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Alibaba Cloud Function Compute vs Amazon Cloudfront Functions
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Features

Alibaba Cloud Function Compute 
Category

Hosted
FaaS
CaaS
Edge

Amazon Cloudfront Functions 
Category

Hosted
FaaS
CaaS
Edge

Alibaba Cloud Function Compute 
Container Deployment

Docker

Amazon Cloudfront Functions 
Container Deployment

Docker

Alibaba Cloud Function Compute 
Supported Runtimes

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

Amazon Cloudfront Functions 
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

Amazon Cloudfront Functions 
Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

Min. Memory
2 MB
Max. Memory
2 MB
Default Timeout
Max. Timeout
~1 ms
Request Payload
10 KB
Response Payload
10 KB

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

Amazon Cloudfront Functions 
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

Amazon Cloudfront Functions 
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
Global
Regions
13
Points of Presence
600+

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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
2 MB
32 GB
Max. Memory
2 MB
60 sec
Default Timeout
24 h
Max. Timeout
~1 ms
32 MB
Request Payload
10 KB
32 MB
Response Payload
10 KB
Compliance
Certificates
Regional Availability
Regional
Deployment Scope
Global
NA, CH, APAC, EU, MENA
Regions
13
2, 9, 8, 2, 1
Points of Presence
600+
Sustainabilty
Green Energy

Alternatives are matched by category, runtimes, and hosting.

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