Alibaba Cloud Function Compute vs Azure Functions
Compare categories, runtimes, pricing, regions, infrastructure, and platform trade-offs.
Comparison space
Updated
Comparison facts
Platform
Hosting model
Managed
Supported
Managed
Supported
Services
Functions
Supported
Functions
Supported
GPU Compute
Supported
GPU Compute
Not supported
Workloads
AI Inference
Supported
AI Inference
Not supported
APIs
Supported
APIs
Supported
Backend Services
Supported
Backend Services
Supported
Background Workers
Supported
Background Workers
Supported
Data Processing
Supported
Data Processing
Supported
Scheduled Jobs
Supported
Scheduled Jobs
Supported
Web Applications
Supported
Web Applications
Not supported
Capabilities
Compute Autoscaling
Supported
Compute Autoscaling
Supported
Deployment Rollbacks
Supported
Deployment Rollbacks
Supported
Deployment Traffic Splitting
Supported
Deployment Traffic Splitting
Supported
Preview Environments
Not recorded
Preview Environments
Supported
Scale to Zero
Supported
Scale to Zero
Supported
Zero-Downtime Application Deployments
Not recorded
Zero-Downtime Application Deployments
Supported
Development & Execution
Deployment & packaging
Docker / OCI
Supported
Docker / OCI
Supported
Kubernetes
Not supported
Kubernetes
Supported
Local Emulator
Supported
Local Emulator
Supported
Serverless (Managed Runtime)
Supported
Serverless (Managed Runtime)
Supported
Runtimes
.NET Runtime
Supported
.NET Runtime
Supported
Custom Runtime
Supported
Custom Runtime
Supported
JVM
Supported
JVM
Supported
Node.js
Supported
Node.js
Supported
PowerShell
Not supported
PowerShell
Supported
Languages
C#
Supported
C#
Supported
Go
Supported
Go
Not supported
Java
Supported
Java
Supported
JavaScript
Supported
JavaScript
Supported
PHP
Supported
PHP
Not supported
PowerShell
Not supported
PowerShell
Supported
Python
Supported
Python
Supported
TypeScript
Supported
TypeScript
Supported
Triggers
Database Events
Supported
Database Events
Supported
Direct Invocation
Supported
Direct Invocation
Not supported
Event Streams
Supported
Event Streams
Supported
HTTP Requests
Supported
HTTP Requests
Supported
Publish-Subscribe Topics
Supported
Publish-Subscribe Topics
Supported
Queue Messages
Supported
Queue Messages
Supported
Scheduled Invocation
Supported
Scheduled Invocation
Supported
Storage Events
Supported
Storage Events
Supported
Pricing
Billing basis
Resource based
Resource based
Requests / executions
- Function invocations — 75 CUs · per 10,000 invocations
- On-demand executions — $0.40 · per 1 million executions
Compute
- Active CPU and memory — 1 CU per vCPU and 0.15 CU per GB · per second of configured resources
Unknown
Free entry / commitment
First-time users can claim a Function Compute trial quota for three monthly cycles.
Recurring free allowances
Infrastructure & Availability
Infrastructure provider
- Alibaba Cloud
- Microsoft Azure
Execution & placement
- Execution: Single Region
- Execution: Multi Region
- Scope: Regional
- Scope: Regional
Availability footprint
- 21 Regions
Unknown
Resource & Execution Limits
Execution time
86,400 seconds
Unknown
Memory
32 GB
512 MB / 2,048 MB / 4,096 MB
Concurrency
1-200
Unknown
Request payload
32 MB
210 MB
Security & Compliance
Access & identity
Access Control
RAM policies and STS temporary credentials
Azure RBAC, function access keys, and App Service Authentication
Audit Logging
Unknown
Azure Activity Log management events
Encryption & secrets
Secrets Management
Unknown
Encrypted app settings and Key Vault references
Encryption at Rest
Unknown
Encrypted settings, connection strings, and storage
Network isolation & protection
Private Networking
Unknown
Private Endpoints
Network Isolation
Unknown
App Service app isolation
Assurances & programs
SOC Reports
SOC 1 Type II, SOC 2 Type II, SOC 3
Unknown
ISO Certifications
ISO/IEC 27001, 27017, 27018, 27701
Unknown
FedRAMP
Unknown
FedRAMP High