# AWS Lambda vs AWS Lambda@Edge

**Leader by Vioscale score:** AWS Lambda

| Attribute | AWS Lambda | AWS Lambda@Edge |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 66.5 (73% (medium)) | 55.9 (63% (medium)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | 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 |
| features.capabilities | `{"hosting":"cloud","triggers":"220+ AWS services including S3, DynamoDB, Kinesis, SQS, API calls, event streams","languages":"Python, Node.js, Java, C#, Go, Ruby, custom runtimes","cold_start":"provisioned","cli_and_iac":true,"http_trigger":true,"durable_state":true,"scale_to_zero":true,"custom_runtime":true,"observability_builtin":true}` | `{"hosting":"cloud","triggers":"CloudFront events (viewer request, viewer response, origin request, origin respo","http_trigger":true,"scale_to_zero":true,"scheduled_cron":false,"edge_distributed":true,"observability_builtin":false}` |
| integrations.count | 220 | 1 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"AWS S3"},{"name":"AWS DynamoDB"},{"name":"AWS Kinesis"},{"name":"AWS SQS"},{"name":"AWS EventBridge"},{"name":"Amazon MSK"},{"name":"AWS CloudWatch"},{"name":"AWS X-Ray"}]` | `[{"name":"CloudFront"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | - |
| pricing | `{"type":"usage","summary":"Pay-per-use billing with free tier included.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/pricing/?nc2=h_pr_ec2","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T16:36:41.740Z","billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"type":"usage","summary":"Pay-per-use based on compute time consumed; no charge when code is not running","currency":"USD","sourceUrl":"https://aws.amazon.com/sagemaker/pricing/?nc2=h_pr_sgm","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T11:04:40.446Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | low | unknown |
| pricing.transparent | no | no |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | yes |
| security.fedramp | yes | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | yes | yes |
| security.iso27001 | yes | yes |
| security.pci | yes | yes |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |

## Capabilities (Serverless & Edge Platforms)

| Capability | AWS Lambda | AWS Lambda@Edge |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Execution substrate | - | - |
| Language / runtime breadth | Python, Node.js, Java, C#, Go, Ruby, custom runtimes | - |
| **Reach** |  |  |
| Runs at global edge PoPs | - | ✓ |
| **Scale** |  |  |
| Scale to zero | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Performance** |  |  |
| Cold-start profile | Provisioned concurrency | - |
| **Limits** |  |  |
| Max execution duration | - | - |
| **Integration** |  |  |
| Event source breadth | 220+ AWS services including S3, DynamoDB, Kinesis, SQS, API calls, event streams | CloudFront events (viewer request, viewer response, origin request, origin respo |
| 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 | ✓ | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T14:35:27.009Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*