Serverless platforms scale all the way down to zero when no events occur. Unlike traditional servers that remain active regardless of traffic, serverless consumes no compute resources during inactivity. This is ideal for internal tools, admin dashboards, or seasonal apps. When traffic returns, functions instantly spin back up. The result is maximum efficiency with no idle cost.
Cost savings are significant for low-usage or intermittent applications. Resources are never wasted.
This enables organizations to maintain many small tools without worrying about infrastructure overhead.
Serverless applications can scale down to zero when unused.
[Google Cloud Architecture Center, cloud.google.com]