06. Is AWS Lambda cheap or expensive?

In this episode Eoin and Luciano talk about the pricing model for AWS Lambda and describe some cases where it could be a very convenient solution but also cases where it might end up being very expensive (compared to EC2 spot instances).

In this episode we mentioned the following resources:

• Lambda power tuning: https://github.com/alexcasalboni/aws-lambda-power-tuning
• You are thinking about serverless costs all wrong: https://theburningmonk.com/2019/01/you-are-thinking-about-serverless-costs-all-wrong/
• Why AWS Lambda Pricing Has to Change for the Enterprise: https://www.infoq.com/articles/aws-lambda-price-change/

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