Overview: When is Kubernetes Cheaper than AWS Lambda?
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5 min readApr 30, 2024
Kubernetes on AWS (EKS) can become more cost-effective than AWS Lambda for long-running, consistent workloads that demand high compute resources. AWS Lambda charges for the number of requests and the duration (in 1ms increments) your code executes, and memory allocated. Kubernetes costs are based on the underlying infrastructure, such as EC2 instances, which can be reserved or spot instances for…