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Alibaba Cloud Function Compute vs Akamai EdgeWorkers

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

Features

Alibaba Cloud Function Compute
Category

Hosted
FaaS
CaaS
KV Store
N/A
Edge

Akamai EdgeWorkers
Category

Hosted
FaaS
CaaS
KV Store
Edge

Alibaba Cloud Function Compute
Container Deployment

Docker

Akamai EdgeWorkers
Container Deployment

Docker

Alibaba Cloud Function Compute
Supported Runtimes

.Net
C#
Go
Java
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python

Akamai EdgeWorkers
Supported Runtimes

.Net
C#
Go
Java
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python

Alibaba Cloud Function Compute
Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

Min. Memory
128 MB
Max. Memory
32 GB
Default Timeout
60 sec
Max. Timeout
24 h
Request Payload
32 MB
Response Payload
32 MB

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

Alibaba Cloud Function Compute
Compliance

CSA STAR
GDPR
HIPAA
ISO 27001
ISO 27017
ISO 27018
ISO 27701
MTCS
PCI DSS
SOC 1
SOC 2
SOC 3

Akamai EdgeWorkers
Compliance

CSA STAR
GDPR
HIPAA
ISO 27001
ISO 27017
ISO 27018
ISO 27701
MTCS
PCI DSS
SOC 1
SOC 2
SOC 3

Alibaba Cloud Function Compute
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
Regional
Regions
NA, CH, APAC, EU, MENA
Points of Presence
2, 9, 8, 2, 1

Akamai EdgeWorkers
Regional Availability

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

Alternatives are matched by platform types, use cases, programming languages and deployment options

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

.Net
C#
Go
Java
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python

Supported Frameworks

Supported Frameworks

Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

128 MB
Min. Memory
64 MB
32 GB
Max. Memory
128 MB
60 sec
Default Timeout
10 sec
24 h
Max. Timeout
1 min
32 MB
Request Payload
5 MB
32 MB
Response Payload
5 MB

Compliance

Certificates

Regional Availability

Regional
Deployment Scope
NA, CH, APAC, EU, MENA
Regions
2, 9, 8, 2, 1
Points of Presence

Sustainabilty

Green Energy

Alternatives are matched on service types, programming languages and container support.

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