# Default vs individually: true

**URL:** <https://forum.serverless.com/t/default-vs-individually-true/1623>\
**Category:** Serverless Framework\
**Tags:** aws\
**Created:** [April 4, 2017, 4:24am UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/default-vs-individually-true/1623 "2017-04-04T04:24:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c2a13f/32.png) [@Tano](https://forum.serverless.com/u/Tano)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 4:24am UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/default-vs-individually-true/1623/1 "2017-04-04T04:24:39Z")

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Uploading one big package to every lambda function seems overdone.   
  
A package per a function seems more natural.  
  
But the individually option is false by default.   
  
Is there any benefits to packaging functions in one zip file?

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**Author:** ![rowanu](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.serverless.com/rowanu/32/75_2.png) [@rowanu](https://forum.serverless.com/u/rowanu)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 1:38am UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/default-vs-individually-true/1623/2 "2017-04-07T01:38:01Z")

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Without knowing how you want your functions packaged, there’s no benefit to turning it on.

Unless you’re using the advanced `include`/`exclude` options, just turning `individually` on means that each of your functions will have exactly the same zip file contents (i.e. the contents of your service directory).