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AWS Lambda vs Fastly Compute

No clear leader: AWS Lambda (66.5) and Fastly Compute (61.6) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

AWS Lambda full profile →Fastly Compute full profile →
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AWS Lambda67
Fastly Compute62
Score
Vioscale score
AWS Lambda67 / 100medium · 73%updating
Fastly Compute62 / 100medium · 54%updating
Pricing
Free tier
AWS Lambda✓
Fastly Compute✓
Model
AWS Lambdafreemium
Fastly Computecommercial
Price level
AWS Lambdalow
Fastly Computelow
Transparent
AWS Lambda✗
Fastly Compute✓
Integrations
Count
AWS Lambda220
Fastly Compute–
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–
Vulnerabilities
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 Compute510,239
Activity
Commits last 30d
AWS Lambda–
Fastly Compute39
Release
Cadence days
AWS Lambda–
Fastly Compute4
History
AWS Lambda–
Fastly Compute20 items
License
Spdx
AWS Lambda–
Fastly ComputeApache-2.0
Language
Primary
AWS Lambda–
Fastly ComputeJavaScript
Market
Availability

Capabilities

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

Core
Execution substrate
AWS Lambda-
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

A serverless compute service that automatically scales in response to demand and reduces to zero during idle periods. Execute code triggered by events from AWS services and external applications with built-in security, monitoring, and support for multiple programming languages.

Independently observed

Fastly Compute

Execute code at the edge using WebAssembly with instant startup times. Includes storage, messaging, and built-in security features for modern application development.

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

Usage-basedFree tier

Pay-per-use billing with free tier included.

as of verify ↗

Fastly Compute

Usage-basedFree tier

Free tier. Usage-based pricing from $0.50 per 1 million compute requests

  • ComputeFree
    • 10M compute requests/month free
    • 100M vCPU milliseconds/month free
    • Global edge deployment
    • WebAssembly runtime
    • Volume discounts
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✓
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.

AWS Lambda

8 total
  • AWS S3
  • AWS DynamoDB
  • AWS Kinesis
  • AWS SQS
  • AWS EventBridge
  • Amazon MSK
  • AWS CloudWatch
  • AWS X-Ray
Independently observed

Fastly Compute

Not documented yet.

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