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Looks like a little bit cheaper than AWS Lambda@Edge which is $0.6/mln, but more than regular AWS Lambda $0.2/mln. On Lambda you pay extra for resources, but yo
by jakozaur 9y ago
Looks like a little bit cheaper than AWS Lambda@Edge which is $0.6/mln, but more than regular AWS Lambda $0.2/mln. On Lambda you pay extra for resources, but you can get more RAM or CPU there (e.g. running Chrome Headless is an option there).
On the other hand CloudFlare Workers looks more distributed, but suitable just for 50ms CPU time, 15s wall time and 128 MB. This is enough for redirects, A/B testing, but often not enough for writing serverless applications or any kind of rendering.
I wonder whether CloudFlare wants to get into serverless business and this is first iteration or if it's just a CDN which is more customisable by allowing code to run there.
- zaarn 9y agoI bet it's enough to drive a static blog from some markdown files and templates. Which would be interesting for cheap hosting while also being on cloudflare CDN.
- zackbloom 9y agoCheap hosting that also manages to be served from 120+ places around the world.
- jgrahamc 9y agoBut no data transfer charges from Cloudflare. And the JavaScript deploys in seconds not minutes.
- jakozaur 9y agoNo data transfer fees from CloudFlare is their big competitive advantage. $0.5-0.7 GB / egress on major public clouds can be brutal. Transferring one object out of S3 cost same as storing it for 2.5 months.
- apendleton 9y agoIt also looks to be much more capable than Lambda@Edge though, for what it's worth (particularly in that it can make multiple outbound requests).