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Akamai EdgeWorkers vs IBM Cloud Functions
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Features

Akamai EdgeWorkers 
Category

Hosted
FaaS
CaaS
KV Store
Edge

IBM Cloud Functions 
Category

Hosted
N/A
FaaS
CaaS
KV Store
N/A
Edge
N/A

Akamai EdgeWorkers 
Container Deployment

Docker

IBM Cloud Functions 
Container Deployment

Docker

Akamai EdgeWorkers 
Supported Runtimes

Go
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python

IBM Cloud Functions 
Supported Runtimes

Go
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python

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

IBM Cloud Functions 
Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

Min. Memory
256MB
Max. Memory
2GB
Default Timeout
60s
Max. Timeout
10min
Request Payload
5MB
Response Payload
5MB

Akamai EdgeWorkers 
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
N/A

IBM Cloud Functions 
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
over 300 PoPs worldwide

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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
Node.js
PHP
Python
Supported Frameworks
Supported Frameworks
Execution Limits and Resource Quotas
64 MB
Min. Memory
256MB
128 MB
Max. Memory
2GB
10 sec
Default Timeout
60s
1 min
Max. Timeout
10min
5 MB
Request Payload
5MB
5 MB
Response Payload
5MB
Compliance
Certificates
Regional Availability
Deployment Scope
over 300 PoPs worldwide
Regions
Points of Presence
Sustainabilty
Green Energy

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