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Comparison

AWS Lambda@Edge vs OpenFaaS

On the evidence we track, AWS Lambda@Edge leads this comparison with a composite score of 56/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

AWS Lambda@Edge full profile →OpenFaaS full profile →
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★AWS Lambda@Edge56
OpenFaaS41
Score
Vioscale score
AWS Lambda@Edge56 / 100medium · 63%updating
OpenFaaS41 / 100low · 42%updating
Pricing
Free tier
AWS Lambda@Edge✓
OpenFaaS✓
Model
AWS Lambda@Edgecommercial
OpenFaaScommercial
Price level
AWS Lambda@Edgeunknown
OpenFaaSlow
Transparent
AWS Lambda@Edge✗
OpenFaaS✓
Integrations
Count
AWS Lambda@Edge1
OpenFaaS20
Security
Disclosure policy
AWS Lambda@Edge✓
OpenFaaS–
Fedramp
AWS Lambda@Edge✓
OpenFaaS–
Gdpr
AWS Lambda@Edge✓
OpenFaaS–
Hipaa
AWS Lambda@Edge✓
OpenFaaS–
Iso27001
AWS Lambda@Edge✓
OpenFaaS–
Pci
AWS Lambda@Edge✓
OpenFaaS–
Scorecard
AWS Lambda@Edge–
OpenFaaS4.3
Soc2
AWS Lambda@Edge✓
OpenFaaS–
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
AWS Lambda@Edge✓
OpenFaaS–
Adoption
Dependent repos
AWS Lambda@Edge–
OpenFaaS55
Github stars
AWS Lambda@Edge–
OpenFaaS26,231
Activity
Commits last 30d
AWS Lambda@Edge–
OpenFaaS0
Release
Cadence days
AWS Lambda@Edge–
OpenFaaS136
History
AWS Lambda@Edge–
OpenFaaS5 items
Language
Primary
AWS Lambda@Edge–
OpenFaaSGo
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-
OpenFaaS-
Language / runtime breadth
AWS Lambda@Edge-
OpenFaaSextensive language support
Reach
Runs at global edge PoPs
AWS Lambda@Edge✓
OpenFaaS-
Scale
Scale to zero
AWS Lambda@Edge✓
OpenFaaS-
Performance
Cold-start profile
AWS Lambda@Edge-
OpenFaaS-
Limits
Max execution duration
AWS Lambda@Edge-
OpenFaaSextended execution timeouts
Integration
Event source breadth
AWS Lambda@EdgeCloudFront events (viewer request, viewer response, origin request, origin respo
OpenFaaS-
HTTP endpoint trigger
AWS Lambda@Edge✓
OpenFaaS-
Cron / scheduled invocations
AWS Lambda@Edge✗
OpenFaaS-
State
Durable state / workflow primitive
AWS Lambda@Edge-
OpenFaaS-
Flexibility
Bring-your-own runtime / container
AWS Lambda@Edge-
OpenFaaS✓
Deployment
Hosting
AWS Lambda@EdgeCloud only
OpenFaaSCloud + self-hosted
Ops
Built-in logs / metrics / tracing
AWS Lambda@Edge✗
OpenFaaS-
Extensibility
CLI + IaC / framework support
AWS Lambda@Edge-
OpenFaaS-

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

OpenFaaS

Open-source serverless framework that abstracts cloud provider differences, allowing you to deploy and run functions across multiple clouds, on-premises, and Kubernetes with extended execution timeouts and support for many programming languages.

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-based

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

as of verify ↗

OpenFaaS

from $1250/moHybridFree tier14-day trial

Community Edition free; Standard from $1,250/month with 14-day trial; Enterprise custom pricing

  • Community EditionFree
    • 15 functions
    • 1 namespace
    • Public repositories only
    • Basic autoscaling up to 5/5 replicas
    • Basic metrics & observability
    • +3 more
  • OpenFaaS Standard$1,250/month
    • 500 functions
    • 1 namespace
    • Private registries for functions
    • Fine-tuned autoscaling for RPS, Capacity & CPU
    • Scale to Zero
    • +9 more
  • OpenFaaS for EnterprisesContact sales
    • 5000 functions per namespace
    • Unlimited namespaces
    • Multi-tenancy with secure isolation (gVisor)
    • Function Builder API (REST)
    • Dedicated async queues (JetStream)
    • +9 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Linux
AWS Lambda@Edge–
OpenFaaS✓
CLI
AWS Lambda@Edge–
OpenFaaS✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
AWS Lambda@Edge✓
OpenFaaS✓
Self-hosted
AWS Lambda@Edge✗
OpenFaaS✓
On-premise
AWS Lambda@Edge✗
OpenFaaS✓

Integrations

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

AWS Lambda@Edge

Leader
1 total
  • CloudFront
Independently observed

OpenFaaS

20 total
  • Apache Kafka
  • AWS SQS
  • AWS SNS
  • GCP Pub/Sub
  • RabbitMQ
  • PostgreSQL
  • MQTT
  • Cron
  • Grafana
  • Istio
  • Linkerd
  • NATS JetStream
  • GitHub
  • Slack
  • Salesforce
  • Zoom
  • Google Docs
  • Gmail
  • DigitalOcean
  • Crunchbase
Independently observed

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