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AWS Lambda@Edge vs OpenFaaS

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.

AWS Lambda@Edge full profile →OpenFaaS full profile →
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★AWS Lambda@Edge66
OpenFaaS42
Score
vioscaleAI score
AWS Lambda@Edge66 / 100medium · 73%
OpenFaaS42 / 100low · 42%
Pricing
Free tier
AWS Lambda@Edge✓
OpenFaaS✓
Model
AWS Lambda@Edgefreemium
OpenFaaSfreemium
Price level
AWS Lambda@Edgelow
OpenFaaSlow
Transparent
AWS Lambda@Edge✓
OpenFaaS✗
Integrations
Count
AWS Lambda@Edge2
OpenFaaS12
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–
OpenFaaS4.2
Soc2
AWS Lambda@Edge✓
OpenFaaS–
Trust center
AWS Lambda@Edgehttps://aws.amazon.com/compliance/
OpenFaaS–
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
AWS Lambda@Edge✓
OpenFaaS–
Adoption
Dependent repos
AWS Lambda@Edge–
OpenFaaS55
Github stars
AWS Lambda@Edge–
OpenFaaS26,249
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
Content
Faq
AWS Lambda@Edge5 items
OpenFaaS6 items

Capabilities

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

Core
Execution substrate
AWS Lambda@EdgeMicroVM
OpenFaaSContainer
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
OpenFaaSHTTP, Cron, Kafka, RabbitMQ, GCP Pub/Sub, PostgreSQL, AWS SNS/SQS
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

A framework for deploying functions to Kubernetes with automatic scaling, event-driven triggers, multi-tenancy support, and enterprise features including SSO, RBAC, and direct engineering support.

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 verify ↗

OpenFaaS

HybridFree tier14-day trial

Free community edition; subscription-based standard and enterprise tiers

  • Community EditionFree
    • Legacy UI portal
    • REST API
    • Basic metrics & observability
    • Cron trigger
  • Standard14-day trial available; custom pricing
    • Scale to zero
    • Kafka/RabbitMQ/GCP Pub/Sub/PostgreSQL/AWS SNS/SQS triggers
    • UI dashboard
    • Grafana dashboards
    • Kubernetes Custom Resources (CRD)
    • +4 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Enterprise support with SLA
    • Direct engineering support via Slack
    • Annual architecture review
    • Function Builder REST API
    • Identity and Access Management
    • +3 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
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✓
Hybrid
AWS Lambda@Edge✗
OpenFaaS✓
Air-gapped
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
2 total
  • CloudFront
  • Kinesis
Independently observed

OpenFaaS

24 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
  • Kafka
  • AWS SNS/SQS
  • Discord
  • Gumroad
Independently observed
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