AWS Lambda Web Functions vs VPS & Containers in 2026: Where Should You Host a Node.js App?

AWS Lambda Web Functions vs VPS and container hosting for Node.js applications

AWS has changed one of the biggest assumptions about running web applications on Lambda. Until now, developers often had to adapt a normal web server to Lambda’s event-based execution model. That changed on October 12, 2026. AWS launched Lambda Web Functions. You can now run a standard HTTP server built with frameworks such as: Express … Read more