Akamai Edge Workers compared to Deno Deploy

Akamai Edge Workers
Versus
Deno Deploy

Features

Edge Features of Akamai Edge Workers compared to Deno Deploy
Akamai Edge WorkersFeaturesDeno Deploy
Functions / Serverless
JavaScript, possibly Python (1 example with Python code in their repo)Functions supported languagesTypescript, javascript/ES, WASM
Worker.js Environment
NoDocker support
Docker private registry
Kubernetes support
Managed Kubernetes
Over 4100 POPs worldwideAvailability regions28 pops around the globe
Default Memory (MB)
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Execution Time (ms)
Maximum Execution Time (ms)
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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

Deno Deploy


Deno is a new open source rust-based typescript v8 javascript engine.

Deno recently launched their Deno Deploy product, which is a full fledged edge compute platform completely built for the Deno/javascript/typescript landscape.

Deno offers a nice local worker environment which full support for Worker Environments.

The Deno library size is not that big at the time of writing, but with the underlying tech, this should only be a matter of time.