Akamai EdgeWorkers vs Vercel Functions

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

Features

Akamai EdgeWorkers
Service Types

Functions
Edge Compute

Vercel Functions
Service Types

Functions
Edge Compute

Akamai EdgeWorkers
Functions Runtimes

Go
JavaScript
Node.js
Python
Ruby

Vercel Functions
Functions Runtimes

Go
JavaScript
Node.js
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

Vercel Functions
Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

Min. Memory
1024 MB
Max. Memory
3008 MB
Default Timeout
10,000 ms
Max. Timeout
900,000 ms
Request Payload
5 MB
Response Payload
5 MB

Akamai EdgeWorkers
Regional Availability

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

Vercel Functions
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
N/A
Regions
N/A
Points of Presence
23

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
Python
Ruby

Container Runtimes

Docker
Docker Private Registry
Docker Swarm
Kubernetes
Managed Kubernetes

Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

64 MB
Min. Memory
1024 MB
128 MB
Max. Memory
3008 MB
10 sec
Default Timeout
10,000 ms
1 min
Max. Timeout
900,000 ms
5 MB
Request Payload
5 MB
5 MB
Response Payload
5 MB

Compliance

Certificates

Regional Availability

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

Sustainabilty

Green Energy