Akamai EdgeWorkers vs AWS Lambda

Compare Service Types, Runtimes, Execution Limits, Compliance, Regions and Alternatives

Features

Akamai EdgeWorkers
Service Types

Functions
Edge Compute

AWS Lambda
Service Types

Functions
Edge Compute

Akamai EdgeWorkers
Functions Runtimes

.Net
C#
Go
Java
JavaScript
Node.js
PowerShell
Python
Ruby
Rust
TypeScript

AWS Lambda
Functions Runtimes

.Net
C#
Go
Java
JavaScript
Node.js
PowerShell
Python
Ruby
Rust
TypeScript

Akamai EdgeWorkers
Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

Min. Memory
64 MB
Max. Memory
128 MB
Default Timeout
10 sec
Max. Timeout
1 min
Request Payload
5 MB
Response Payload
5 MB

AWS Lambda
Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

Min. Memory
128 MB
Max. Memory
10 GB
Default Timeout
5 s
Max. Timeout
900 s
Request Payload
6 MB
Response Payload
6 MB

Akamai EdgeWorkers
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
Global
Regions
NA, LATAM, EU, APAC
Points of Presence
11, 2, 6, 6

AWS Lambda
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
Regional
Regions
25
Points of Presence
N/A

Alternatives are matched on service types, programming languages and container support

Compare Features, Languages, Execution Limits and Alternatives

Service Types

Installable Platform
Functions
Containers
Database
PaaS
IaC
Edge Compute
Local Emulator
API as a Service

Functions Runtimes

.Net
C#
Go
Java
JavaScript
Node.js
PowerShell
Python
Ruby
Rust
TypeScript

Container Runtimes

Docker
Docker Private Registry
Docker Swarm
Kubernetes
Managed Kubernetes

Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

64 MB
Min. Memory
128 MB
128 MB
Max. Memory
10 GB
10 sec
Default Timeout
5 s
1 min
Max. Timeout
900 s
5 MB
Request Payload
6 MB
5 MB
Response Payload
6 MB

Compliance

Certificates

Regional Availability

Global
Deployment Scope
Regional
NA, LATAM, EU, APAC
Regions
25
11, 2, 6, 6
Points of Presence
N/A

Sustainabilty

Green Energy