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Vercel's new metric() function emits custom metrics from Vercel Functions. Every data point counts as one Observability event at $1.20 per million, with hard caps of 100 metrics per invocation and 50 attributes each.
AWS marked Step Functions Local unsupported and LocalStack made its auth token mandatory in 2026.03.0. Here are the three local integration-testing setups that still work, with commands, licence costs and gaps.
The bus is rarely what makes event-driven architecture expensive. Here is the published AWS rate card, the ordering and delivery guarantees you actually get, and the signals that say a system is ready to move.
Cloudflare's Agents SDK, Durable Object Facets and Dynamic Workflows make per-agent isolation and near-zero idle cost practical in 2026. A build guide with a decision table versus AWS Bedrock AgentCore and Vercel.
AWS made the Lambda durable execution SDK for .NET generally available on 23 July 2026. See how C# durable functions checkpoint progress, pause up to a year, and where they beat Step Functions.
Cloudflare Workers bills $5/month plus requests and CPU with no egress; Vercel Pro is $20 per seat plus metered compute and transfer. A 2026 cost breakdown with worked monthly examples.
