AWS Lambda vs Cloudflare Workers
Blog post from Upstash
The article provides a comparative analysis of AWS Lambda and Cloudflare Workers, two serverless computing platforms, highlighting their differences across several categories including performance, runtime and language support, configurability, pricing, tools and resources, and ecosystem integrations. AWS Lambda is noted for its extensive runtime and language support, configurability, and a robust ecosystem with numerous third-party tools and integration options, making it suitable for a wide range of use cases. In contrast, Cloudflare Workers excels in performance, particularly due to its minimal latency and global distribution, as well as offering competitive pricing. However, its language support is more limited, focusing primarily on JavaScript and TypeScript, and its use cases are largely confined to web applications and edge computing. The article concludes that the choice between the two depends on specific use case requirements and personal preferences, with AWS Lambda being a reliable choice for diverse applications and Cloudflare Workers being preferable for scenarios requiring low latency on a global scale.