Are Your AWS Lambda Functions Leaking Money? The Hidden Cost of CloudWatch REPORT Logs
TL;DR — Every AWS Lambda invocation emits a REPORT line to CloudWatch Logs. These ~200-byte lines look free, but at scale they routinely account for 20–60% of a serverless platform’s CloudWatch Logs bill — sometimes more than the Lambda compute itself. The fix is not “log less” in your code. It is tuning system-level logging, […]
Azure vs AWS: Understanding the Basics of Cloud Organization
Azure vs AWS: Understanding the Basics of Cloud Organization When navigating the world of cloud computing, two giants often come to mind: Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS). While both platforms provide robust cloud solutions, their approach to structuring and organizing resources varies. If you’ve worked in Azure, you’re familiar with tenants, subscriptions, and […]
Are Your AWS Lambda Functions Leaking Money? The Hidden Cost of CloudWatch REPORT Logs
TL;DR — Every AWS Lambda invocation emits START, END, and REPORT log lines to CloudWatch — ~262 bytes per call that you’re billed for regardless of your application code. At 1M invocations/day that’s ~$4/month per function just for system logs. The fix: switch to JSON log format and set systemLogLevel to WARN, which suppresses START/END […]
