# AWS Lambda

Amazon's function-as-a-service primitive, running a handler on demand in a short-lived isolated environment and billing per invocation.


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Last checked against the provider: 2026-08-01

## Record

### Links

- home: https://aws.amazon.com/lambda/
- pricing: https://aws.amazon.com/lambda/pricing/

### Identity

- founded: unknown
- headcount: unknown
- favorite: unknown
- ownership: unknown
- parent: aws
- status: active

### Classification

- category: serverless
- whoManagesOs: managed
- infraContract: unknown
- runsOn: unknown
- cdnFrom: unknown
- useCases: api, background-jobs, data-pipeline
- audience: unknown
- wikidata: unknown

### Tech stack

- runtimes: node, python, java, dotnet, ruby, docker
- software: unknown
- specialisation: unknown
- sshAccess: unknown
- managedDatabases: unknown
- gpuCapacity: unknown
- persistentStorage: no
- backupsIncluded: unknown

### Deployment

- deployMethods: unknown

### Pricing

- pricingModel: usage-based
- priceFrom: xs
- entryPrice: unknown
- priceTo: lg
- currencies: unknown
- billingPeriods: monthly
- billingTiming: arrears
- exitWithin: a-month
- renewalMultiple: unknown
- freeTier: permanent
- contractMinimum: unknown

### Regions and law

- regions: AE, AU, BH, BR, CA, CH, DE, ES, FR, GB, HK, ID, IE, IL, IN, IT, JP, KR, MX, MY, NZ, SE, SG, TH, TW, US, ZA
- hqCountry: unknown
- gdprDpa: unknown

### Other features

- energyClaim: unknown
- certifications: unknown
- greenWebId: unknown
- domainRegistration: unknown
- dnsHosting: unknown
- emailHosting: unknown
- cdnIncluded: unknown
- testDomain: unknown
- collaboration: unknown
- staging: unknown

### Support

- supportChannels: unknown
- supportHours: unknown
- supportTiering: unknown

### Automation

- mcpServer: unknown
- cliTool: official
- apiAvailable: public
- iacSupport: terraform, cloudformation

### Sources

- regions: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/lambda-service.html (read 2026-08-01)
- runtimes: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/lambda-runtimes.html (read 2026-07-31)
- pricingModel: https://aws.amazon.com/lambda/pricing/ (read 2026-07-31)
- freeTier: https://aws.amazon.com/lambda/pricing/ (read 2026-07-31)
- priceFrom: https://aws.amazon.com/lambda/pricing/ (read 2026-08-02)
- priceTo: https://aws.amazon.com/lambda/pricing/ (read 2026-08-02)
- billingPeriods: https://aws.amazon.com/lambda/pricing/ (read 2026-08-02)
- billingTiming: https://aws.amazon.com/agreement/ (read 2026-08-02)
- exitWithin: https://aws.amazon.com/agreement/ (read 2026-08-02)

## Notes

Lambda runs a handler on demand in an isolated, short-lived environment and bills per request and per gigabyte-second of execution. It is a building block rather than a platform: the database, object storage, HTTP gateway and session handling are separate AWS services assembled around it. The execution model carries hard edges — a bounded run time per invocation, a limit on deployment package size, a small ephemeral filesystem and no state carried from one invocation to the next.

The managed runtimes AWS lists are Node.js, Python, Java, .NET and Ruby, alongside an OS-only runtime for everything else and the option of supplying a container image. Any language outside the managed set arrives through a custom runtime: a `bootstrap` executable implementing the Lambda runtime loop, in practice supplied by a community layer rather than written by hand.

A monthly allowance of requests and compute time is included and recurs each month rather than expiring, with usage above it metered.

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