# AWS Lambda vs Deno Deploy

| Attribute | AWS Lambda | Deno Deploy |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 66.5 (73% (medium)) | 68.9 (75% (high)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 396 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 108,306 |
| 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. | Deno Deploy is a cloud deployment service that runs JavaScript and TypeScript code at the edge, providing serverless execution with integrated databases, observability, and framework support. |
| 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":"HTTP requests, cron schedules","languages":"JavaScript, TypeScript","cli_and_iac":true,"http_trigger":true,"durable_state":true,"scheduled_cron":true,"runtime_substrate":"isolate","observability_builtin":true}` |
| integrations.count | 220 | 21 |
| 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":"Deno"},{"name":"Node.js"},{"name":"Next.js"},{"name":"React"},{"name":"Vue"},{"name":"Svelte"},{"name":"SvelteKit"},{"name":"Astro"},{"name":"Nuxt"},{"name":"Remix"},{"name":"Hono"},{"name":"Solid"},{"name":"Solid Start"},{"name":"Vite"},{"name":"Express"},{"name":"Docosaurus"},{"name":"Fresh"},{"name":"Postgres"},{"name":"Prisma"},{"name":"Deno KV"},{"name":"Terraform"}]` |
| language.primary | - | Rust |
| license.spdx | - | MIT |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"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":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Free tier","features":["Sandboxed code execution","Log streaming API","1 day log retention","30-day analytics dashboard","Web Cache API","HTTP Edge Cache","Community support","Deployment via Terraform"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For personal use and smaller projects","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"apps":"20","cpu_time":"15h","kv_storage":"1 GiB","memory_time":"350 GB-h","team_members":"5","custom_domains":"50/org","volume_storage":"1 GiB","egress_bandwidth":"20GB","requests_per_month":"1M","deployments_per_hour":"60","kv_read_units_monthly":"450,000","kv_write_units_monthly":"300,000"}},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","summary":"$20/month","features":["Wildcard subdomains","Allowlist for outbound connections","Authenticated invocations","Dedicated Anycast IP","Email support with SLA","Onboarding support","99.95% SLA","SOC2 Type 1 certified","DPA available","Select custom write region","1 week log retention","3-month analytics dashboard"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For team collaboration with advanced features","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"apps":"100","cpu_time":"40h (then $0.05/h)","kv_storage":"5 GB (then $0.75/GiB)","memory_time":"1,000 GB-h (then $0.016/GB-h)","team_members":"10 (then $20/member)","custom_domains":"100/org","volume_storage":"5 GiB (then $0.20/GiB-month)","egress_bandwidth":"200GB (then $0.50/GB)","requests_per_month":"5M (then $2/M)","deployments_per_hour":"200","kv_read_units_monthly":"1,300,000 (then $1/M)","kv_write_units_monthly":"900,000 (then $2.50/M)"}},{"free":false,"name":"Builder","summary":"$200/month","features":["Unlimited custom domains","Multiple DB regions","Email support with SLA","Onboarding support","99.95% SLA","SOC2 Type 1 certified","DPA available","Web Cache API","HTTP Edge Cache","2-week log retention","3-month analytics dashboard"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":200,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For Subhosting users and growing platforms","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"apps":"100,000","kv_storage":"10 GB (then $0.75/GiB)","team_members":"10 (then $20/member)","custom_domains":"300/org","egress_bandwidth":"300GB (then $0.50/GB)","requests_per_month":"20M (then $2/M)","kv_read_units_monthly":"5,000,000 (then $1/M)","kv_write_units_monthly":"3,000,000 (then $2.50/M)"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing","features":["Custom request limits","Custom storage limits","Custom team members","Custom SLA terms","Dedicated support","99.95%+ SLA available","SOC2 Type 1 certified","DPA available"],"description":"Maximum support, security, and performance","contactSales":true}],"addOns":[{"name":"Team member overage","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"member","amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Request overage","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"M"},"kind":"metered","amount":2,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Egress bandwidth overage","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.5,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"CPU time overage (Pro+)","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"h"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.05,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Memory time overage (Pro+)","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB-h"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.016,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Volume storage overage (Pro+)","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GiB-month"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.2,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"KV storage overage","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GiB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.75,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"KV read units overage","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"M"},"kind":"metered","amount":1,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"KV write units overage","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"M"},"kind":"metered","amount":2.5,"currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"From free to $200/month, plus usage overages for requests, bandwidth, storage, and compute.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://deno.com/deploy/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T21:37:42.931Z","startingPrice":{"amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | low | mid |
| pricing.transparent | no | yes |
| release.cadence_days | - | 6 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/denoland/deno/releases/tag/v2.9.5","date":"2026-08-06T15:05:43Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.9.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/denoland/deno/releases/tag/v2.9.4","date":"2026-07-23T16:59:31Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.9.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/denoland/deno/releases/tag/v2.9.3","date":"2026-07-15T15:35:06Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.9.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/denoland/deno/releases/tag/v2.9.2","date":"2026-07-08T14:36:21Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.9.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/denoland/deno/releases/tag/v2.9.1","date":"2026-07-01T16:31:16Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.9.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/denoland/deno/releases/tag/v2.9.0","date":"2026-06-25T15:00:40Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.9.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/denoland/deno/releases/tag/v2.8.3","date":"2026-06-11T15:57:47Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.8.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/denoland/deno/releases/tag/v2.8.2","date":"2026-06-03T13:41:42Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.8.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/denoland/deno/releases/tag/v2.8.1","date":"2026-05-27T12:56:27Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.8.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/denoland/deno/releases/tag/v2.8.0","date":"2026-05-22T10:51:19Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.8.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/denoland/deno/releases/tag/v2.7.14","date":"2026-04-28T16:49:55Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.7.14"},{"url":"https://github.com/denoland/deno/releases/tag/v2.7.13","date":"2026-04-22T13:26:47Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.7.13"},{"url":"https://github.com/denoland/deno/releases/tag/v2.7.12","date":"2026-04-09T20:35:29Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.7.12"},{"url":"https://github.com/denoland/deno/releases/tag/v2.7.11","date":"2026-04-01T12:45:08Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.7.11"},{"url":"https://github.com/denoland/deno/releases/tag/v2.7.10","date":"2026-03-31T15:09:24Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.7.10"},{"url":"https://github.com/denoland/deno/releases/tag/v2.7.9","date":"2026-03-27T12:54:54Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.7.9"},{"url":"https://github.com/denoland/deno/releases/tag/v2.7.8","date":"2026-03-25T16:11:12Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.7.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/denoland/deno/releases/tag/v2.7.7","date":"2026-03-19T13:52:21Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.7.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/denoland/deno/releases/tag/v2.7.6","date":"2026-03-18T12:09:26Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.7.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/denoland/deno/releases/tag/v2.7.5","date":"2026-03-11T12:40:10Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.7.5"}]` |
| reliability.sla_pct | - | 99.95 |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | yes |
| security.fedramp | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.pci | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | - | 5.2 |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=cargo&package_name=deno_core&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Serverless & Edge Platforms)

| Capability | AWS Lambda | Deno Deploy |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Execution substrate | - | V8 isolate |
| Language / runtime breadth | Python, Node.js, Java, C#, Go, Ruby, custom runtimes | JavaScript, TypeScript |
| **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 | HTTP requests, cron schedules |
| 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 2026-09-01T17:29:32.063Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*