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Amazon Cloudfront Functions vs Akamai EdgeWorkers
Compare Categories, Runtimes, Pricing, Regions and Alternatives

Features

Amazon Cloudfront Functions 
Category

Hosted
FaaS
KV Store
N/A
Edge

Akamai EdgeWorkers 
Category

Hosted
FaaS
KV Store
Edge

Amazon Cloudfront Functions 
Supported Runtimes

JavaScript

Akamai EdgeWorkers 
Supported Runtimes

JavaScript

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

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

Amazon Cloudfront Functions 
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
Global
Regions
13
Points of Presence
600+

Akamai EdgeWorkers 
Regional Availability

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

Alternatives are matched by category, runtimes, and hosting.

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
JavaScript
Supported Frameworks
Supported Frameworks
Execution Limits and Resource Quotas
2 MB
Min. Memory
64 MB
2 MB
Max. Memory
128 MB
Default Timeout
10 sec
~1 ms
Max. Timeout
1 min
10 KB
Request Payload
5 MB
10 KB
Response Payload
5 MB
Compliance
Certificates
Regional Availability
Global
Deployment Scope
13
Regions
600+
Points of Presence
Sustainabilty
Green Energy

Alternatives are matched by category, runtimes, and hosting.

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