Industry Report
State of Serverless 2024
An extensive analysis of adoption trends, cold start metrics, and architectural shifts across major cloud providers in the enterprise space.
Author NameLead Researcher
PublishedOctober 2023
Executive Summary
The serverless landscape has matured significantly over the past 12 months. This report analyzes data from over 5,000 enterprise deployments to identify key trends in function-as-a-service (FaaS) adoption, the impact of WebAssembly, and the evolving role of serverless databases.
Key Findings
- WebAssembly Adoption: 35% of surveyed enterprises are actively experimenting with WASM at the edge.
- Cold Starts: Global average cold start times have decreased by 40% due to runtime optimizations.
- Database Gravity: Serverless databases are now the primary driver of FaaS adoption.
Methodology
Data was collected between June and September 2023 across AWS, Google Cloud, and Cloudflare ecosystems. Performance metrics were independently verified using a custom benchmarking suite.