Telegram Serverless
Shares rank 5 of 6 serverless platforms by recommenders
Free serverless platform that comes with a SQLite database built in, which people praise. Critics say it lacks secrets management and other developer features.
Free serverless platform that comes with a SQLite database built in, which people praise. Critics say it lacks secrets management and other developer features.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 71%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 2.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Built-in SQLite database included
“Providing a SQLite db out of the box is a nice touch.”
Comment from 15 Jul 2026 in “Telegram Serverless” Clever core idea
“Clever idea! Although after reading it briefly I see a need for secrets storage.”
Comment from 15 Jul 2026 in “Telegram Serverless”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Missing secrets management
“Clever idea! Although after reading it briefly I see a need for secrets storage.”
Comment from 15 Jul 2026 in “Telegram Serverless” “they have so little support for developer amenities like secrets management, dependency management, cron tasks, TypeScript”
Comment from 15 Jul 2026 in “Telegram Serverless” Lacks dependency management and cron
“they have so little support for developer amenities like secrets management, dependency management, cron tasks, TypeScript”
Comment from 15 Jul 2026 in “Telegram Serverless” Text seems LLM-written
“This reeks of LLM... why should I use your product when you can't be bothered to have a human write it?”
Comment from 15 Jul 2026 in “Telegram Serverless” Mentioned setting not found
“that setting isn't even there”
Comment from 15 Jul 2026 in “Telegram Serverless”
Other serverless platforms people recommend
The four most recommended other serverless platforms, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare Workers | 190 | 77 | 71% | 13 | 5 yrs10 owners | Approved |
| AWS Lambda | 84 | 61 | 58% | 12 | 6 yrs5 owners | — |
| Cloudflare Pages and Workers | 6 | 2 | 75% | 5 | — | — |
| Cloudflare Python Workers | 6 | 4 | 60% | 2 | — | — |
| Telegram ServerlessThis page | 5 | 2 | 71% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
5 of the 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“that setting isn't even there”
“they have so little support for developer amenities like secrets management, dependency management, cron tasks, TypeScript”
“Clever idea! Although after reading it briefly I see a need for secrets storage.”
“This reeks of LLM... why should I use your product when you can't be bothered to have a human write it?”
“Providing a SQLite db out of the box is a nice touch.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.