Akamai Edge Workers compared to Amazon Lambda @ Edge

Akamai Edge Workers
Versus
Amazon Lambda @ Edge

Features

Edge Features of Akamai Edge Workers compared to Amazon Lambda @ Edge
Akamai Edge WorkersFeaturesAmazon Lambda @ Edge
Functions / Serverless
JavaScript, possibly Python (1 example with Python code in their repo)Functions supported languagesjavascript, go, C/++, .NET, Node.js, PHP, python, ruby
Worker.js Environment
NoDocker supportYes, through EC2 Container Registry (ECR)
Docker private registry
Kubernetes support
Managed Kubernetes
Over 4100 POPs worldwideAvailability regionsAll compute pops
Default Memory (MB)128
Maximum Memory (MB)128
Execution Time (ms)5,000
Maximum Execution Time (ms)30,000
Request Payload (MB)50
Response Payload (MB).04
Unsupported Paid Feature Supported Unknown

Descriptions


Akamai Edge Workers


Akamai, the 800-pound gorilla in the CDN jungle, has joined the Edge Compute movement by launching their Edge Worker solution in 2021. Leveraging Akamai’s gigantic network creates an attractive edge solution for those in need of large scale edge compute. Apps can be found on the Akamai Marketplace in case you don’t want to develop your own applications from scratch

Amazon Lambda @ Edge


Amazon Lambda at the Edge functions introduced serverless cloud computing to the masses as early as 2014.

Being the first with a massive user-base has set up Amazon for great success, it took a few years for competitors to offer similar functionality and to actually call the FaaS space a new chapter in cloud compute in general.

Amazon’s Lambda@Edge is Amazon’s first Edge Compute product, however Amazon recently released CloudFront Functions, which brings the compute a lot closer to the end-user.

With Amazon’s gigantic scale, a shift has started with companies that are on the AWS platform to move more and more of their infrastructure to serverless.