Akamai EdgeWorkers vs IBM Cloud Functions

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

Features

Akamai EdgeWorkers
Service Types

Functions
Containers
Edge Compute

IBM Cloud Functions
Service Types

Functions
Containers
Edge Compute
N/A

Akamai EdgeWorkers
Functions Runtimes

Go
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python

IBM Cloud Functions
Functions Runtimes

Go
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python

Akamai EdgeWorkers
Container Runtimes

Docker

IBM Cloud Functions
Container Runtimes

Docker

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

IBM Cloud Functions
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
over 300 PoPs worldwide
Regions
N/A
Points of Presence
N/A

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

Go
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python

Container Runtimes

Docker
Docker Private Registry
Docker Swarm
Kubernetes
Managed Kubernetes

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

Global
Deployment Scope
over 300 PoPs worldwide
NA, LATAM, EU, APAC
Regions
11, 2, 6, 6
Points of Presence

Sustainabilty

Green Energy