Comparison

AWS Lambda vs Fastly Compute

On the evidence we track, AWS Lambda leads this comparison with a composite score of 76/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★AWS Lambda76

Fastly Compute54

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	AWS LambdaLeader	Fastly Compute
vioscaleAI score	76 / 100medium · 72%	54 / 100medium · 51%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	low
Starting pricepricing.starting_price	$1	-
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	220	5
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	-
Fedrampsecurity.fedramp	✓	-
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	✓	-
Iso27001security.iso27001	✓	-
Pcisecurity.pci	✓	-
Soc2security.soc2	✓	-
Trust centersecurity.trust_center	https://aws.amazon.com/security/?nc1=f_cc	https://www.fastly.com/security-research
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 2 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=%40fastly%2Fjs-compute&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: HIGH
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	65
Github starsadoption.github_stars	-	226
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	-	462,574
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	-	23
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	-	6
Historyrelease.history	-	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	Apache-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	-	JavaScript
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide	Available worldwide
Content
Faqcontent.faq	7 items	6 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

AWS Lambda76 / 100medium · 72%

Fastly Compute54 / 100medium · 51%

Pricing

Free tier

AWS Lambda✓

Fastly Compute✓

Model

AWS Lambdacommercial

Fastly Computecommercial

Price level

AWS Lambdalow

Fastly Computelow

Starting price

AWS Lambda$1

Fastly Compute–

Transparent

AWS Lambda✓

Fastly Compute✓

Integrations

Count

AWS Lambda220

Fastly Compute5

Security

Disclosure policy

AWS Lambda✓

Fastly Compute–

Fedramp

AWS Lambda✓

Fastly Compute–

Gdpr

AWS Lambda✓

Fastly Compute✓

Hipaa

AWS Lambda✓

Fastly Compute–

Iso27001

AWS Lambda✓

Fastly Compute–

Pci

AWS Lambda✓

Fastly Compute–

Soc2

AWS Lambda✓

Fastly Compute–

Trust center

AWS Lambdahttps://aws.amazon.com/security/?nc1=f_cc

Fastly Computehttps://www.fastly.com/security-research

Vulnerabilities

AWS Lambda–

Fastly ComputeCount: 2 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=%40fastly%2Fjs-compute&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: HIGH

Reliability

Status page

AWS Lambda✓

Fastly Compute✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

AWS Lambda–

Fastly Compute65

Github stars

AWS Lambda–

Fastly Compute226

Package downloads weekly

AWS Lambda–

Fastly Compute462,574

Activity

Commits last 30d

AWS Lambda–

Fastly Compute23

Release

Cadence days

AWS Lambda–

Fastly Compute6

History

AWS Lambda–

Fastly Compute20 items

License

Spdx

AWS Lambda–

Fastly ComputeApache-2.0

Language

Primary

AWS Lambda–

Fastly ComputeJavaScript

Market

Availability

AWS LambdaAvailable worldwide

Fastly ComputeAvailable worldwide

Content

Faq

AWS Lambda7 items

Fastly Compute6 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	Fastly Compute
Core
Execution substrate	MicroVM	WASM
Language / runtime breadth	Python, Node.js, Java, C#, Go, Ruby, custom runtimes	JavaScript, with WebAssembly runtime support
Reach
Runs at global edge PoPs	-	✓
Scale
Scale to zero	✓	-
Performance
Cold-start profile	Provisioned concurrency	Low
Limits
Max execution duration	-	-
Integration
Event source breadth	220+ AWS services including S3, DynamoDB, Kinesis, SQS, API calls, event streams	-
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	✓	✓

Core

Execution substrate

AWS LambdaMicroVM

Fastly ComputeWASM

Language / runtime breadth

AWS LambdaPython, Node.js, Java, C#, Go, Ruby, custom runtimes

Fastly ComputeJavaScript, with WebAssembly runtime support

Reach

Runs at global edge PoPs

AWS Lambda-

Fastly Compute✓

Scale

Scale to zero

AWS Lambda✓

Fastly Compute-

Performance

Cold-start profile

AWS LambdaProvisioned concurrency

Fastly ComputeLow

Limits

Max execution duration

AWS Lambda-

Fastly Compute-

Integration

Event source breadth

AWS Lambda220+ AWS services including S3, DynamoDB, Kinesis, SQS, API calls, event streams

Fastly Compute-

HTTP endpoint trigger

AWS Lambda✓

Fastly Compute✓

Cron / scheduled invocations

AWS Lambda-

Fastly Compute-

State

Durable state / workflow primitive

AWS Lambda✓

Fastly Compute-

Flexibility

Bring-your-own runtime / container

AWS Lambda✓

Fastly Compute-

Deployment

Hosting

AWS LambdaCloud only

Fastly ComputeCloud only

Ops

Built-in logs / metrics / tracing

AWS Lambda✓

Fastly Compute✓

Extensibility

CLI + IaC / framework support

AWS Lambda✓

Fastly Compute✓

What each one is

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

AWS Lambda

Leader

AWS service providing serverless infrastructure for AI agents and language models, with integrated knowledge base capabilities for retrieval-augmented generation, automated data processing, and model fine-tuning.

Independently observed

Fastly Compute

Fastly Compute is a JavaScript runtime and SDK for building applications that run on Fastly's edge network. It includes privacy enablement solutions like MASQUE Relay and OHTTP Relay for anonymizing user traffic and protecting personally identifiable information.

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

Leader

from $1/API callsUsage-based

Usage-based pricing per token and per API call; fine-tuning $0.005/image; knowledge base $0.010/page

Standard$1 per 1000 API calls
Flex-
Priority-
Reserved-

as of 2026-09-23verify ↗

Fastly Compute

HybridFree tier

FreeFree
Growth-
EnterpriseContact sales

as of 2026-09-10verify ↗

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	Fastly Compute
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

AWS Lambda✓

Fastly Compute✓

CLI

AWS Lambda✓

Fastly Compute✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

AWS Lambda✓

Fastly Compute✓

Integrations

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

In common (1)

AWS Lambda

Leader

17 total - 16 not shared

AWS S3
AWS DynamoDB
AWS Kinesis
AWS SQS
AWS EventBridge
Amazon MSK
AWS CloudWatch
AWS X-Ray
Amazon S3
Amazon DynamoDB
Amazon Kinesis
Apache Kafka
Amazon SQS
Amazon DynamoDB Streams
SharePoint
Confluence

Independently observed

Fastly Compute

5 total - 4 not shared

GitHub Actions
Terraform
Datadog
Splunk

Independently observed

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