Serverless vs Traditional Architecture

Traditional Architecture

In traditional architecture, businesses provision and manage their own servers, whether on-premises or as cloud virtual machines, and are responsible for capacity planning, scaling, patching, and maintaining uptime around the clock.

Serverless Architecture

Serverless architecture removes the need to manage servers altogether. Applications are broken into small, independent functions that automatically scale based on demand, and billing is based on actual usage rather than reserved capacity.

Key Differences and When to Use Each

Traditional architecture offers more control and is better suited for predictable, long-running workloads, while serverless architecture excels at variable, event-driven workloads where minimizing operational overhead and cost efficiency are top priorities.