AWS Lambda Alternatives

AWS Lambda is described as 'Compute service that runs your code in response to events and automatically manages the underlying compute resources for you' and is a Cloud Computing service in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to AWS Lambda for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, SaaS, Self-Hosted, Mac and Windows apps. The best AWS Lambda alternative is Heroku. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Vercel or Google App Engine. Other great apps like AWS Lambda are Linode, PythonAnywhere, Radius and Google Cloud Functions.

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  1. Heroku icon
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    Heroku is a platform as a service (PaaS) that enables developers to build, run, and operate applications entirely in the cloud.

    174 Heroku alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
    • Heroku is the most popular Web-based alternative to AWS Lambda.

    • Heroku is the most popular commercial alternative to AWS Lambda.

    • Heroku is Paid and ProprietaryAWS Lambda is Freemium and Proprietary
  2. Linode icon
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    Linode’s cloud computing platform was launched in 2003, to accelerate innovation by making Linux virtual machines simple, affordable, and accessible to all. Since then, 100,000’s of developers and businesses around the world have deployed and scaled their modern applications...

    169 Linode alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  3. Vercel icon
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    Deploy to the most powerful serverless platform in the world with just one command.

    84 Vercel alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • Vercel is the most popular SaaS alternative to AWS Lambda.

    • Vercel is the most popular free alternative to AWS Lambda.

    • Vercel is Freemium and ProprietaryAWS Lambda is also Freemium and Proprietary
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    Google App Engine is a free* platform for developing and hosting web applications in Google-managed data centers. App Engine offers fast development and deployment; simple administration, with no need to worry about hardware, patches or backups; and effortless scalability.

    60 Google App Engine alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  5. PythonAnywhere icon
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    PythonAnywhere is a Python development and hosting environment that displays in your web browser and runs on cloud servers. The servers are already set up with everything you need: hundreds of useful Python packages and web frameworks are supported out of the box.

    55 PythonAnywhere alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  6. Radius icon
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    Radius is an open-source, cloud-native, application platform that enables developers and the operators that support them to define, deploy, and collaborate on cloud-native applications across public clouds and private infrastructure.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • Radius is the most popular Windows, Mac, Linux & Self-Hosted alternative to AWS Lambda.

    • Radius is the most popular Open Source alternative to AWS Lambda.

    • Radius is Free and Open SourceAWS Lambda is Freemium and Proprietary
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    Run your code in the cloud with no servers or containers to manage with our scalable, pay-as-you-go functions as a service (FaaS) product.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  8. Cloud Foundry icon
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    Cloud Foundry provides a highly efficient, modern model for cloud native application delivery.

    31 Cloud Foundry alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
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    Azure Functions is an event-driven, serverless compute platform that helps you develop more efficiently using the programming language of your choice. Focus on core business logic with the highest level of hardware abstraction.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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    Cloudflare's serverless platform enables instant global code deployment, ensuring high performance and reliability. Enjoy no cold starts, seamless auto-scaling, and run code close to your users with low latency. Ideal for rapid deployment, static and dynamic asset distribution.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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    Based on Apache OpenWhisk, IBM Cloud Functions is a polyglot functions-as-a-service (FaaS) programming platform for developing lightweight code that scalably executes on demand.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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    Deploy securely with the leading low code application development platform.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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