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Akamai EdgeWorkers vs Fastly Compute

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

Features

Akamai EdgeWorkers
Category

Hosted
FaaS
DBaaS
KV Store
IaC
Edge

Fastly Compute
Category

Hosted
FaaS
DBaaS
KV Store
N/A
IaC
Edge

Akamai EdgeWorkers
Supported Runtimes

Go
JavaScript
Rust
TypeScript
WASI supporting SDKs

Fastly Compute
Supported Runtimes

Go
JavaScript
Rust
TypeScript
WASI supporting SDKs

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

Fastly Compute
Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

Min. Memory
128 MB
Max. Memory
129 MB
Default Timeout
50 ms
Max. Timeout
2 min
Request Payload
5 MB
Response Payload
5 MB

Akamai EdgeWorkers
Compliance

GDPR
HIPAA
ISO 27001
PCI DSS
SOC 2 Type 2

Fastly Compute
Compliance

GDPR
HIPAA
ISO 27001
PCI DSS
SOC 2 Type 2

Akamai EdgeWorkers
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
N/A

Fastly Compute
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
Global

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Compare Features, Languages, Execution Limits and Alternatives

Category

Decentralized
Hosted
Self Hosted
BaaS
FaaS
Compute
CaaS
Docker
Managed K8s
DBaaS
KV Store
PaaS
IaC
Edge
Emulator
API Gateway

Container Deployment

Docker
Docker Private Registry
Docker Swarm
Kubernetes
Managed Kubernetes
WebAssembly

Supported Runtimes

Go
JavaScript
Rust
TypeScript
WASI supporting SDKs

Supported Frameworks

Supported Frameworks

Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

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

Compliance

Certificates

Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
Global
Regions
Points of Presence

Sustainabilty

Green Energy

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