Hi Elisa,
To put it in simpler words:
Serverless is preferred when cost and a quick deploy-to-market are priorities.
But when an organization wants to build a large, complex application where the product is expected to evolve and change, then microservices is a more practical option.
Alternatively, it is also possible to combine both these solutions within a single cloud-native instance.
That being said, there are quite some differences between the 2, like for example:
- Microservices is used to develop many different applications by the help of container.
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- Serverless is an environment which is used to execute the code anyway anywhere.
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- It is a type of SOA (Service Oriented Architecture).
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- Serverless is a type of cloud computing model.
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- Microservice have the technologies within cloud-based environment.
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- Serverless function are only a way to host microservices.
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- Microservices is a way to create an application.
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- Serverless is a medium or lets say another way of running an application.
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- Microservices need to run constantly.
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- In Serverless, applications would be better deployed inside the containers.
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- It has very mature function.
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- Serverless has less mature function as compared to microservices.
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- Plenty of solutions can be monitored and managed in microservices applications.
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- Monitoring and log management can be more difficult in serverless.
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Does this help?
Kind regards,
Marina
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Marina Bregkou,
Senior Research Analyst,
CSA
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Original Message:
Sent: Mar 16, 2022 01:43:45 PM
From: Elisa Morrison
Subject: How are serverless and microservices architecture related?
Hi everyone,
I was curious what the main differences are between serverless and microservices architecture? Could someone give me a quick summary of each one and how they are related to one another?
Thanks in advance!
Elisa
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Elisa Morrison CCSK
Website Strategist
CSA
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