# When (and why) not to go serverless

DevFeed: [When (and why) not to go serverless](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/when-and-why-not-to-go-serverless-14472.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.serverless.com/blog/when-why-not-use-serverless>)

Author: Andrea Passwater

Published: 2018-03-21T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Serverless Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/serverless-blog.md>)

Topics: [Serverless](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/serverless.md>)

Tags: [aws](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aws.md>), [aws-lambda](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aws-lambda.md>), [cloud-computing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud-computing.md>), [faas](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/faas.md>), [function-as-a-service](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/function-as-a-service.md>), [infrastructure-as-code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure-as-code.md>), [insights](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/insights.md>), [serverless](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/serverless.md>), [serverless-architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/serverless-architecture.md>), [serverless-framework](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/serverless-framework.md>)

## AI overview

The article discusses the benefits and drawbacks of serverless and considers when and why not to use it.

## Source excerpt

The benefits, and the drawbacks, to serverless are real. When (and why) not to go serverless.