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Amazon Cloudfront Functions

Lightweight Functions Close to the End-User

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AWS Lambda@Edge

Lambda and Cloudfront Edge Extention

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Amazon Cloudfront Functions vs AWS Lambda@Edge

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

Features

Amazon Cloudfront Functions
Service Types

Functions
Edge Compute

AWS Lambda@Edge
Service Types

Functions
Edge Compute

Amazon Cloudfront Functions
Functions Runtimes

JavaScript
Node.js
Python

AWS Lambda@Edge
Functions Runtimes

JavaScript
Node.js
Python

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

AWS Lambda@Edge
Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

Min. Memory
128 MB
Max. Memory
10 GB
Default Timeout
5 sec
Max. Timeout
30 sec
Request Payload
6 MB
Response Payload
6 MB

Amazon Cloudfront Functions
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
Global
Regions
13
Points of Presence
600+

AWS Lambda@Edge
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
Global
Regions
N/A
Points of Presence
600+

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

Entrywan App Platform (Beta) logo

Entrywan App Platform (Beta)

Node.js Python

Koyeb logo

Koyeb

Node.js Python

Vercel Functions logo

Vercel Functions

Node.js Python

Akamai EdgeWorkers logo

Akamai EdgeWorkers

JavaScript

Amazon Cloudfront Functions logo
Amazon Cloudfront Functions
AWS Lambda@Edge
AWS Lambda@Edge logo

Compare Features, Languages, Execution Limits and Alternatives

Service Types

Installable Platform
Functions
Containers
Database
PaaS
IaC
Edge Compute
Local Emulator
API as a Service

Functions Runtimes

JavaScript
Node.js
Python

Container Runtimes

Docker
Docker Private Registry
Docker Swarm
Kubernetes
Managed Kubernetes

Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

2 MB
Min. Memory
128 MB
2 MB
Max. Memory
10 GB
∞
Default Timeout
5 sec
~1 ms
Max. Timeout
30 sec
10 KB
Request Payload
6 MB
10 KB
Response Payload
6 MB

Compliance

Certificates

Regional Availability

Global
Deployment Scope
Global
13
Regions
600+
Points of Presence
600+

Sustainabilty

Green Energy

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

Entrywan App Platform (Beta) logo

Entrywan App Platform (Beta)

Node.js Python

Koyeb logo

Koyeb

Node.js Python

Vercel Functions logo

Vercel Functions

Node.js Python

Akamai EdgeWorkers logo

Akamai EdgeWorkers

JavaScript