# AWS Lambda@Edge vs Serverless Framework

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Serverless Framework

| Attribute | AWS Lambda@Edge | Serverless Framework |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 55.9 (63% (medium)) | 64 (75% (high)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 50 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 12,543 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 46,917 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | - | 1,478,820 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | 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 | Infrastructure-as-code framework for defining and deploying serverless applications to AWS Lambda and related services. |
| features.capabilities | `{"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}` | `{"hosting":"both","triggers":"HTTP, scheduled tasks, SQS workers","languages":"Node.js, Python","cli_and_iac":true,"http_trigger":true,"scale_to_zero":true,"scheduled_cron":true,"observability_builtin":true}` |
| integrations.count | 1 | 5 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"CloudFront"}]` | `[{"name":"AWS Lambda"},{"name":"AWS DynamoDB"},{"name":"AWS S3"},{"name":"AWS API Gateway"},{"name":"AWS SQS"}]` |
| language.primary | - | JavaScript |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | - | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"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"}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Pay-As-You-Go","summary":"$4 per Credit","commitment":"monthly","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"credit"},"kind":"metered","amount":4,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Pay for credits monthly as you use them","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Reserved Credits","summary":"From $1 per Credit with annual commitment","features":["Up to 74% off with 1 year commitment","Up to 77% off with 2 year commitment","Up to 80% off with 3 year commitment","Additional 10% off if pay upfront","Additional 35% off for small business (<$5M revenue, <30 employees, <$5M raised)"],"commitment":"annual","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"credit"},"kind":"metered","amount":1,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Reserve monthly credits through annual contracts for discounts","contactSales":false}],"summary":"Free for individuals and small teams. Pay-as-you-go at $4/credit or reserved annual plans from $1/credit.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.serverless.com/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-01T15:41:05.833Z","startingPrice":{"amount":1,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | unknown | low |
| pricing.transparent | no | yes |
| release.cadence_days | - | 8 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/serverless/serverless/releases/tag/sf-core%404.41.0","date":"2026-08-10T15:17:40Z","type":"stable","version":"sf-core@4.41.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/serverless/serverless/releases/tag/sf-core%404.40.0","date":"2026-07-22T14:18:48Z","type":"stable","version":"sf-core@4.40.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/serverless/serverless/releases/tag/sf-core%404.39.0","date":"2026-07-08T16:18:42Z","type":"stable","version":"sf-core@4.39.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/serverless/serverless/releases/tag/sf-core%404.38.1","date":"2026-06-19T20:00:32Z","type":"stable","version":"sf-core@4.38.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/serverless/serverless/releases/tag/sf-core%404.38.0","date":"2026-06-17T19:10:39Z","type":"stable","version":"sf-core@4.38.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/serverless/serverless/releases/tag/sf-core%404.37.0","date":"2026-05-27T19:41:48Z","type":"stable","version":"sf-core@4.37.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/serverless/serverless/releases/tag/sf-core%404.36.1","date":"2026-05-14T15:55:17Z","type":"stable","version":"sf-core@4.36.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/serverless/serverless/releases/tag/sf-core%404.36.0","date":"2026-05-12T16:00:45Z","type":"stable","version":"sf-core@4.36.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/serverless/serverless/releases/tag/sf-core%404.35.1","date":"2026-05-06T18:35:06Z","type":"stable","version":"sf-core@4.35.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/serverless/serverless/releases/tag/sf-core%404.35.0","date":"2026-04-30T15:37:15Z","type":"stable","version":"sf-core@4.35.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/serverless/serverless/releases/tag/sf-core%404.34.0","date":"2026-04-10T16:56:01Z","type":"stable","version":"sf-core@4.34.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/serverless/serverless/releases/tag/sf-core%404.33.3","date":"2026-04-02T16:23:07Z","type":"stable","version":"sf-core@4.33.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/serverless/serverless/releases/tag/sf-core%404.33.2","date":"2026-04-01T00:14:38Z","type":"stable","version":"sf-core@4.33.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/serverless/serverless/releases/tag/sf-core%404.33.1","date":"2026-03-31T19:13:49Z","type":"stable","version":"sf-core@4.33.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/serverless/serverless/releases/tag/sf-core%404.33.0","date":"2026-02-19T21:18:33Z","type":"stable","version":"sf-core@4.33.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/serverless/serverless/releases/tag/sf-core%404.32.0","date":"2026-02-12T18:27:01Z","type":"stable","version":"sf-core@4.32.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/serverless/serverless/releases/tag/sf-core%404.31.2","date":"2026-01-27T21:03:37Z","type":"stable","version":"sf-core@4.31.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/serverless/serverless/releases/tag/sf-core%404.31.1","date":"2026-01-27T17:44:24Z","type":"stable","version":"sf-core@4.31.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/serverless/serverless/releases/tag/sf-core%404.31.0","date":"2026-01-15T16:21:13Z","type":"stable","version":"sf-core@4.31.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/serverless/serverless/releases/tag/sf-core%404.30.0","date":"2026-01-08T20:11:05Z","type":"stable","version":"sf-core@4.30.0"}]` |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | yes |
| security.fedramp | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.pci | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | - | 6.2 |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":1,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=serverless&per_page=100","last_12m":1,"max_severity":"HIGH"}` |

## Capabilities (Serverless & Edge Platforms)

| Capability | AWS Lambda@Edge | Serverless Framework |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Execution substrate | - | - |
| Language / runtime breadth | - | Node.js, Python |
| **Reach** |  |  |
| Runs at global edge PoPs | ✓ | - |
| **Scale** |  |  |
| Scale to zero | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Performance** |  |  |
| Cold-start profile | - | - |
| **Limits** |  |  |
| Max execution duration | - | - |
| **Integration** |  |  |
| Event source breadth | CloudFront events (viewer request, viewer response, origin request, origin respo | HTTP, scheduled tasks, SQS workers |
| HTTP endpoint trigger | ✓ | ✓ |
| Cron / scheduled invocations | ✗ | ✓ |
| **State** |  |  |
| Durable state / workflow primitive | - | - |
| **Flexibility** |  |  |
| Bring-your-own runtime / container | - | - |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Hosting | Cloud only | Cloud + self-hosted |
| **Ops** |  |  |
| Built-in logs / metrics / tracing | ✗ | ✓ |
| **Extensibility** |  |  |
| CLI + IaC / framework support | - | ✓ |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T15:07:14.455Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*