Ready to Choose Your Serverless Platform?

Both Cloudflare Workers and AWS Lambda are powerful platforms. Choose based on your performance needs, existing infrastructure, and development preferences.

Near-zero cold starts

- Always warm due to edge distribution

100-1000ms cold starts

depending on language and memory

Pages, KV, D1, Durable Objects, R2

WAF, Bot Management, Rate Limiting

Integrated object storage and databases

Deep integration with enterprise tools

VPC, custom runtimes, containers

Convert to JavaScript/TypeScript

Adapt to Web APIs instead of AWS SDK

Use Wrangler instead of AWS CLI

Choose from multiple runtime options

Add CloudFront for global distribution

Configure WAF and Shield separately

API endpoints, content modification, global user-facing features

Data processing, batch jobs, complex business logic, integrations

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Cloudflare Workers vs AWS Lambda: Performance, Costs & Developer Experience

Compare Cloudflare Workers vs AWS Lambda: cold starts, global performance, pricing and developer experience. Choose the right serverless platform for your edge applications.

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