Lambda (AWS Serverless)

Run code without thinking about servers

As of 30 August 2026, Lambda (AWS Serverless) is free to use. AWS Lambda is a serverless compute service that lets you run code without provisioning or managing servers. Softwr lists it under Cloud. Lambda (AWS Serverless) is made by Amazon Inc, launched in 2014, available on Web, API.

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Overview

What Lambda (AWS Serverless) does

AWS Lambda is a serverless compute service that lets you run code without provisioning or managing servers. Lambda executes your code only when needed and scales automatically, from a few requests per day to thousands per second.

What people use it for

Event-driven functions without managing servers
API backends behind API Gateway
Processing S3, DynamoDB, SQS and Kinesis events
Scheduled jobs without a always-on instance
Edge compute through Lambda@Edge

Where it falls short

Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Lambda (AWS Serverless).

Billed on two axes at once, $0.20 per million requests plus $0.0000166667 per GB-second of duration, so memory settings change the bill as much as traffic does
Provisioned concurrency, used to avoid cold starts, is charged separately at $0.0000041667 per GB-second whether or not the function runs
Ephemeral storage beyond the included 512 MB is metered
Lambda@Edge costs $0.60 per million requests, three times the standard request rate
VPC use and cross-region data transfer carry EC2 charges on top

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Pricing

What Lambda (AWS Serverless) costs

Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.

Free Tier

Free

1M free requests/month
400,000 GB-seconds/month
Always free
24/7 access

Capabilities

Features

Function-as-a-Service
Event-driven execution
Auto-scaling
Pay-per-use
Multiple languages
Concurrency limits
Dead Letter Queues
Environment variables
API Gateway
Integration with API Gateway
S3
Integration with S3
DynamoDB
Integration with DynamoDB
SNS
Integration with SNS

Answered, with sources

Questions people ask

Each answer names the page it came from, so you can check it rather than take our word for it.

Is there a free tier for AWS Lambda?

Yes. AWS Lambda offers a free tier including 1 million requests per month, 400,000 GB-seconds per month, and 100 GB monthly response streaming.

Source

How is AWS Lambda charged?

Lambda charges $0.20 per million requests. Duration charges are $0.0000166667 per GB-second for x86 (up to 6 billion GB-seconds/month in US East Ohio with tiered pricing). Ephemeral storage over the included 512 MB costs $0.0000000309 per GB-second. Provisioned Concurrency costs $0.0000041667 per GB-second with a 5-minute minimum.

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What are Lambda Durable Functions pricing?

Lambda Durable Functions include operations at $8.00 per million (start execution, steps, waits). Data written costs $0.25 per GB. Data retention is $0.15 per GB-month with configurable 1-90 day retention (default 14 days).

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Behind it

Who makes Lambda (AWS Serverless)

Company: Amazon Inc
Based in: Seattle, WA

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