Function Compute
Alibaba Cloud Function Compute is a fully managed, event-driven Function-as-a-Service (FaaS) platform offered by Alibaba Cloud. It allows developers to run code without provisioning or managing servers, automatically scaling resources in response to events and charging only for the compute time…
Key facts
- First appeared
- 2017
- Category
- technology
- Problem solved
- Function Compute addresses the operational overhead and cost inefficiencies associated with traditional server management for event-driven and intermittent workloads. It eliminates the need for developers to provision, scale, and maintain servers, allowing them to focus solely on writing code while reducing costs by paying only for actual execution time.
- Platforms
- Alibaba Cloud
Related technologies
Notable users
- Companies building event-driven microservices, data processing pipelines, and mobile backends on Alibaba Cloud.
- Enterprises and startups leveraging Alibaba Cloud for their infrastructure, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region.
- Alibaba Group (internal use cases)