Alibaba Cloud Function Compute vs Vercel
Comparison facts
Platform
Hosting model
Managed
Supported
Managed
Supported
Services
CDN
Not supported
CDN
Supported
Compute
Not supported
Compute
Supported
Databases
Not supported
Databases
Supported
Functions
Supported
Functions
Supported
GPU Compute
Supported
GPU Compute
Not supported
Key-Value Store
Not supported
Key-Value Store
Supported
Object Storage
Not supported
Object Storage
Supported
Workflows
Not supported
Workflows
Supported
Workloads
AI Inference
Supported
AI Inference
Supported
APIs
Supported
APIs
Supported
Backend Services
Supported
Backend Services
Supported
Background Workers
Supported
Background Workers
Not supported
Data Processing
Supported
Data Processing
Not supported
Edge Request Processing
Not supported
Edge Request Processing
Supported
Real-Time Applications
Not supported
Real-Time Applications
Supported
Scheduled Jobs
Supported
Scheduled Jobs
Supported
Static Sites
Not supported
Static Sites
Supported
Web Applications
Supported
Web Applications
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
Not recorded
Zero-Downtime Application Deployments
Not recorded
Zero-Downtime Application Deployments
Supported
Development & Execution
Deployment & packaging
Docker / OCI
Supported
Docker / OCI
Not supported
Local Emulator
Supported
Local Emulator
Not supported
Serverless (Managed Runtime)
Supported
Serverless (Managed Runtime)
Supported
Runtimes
.NET Runtime
Supported
.NET Runtime
Not recorded
Bun
Not recorded
Bun
Supported
Custom Runtime
Supported
Custom Runtime
Not recorded
JVM
Supported
JVM
Not recorded
Node.js
Supported
Node.js
Supported
V8 Isolates
Not recorded
V8 Isolates
Supported
WebAssembly
Not recorded
WebAssembly
Supported
Languages
C#
Supported
C#
Not supported
Go
Supported
Go
Supported
Java
Supported
Java
Not supported
JavaScript
Supported
JavaScript
Supported
PHP
Supported
PHP
Not supported
Python
Supported
Python
Supported
Ruby
Not supported
Ruby
Supported
Rust
Not supported
Rust
Supported
TypeScript
Supported
TypeScript
Supported
Triggers
Database Events
Supported
Database Events
Not supported
Direct Invocation
Supported
Direct Invocation
Not supported
Edge Events
Not supported
Edge Events
Supported
Event Streams
Supported
Event Streams
Not supported
HTTP Requests
Supported
HTTP Requests
Supported
Publish-Subscribe Topics
Supported
Publish-Subscribe Topics
Not supported
Queue Messages
Supported
Queue Messages
Not supported
Scheduled Invocation
Supported
Scheduled Invocation
Supported
Storage Events
Supported
Storage Events
Not supported
Pricing
Free entry / commitment
First-time users can claim a Function Compute trial quota for three monthly cycles.
Free plan
Infrastructure & Availability
Infrastructure provider
- Alibaba Cloud
- Amazon Web Services
Execution & placement
- Execution: Single Region
- Execution: Multi Region
- Scope: Regional
- Execution: Single Region
- Execution: Multi Region
- Placement: Customer-Selected
Availability footprint
- 21 Regions
- Vercel Functions: 20 Regions
- Vercel CDN: 126+ PoPs (Lower Bound)
Security & Compliance
Access & identity
Access Control
RAM policies and STS temporary credentials
Team and project roles
Single Sign-On
Unknown
SAML
Encryption & secrets
Secrets Management
Unknown
Encrypted environment variables
Network isolation & protection
Network Isolation
Unknown
Secure Compute private isolated environment
Assurances & programs
SOC Reports
SOC 1 Type II, SOC 2 Type II, SOC 3
SOC 2 Type II
ISO Certifications
ISO/IEC 27001, 27017, 27018, 27701
Unknown
HIPAA
Unknown
Eligible use