Akamai EdgeWorkers vs Google Cloud Functions

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

Features

Akamai EdgeWorkers
Service Types

Functions
Edge Compute

Google Cloud Functions
Service Types

Functions
Edge Compute

Akamai EdgeWorkers
Functions Runtimes

.NET Core
C#
Go
Java
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python
Ruby

Google Cloud Functions
Functions Runtimes

.NET Core
C#
Go
Java
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python
Ruby

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

Google Cloud Functions
Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

Min. Memory
128 MB
Max. Memory
8 GB / 32 GiB
Default Timeout
60 sec
Max. Timeout
9 min / 60 min
Request Payload
10 MB / 32 MB
Response Payload
10 MB / 32 MB

Akamai EdgeWorkers
Regional Availability

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

Google Cloud Functions
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
Regional
Regions
NA, LATAM, EU, APAC
Points of Presence
23 / 40

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 Core
C#
Go
Java
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python
Ruby

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
8 GB / 32 GiB
10 sec
Default Timeout
60 sec
1 min
Max. Timeout
9 min / 60 min
5 MB
Request Payload
10 MB / 32 MB
5 MB
Response Payload
10 MB / 32 MB

Compliance

Certificates

Regional Availability

Global
Deployment Scope
Regional
NA, LATAM, EU, APAC
Regions
NA, LATAM, EU, APAC
11, 2, 6, 6
Points of Presence
23 / 40

Sustainabilty

Green Energy