AWS Lambda

Amazon's Original Functions as a Service

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Documentation

Amazon Cloudfront Functions

Lightweight Functions Close to the End-User

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Documentation

AWS Lambda vs Amazon Cloudfront Functions

Compare Service Types, Runtimes, Execution Limits, Compliance, Regions and Alternatives

Features

AWS Lambda
Service Types

Functions

Edge Compute

Amazon Cloudfront Functions
Service Types

Functions

Edge Compute

AWS Lambda
Functions Runtimes

.Net

Java

JavaScript

Node.js

PowerShell

Python

Ruby

Rust

TypeScript

Amazon Cloudfront Functions
Functions Runtimes

.Net

Java

JavaScript

Node.js

PowerShell

Python

Ruby

Rust

TypeScript

AWS Lambda
Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

Min. Memory

128 MB

Max. Memory

10 GB

Default Timeout

5 s

Max. Timeout

900 s

Request Payload

6 MB

Response Payload

6 MB

Amazon Cloudfront Functions
Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

Min. Memory

2 MB

Max. Memory

2 MB

Default Timeout

∞

Max. Timeout

~1 ms

Request Payload

10 KB

Response Payload

10 KB

AWS Lambda
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope

Regional

Regions

Points of Presence

N/A

Amazon Cloudfront Functions
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope

Global

Regions

Points of Presence

600+

Alternatives are matched on service types, programming languages and container support

AWS Lambda vs Amazon Cloudfront Functions

Features

AWS Lambda
Service Types

Amazon Cloudfront Functions
Service Types

AWS Lambda
Functions Runtimes

Amazon Cloudfront Functions
Functions Runtimes

AWS Lambda
Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

Amazon Cloudfront Functions
Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

AWS Lambda
Regional Availability

Amazon Cloudfront Functions
Regional Availability

Best Alternatives

Service Types

Functions Runtimes

Container Runtimes

Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

Compliance

Regional Availability

Sustainabilty

Best Alternatives

Features

AWS LambdaService Types

Amazon Cloudfront FunctionsService Types

AWS LambdaFunctions Runtimes

Amazon Cloudfront FunctionsFunctions Runtimes

AWS LambdaExecution Limits and Resource Quotas

Amazon Cloudfront FunctionsExecution Limits and Resource Quotas

AWS LambdaRegional Availability

Amazon Cloudfront FunctionsRegional Availability

Service Types

Functions Runtimes

Container Runtimes

Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

Compliance

Regional Availability

Sustainabilty

AWS Lambda
Service Types

Amazon Cloudfront Functions
Service Types

AWS Lambda
Functions Runtimes

Amazon Cloudfront Functions
Functions Runtimes

AWS Lambda
Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

Amazon Cloudfront Functions
Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

AWS Lambda
Regional Availability

Amazon Cloudfront Functions
Regional Availability