Demystifying Serverless Costs on Public Platforms: Bridging Billing, Architecture, and OS Scheduling
Abstract
Public cloud serverless platforms have attracted a large user base due to their high scalability, plug-and-play deployment model, and pay-per-use billing. However, compared to virtual machines and container hosting services, modern serverless offerings typically impose higher per-unit time and resource charges. Additionally, billing practices such as wall-clock time allocation-based billing, invocation fees, and usage rounding up can further increase costs.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Software System Performance and Reliability
Cloud Computing and Resource Management
Business Process Modeling and Analysis
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Proceedings of the 21st European Conference on Computer Systems
- Publisher
- ACM
- Pages
- 1964–1981
- Publication date
- 24 April 2026
- Language
- EN