The state of FaaS: an analysis of public Functions-as-a-Service providers

Nnamdi Nzegwu Ekwe-Ekwe; Lucas Amos

doi:10.1109/CLOUD62652.2024.00055

The state of FaaS: an analysis of public Functions-as-a-Service providers

Nnamdi Nzegwu Ekwe-Ekwe^*, Lucas Amos

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School of Computer Science

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Abstract

Serverless computing is a growing and maturing field that is the focus of much research, industry interest and adoption. Previous works exploring Functions-as-a-Service providers have focused primarily on the most well known providers AWS Lambda, Google Cloud Functions and Microsoft Azure Functions without exploring other providers in similar detail. In this work, we conduct the first detailed review of ten currently publicly available FaaS platforms exploring everything from their history, to their features and pricing to where they sit within the overall public FaaS landscape, before making a number of observations as to the state of the FaaS.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	17th IEEE international conference on cloud computing (IEEE CLOUD 2024)
Editors	Rong N. Chang, Carl K. Chang, Jingwei Yang, Nimanthi Atukorala, Zhi Jin, Michael Sheng, Jing Fan, Kenneth Fletcher, Qiang He, Tevfik Kosar, Santonu Sarkar, Sreekrishnan Venkateswaran, Shangguang Wang, Xuanzhe Liu, Seetharami Seelam, Chandra Narayanaswami, Ziliang Zong
Place of Publication	Los Alamitos
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
Pages	430-438
ISBN (Electronic)	9798350368536
ISBN (Print)	9798350368543
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/CLOUD62652.2024.00055
Publication status	Published - 28 Aug 2024
Event	IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing (CLOUD) - Shenzhen, China Duration: 7 Jul 2024 → 13 Jul 2024 Conference number: 17 https://cloud.conferences.computer.org/2024/

Publication series

Name	IEEE international conference on cloud computing (CLOUD)
ISSN (Print)	2159-6182
ISSN (Electronic)	2159-6190

Conference

Conference	IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing (CLOUD)
Abbreviated title	CLOUD
Country/Territory	China
City	Shenzhen
Period	7/07/24 → 13/07/24
Internet address	https://cloud.conferences.computer.org/2024/

Keywords

Serverless
FaaS
Functions-as-a-Service
Serverless computing
State of serverless
State of FaaS
Survey

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Ekwe-Ekwe, N. N., & Amos, L. (2024). The state of FaaS: an analysis of public Functions-as-a-Service providers. In R. N. Chang, C. K. Chang, J. Yang, N. Atukorala, Z. Jin, M. Sheng, J. Fan, K. Fletcher, Q. He, T. Kosar, S. Sarkar, S. Venkateswaran, S. Wang, X. Liu, S. Seelam, C. Narayanaswami, & Z. Zong (Eds.), 17th IEEE international conference on cloud computing (IEEE CLOUD 2024) (pp. 430-438). Article 10643918 (IEEE international conference on cloud computing (CLOUD)). IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/CLOUD62652.2024.00055

Ekwe-Ekwe, Nnamdi Nzegwu ; Amos, Lucas. / The state of FaaS : an analysis of public Functions-as-a-Service providers. 17th IEEE international conference on cloud computing (IEEE CLOUD 2024). editor / Rong N. Chang ; Carl K. Chang ; Jingwei Yang ; Nimanthi Atukorala ; Zhi Jin ; Michael Sheng ; Jing Fan ; Kenneth Fletcher ; Qiang He ; Tevfik Kosar ; Santonu Sarkar ; Sreekrishnan Venkateswaran ; Shangguang Wang ; Xuanzhe Liu ; Seetharami Seelam ; Chandra Narayanaswami ; Ziliang Zong. Los Alamitos : IEEE Computer Society, 2024. pp. 430-438 (IEEE international conference on cloud computing (CLOUD)).

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Ekwe-Ekwe, NN & Amos, L 2024, The state of FaaS: an analysis of public Functions-as-a-Service providers. in RN Chang, CK Chang, J Yang, N Atukorala, Z Jin, M Sheng, J Fan, K Fletcher, Q He, T Kosar, S Sarkar, S Venkateswaran, S Wang, X Liu, S Seelam, C Narayanaswami & Z Zong (eds), 17th IEEE international conference on cloud computing (IEEE CLOUD 2024)., 10643918, IEEE international conference on cloud computing (CLOUD), IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, pp. 430-438, IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing (CLOUD), Shenzhen, China, 7/07/24. https://doi.org/10.1109/CLOUD62652.2024.00055

The state of FaaS: an analysis of public Functions-as-a-Service providers. / Ekwe-Ekwe, Nnamdi Nzegwu; Amos, Lucas.
17th IEEE international conference on cloud computing (IEEE CLOUD 2024). ed. / Rong N. Chang; Carl K. Chang; Jingwei Yang; Nimanthi Atukorala; Zhi Jin; Michael Sheng; Jing Fan; Kenneth Fletcher; Qiang He; Tevfik Kosar; Santonu Sarkar; Sreekrishnan Venkateswaran; Shangguang Wang; Xuanzhe Liu; Seetharami Seelam; Chandra Narayanaswami; Ziliang Zong. Los Alamitos: IEEE Computer Society, 2024. p. 430-438 10643918 (IEEE international conference on cloud computing (CLOUD)).

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Ekwe-Ekwe NN, Amos L. The state of FaaS: an analysis of public Functions-as-a-Service providers. In Chang RN, Chang CK, Yang J, Atukorala N, Jin Z, Sheng M, Fan J, Fletcher K, He Q, Kosar T, Sarkar S, Venkateswaran S, Wang S, Liu X, Seelam S, Narayanaswami C, Zong Z, editors, 17th IEEE international conference on cloud computing (IEEE CLOUD 2024). Los Alamitos: IEEE Computer Society. 2024. p. 430-438. 10643918. (IEEE international conference on cloud computing (CLOUD)). doi: 10.1109/CLOUD62652.2024.00055

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