	✓	-
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	-	7.7
Soc2security.soc2	✓	-
Trust centersecurity.trust_center	https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/	-
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 18 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Ffission%2Ffission&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 18 · Max severity: CRITICAL
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	-
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	3
Github starsadoption.github_stars	-	8,933
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	-	60
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	-	24
Historyrelease.history	-	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	Apache-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	-	Go
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · Popular in US	-
Content
Faqcontent.faq	5 items	6 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

AWS Lambda@Edge66 / 100medium · 73%

Fission54 / 100medium · 54%

Pricing

Free tier

AWS Lambda@Edge✓

Fission✓

Model

AWS Lambda@Edgefreemium

Fissionopen_source

Price level

AWS Lambda@Edgelow

Fissionfree

Transparent

AWS Lambda@Edge✓

Fission✓

Integrations

Count

AWS Lambda@Edge2

Fission6

Security

Disclosure policy

AWS Lambda@Edge✓

Fission–

Fedramp

AWS Lambda@Edge✓

Fission–

Gdpr

AWS Lambda@Edge✓

Fission–

Hipaa

AWS Lambda@Edge✓

Fission–

Iso27001

AWS Lambda@Edge✓

Fission–

Pci

AWS Lambda@Edge✓

Fission–

Scorecard

AWS Lambda@Edge–

Fission7.7

Soc2

AWS Lambda@Edge✓

Fission–

Trust center

AWS Lambda@Edgehttps://aws.amazon.com/compliance/

Fission–

Vulnerabilities

AWS Lambda@Edge–

FissionCount: 18 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Ffission%2Ffission&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 18 · Max severity: CRITICAL

Reliability

Status page

AWS Lambda@Edge✓

Fission–

Adoption

Dependent repos

AWS Lambda@Edge–

Fission3

Github stars

AWS Lambda@Edge–

Fission8,933

Activity

Commits last 30d

AWS Lambda@Edge–

Fission60

Release

Cadence days

AWS Lambda@Edge–

Fission24

History

AWS Lambda@Edge–

Fission20 items

License

Spdx

AWS Lambda@Edge–

FissionApache-2.0

Language

Primary

AWS Lambda@Edge–

FissionGo

Market

Availability

AWS Lambda@EdgeAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

Fission–

Content

Faq

AWS Lambda@Edge5 items

Fission6 items

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Serverless & Edge Platforms
Capability	AWS Lambda@Edge	Fission
Core
Execution substrate	MicroVM	Container
Language / runtime breadth	-	Python, NodeJS, Go, Rust, C#, PHP (extensible to any language)
Reach
Runs at global edge PoPs	✓	✗
Scale
Scale to zero	✓	✓
Performance
Cold-start profile	-	Provisioned concurrency
Limits
Max execution duration	-	-
Integration
Event source breadth	CloudFront events (viewer request, viewer response, origin request, origin respo	HTTP and event triggers
HTTP endpoint trigger	✓	✓
Cron / scheduled invocations	✗	✓
State
Durable state / workflow primitive	-	-
Flexibility
Bring-your-own runtime / container	-	✓
Deployment
Hosting	Cloud only	Cloud + self-hosted
Ops
Built-in logs / metrics / tracing	✗	✓
Extensibility
CLI + IaC / framework support	-	✓

Core

Execution substrate

AWS Lambda@EdgeMicroVM

FissionContainer

Language / runtime breadth

AWS Lambda@Edge-

FissionPython, NodeJS, Go, Rust, C#, PHP (extensible to any language)

Reach

Runs at global edge PoPs

AWS Lambda@Edge✓

Fission✗

Scale

Scale to zero

AWS Lambda@Edge✓

Fission✓

Performance

Cold-start profile

AWS Lambda@Edge-

FissionProvisioned concurrency

Limits

Max execution duration

AWS Lambda@Edge-

Fission-

Integration

Event source breadth

AWS Lambda@EdgeCloudFront events (viewer request, viewer response, origin request, origin respo

FissionHTTP and event triggers

HTTP endpoint trigger

AWS Lambda@Edge✓

Fission✓

Cron / scheduled invocations

AWS Lambda@Edge✗

Fission✓

State

Durable state / workflow primitive

AWS Lambda@Edge-

Fission-

Flexibility

Bring-your-own runtime / container

AWS Lambda@Edge-

Fission✓

Deployment

Hosting

AWS Lambda@EdgeCloud only

FissionCloud + self-hosted

Ops

Built-in logs / metrics / tracing

AWS Lambda@Edge✗

Fission✓

Extensibility

CLI + IaC / framework support

AWS Lambda@Edge-

Fission✓

What each one is

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

AWS Lambda@Edge

Leader

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

Fission

An open-source framework for building and deploying serverless functions on Kubernetes with automatic scaling. Supports multiple programming languages and can be triggered by HTTP requests, message queue events, and scheduled tasks.

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

Leader

Usage-basedFree tier

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.

as of 2026-10-13verify ↗

Fission

Open sourceFree tier

Free, open source under Apache License

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	AWS Lambda@Edge	Fission
CLIPlatforms	-	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✗
Self-hostedDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

CLI

AWS Lambda@Edge–

Fission✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

AWS Lambda@Edge✓

Fission✗

Self-hosted

AWS Lambda@Edge✗

Fission✓

Integrations

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

AWS Lambda@Edge

Leader

2 total

CloudFront
Kinesis

Independently observed

Fission

6 total

Kubernetes
Istio
Fluentd
Prometheus
Grafana
MCP

Independently observed

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