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AWS recognized as a Leader in The Forrester Wave: Serverless Development Platforms, Q2 2025

Serverless computing has evolved beyond function-as-a-service to become core to cloud-native development. In The Forrester Wave: Serverless Development Platforms, Q2 2025, Forrester evaluated the 11 most significant providers on 21 criteria.

AWS received the highest scores in both the current offering (4.10) and strategy (4.5) categories, which AWS believes demonstrates comprehensive platform capabilities and clear strategic vision.

Access the complimentary report to learn:

  • How AWS Lambda and the broader AWS serverless portfolio deliver a mature foundation for event-driven application development
  • Why Forrester recognizes AWS's platform completeness and integration depth as notable
  • How AWS stacks up to other providers across critical evaluation criteria
  • Key considerations when selecting a serverless development platform provider

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Alt-text: A Forrester Wave chart for serverless development platforms (Q2 2025) showing Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, Alibaba Cloud, and Google Cloud as leaders, with Cloudflare, Tencent Cloud, and others positioned as strong performers or contenders based on strength of offering and strategy.

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