Question 1

Why is this approach so important?

Accepted Answer

Most CMS platforms force a trade-off:
SaaS: Easy to start, limited control, shared infrastructure
Self-hosted: Full control, heavy ops burden, fragile scaling

Webiny removes that trade-off.

You get the control of self-hosting with the operational simplicity and scalability of serverless.

Question 2

What does “self-hosted serverless” mean?

Accepted Answer

It means Webiny runs inside your cloud account, but without you managing servers.

Webiny uses:
Managed, cloud-native services
Stateless compute that scales automatically
Infrastructure defined as code

You own the environment — the cloud handles the heavy lifting.

Question 3

What about reliability and uptime?

Accepted Answer

Reliability comes from removing single points of failure.

Webiny relies on:
Managed, fault-tolerant cloud services
Automatic retries and recovery
Stateless components that self-heal
No long-running processes to babysit

If something fails, traffic is rerouted — not blocked.

Question 4

How much operational work is required?

Accepted Answer

Very little.

Teams don’t need to:
Manage servers or containers
Plan capacity
Patch operating systems
Handle scaling logic manually

Deployments and updates are automated, predictable, and repeatable.

Question 5

How does this impact security and governance?

Accepted Answer

Running in your own cloud gives you full security control.

You decide:
Network boundaries
Access policies
Data residency
Logging and monitoring
Compliance tooling

Webiny fits into your security model — not the other way around.

Question 6

How does this improve scalability?

Accepted Answer

Serverless architectures scale horizontally by design.

With Webiny:
Capacity adjusts automatically to demand
Traffic spikes don’t require provisioning
Editorial load and delivery scale independently
Thousands of tenants can share infrastructure safely

Scaling is no longer an event — it’s the default.

Question 7

Is this suitable for enterprise workloads?

Accepted Answer

That’s exactly who it’s built for.

Webiny’s architecture supports:
Mission-critical websites and platforms
Global traffic and editorial teams
High-volume content and assets
Strict governance and compliance needs

Many teams adopt Webiny because they outgrow both SaaS CMSs and traditional hosting.

Question 8

How does this compare to container-based platforms?

Accepted Answer

Containers still require:
Capacity planning
Cluster management
Scaling strategies
Ongoing maintenance

Serverless removes that entire class of problems.

You focus on product and content — not infrastructure tuning.

Question 9

How much does it cost to host Webiny?

Accepted Answer

The hosting costs mostly depend on your usage.

Webiny runs on top of the AWS serverless infrastructure, so you mainly pay only what you used.

The devops costs are relatively low because the serverless services are auto-healing, self-scaling and are automatically updated by the AWS team.

To get a high-level estimate about the potential hosting costs, you can use this calculator.

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Self-hosted. Serverless. Built for scale.

Control without complexity. Self-hosted serverless isn’t about being clever. It’s about removing failure modes.

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