I've been using serverless framework since v1. I'm trying to wrap my head around this idea of credits... Paying per lambda invocation? Why do I need to pay serverless framework per lambda invocation? If I'm not using the dashboard can I opt out? Can I disable that and not have to pay?
1 Lambda invocation = 4 metrics. 4 million Metrics = 1 credit. Credits are $4 each. This comes out to being 20x more expensive than what I pay AWS for lambda invocations (granted, it doesn't include runtime costs).
There is no cost for Lambda invocations with the new Serverless Framework license. Pricing IaC around Lambda invocations does not make sense. Instead, pricing is a fixed fee for each Framework Service Instance (e.g. app) you have.
If you use the Framework's (optional) observability product, pricing is based on Traces and Metrics, like most observability solutions.
Credits are used to pay for these various features.
1 Lambda invocation = 4 metrics. 4 million Metrics = 1 credit. Credits are $4 each. This comes out to being 20x more expensive than what I pay AWS for lambda invocations (granted, it doesn't include runtime costs).