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Amazon Cloudfront Functions

Lightweight Functions Close to the End-User

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AWS Lambda

Amazon's Original Functions as a Service

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Amazon Cloudfront Functions vs AWS Lambda

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

Features

Amazon Cloudfront Functions
Service Types

Functions
Edge Compute

AWS Lambda
Service Types

Functions
Edge Compute

Amazon Cloudfront Functions
Functions Runtimes

.Net
C#
Go
Java
JavaScript
Node.js
PowerShell
Python
Ruby
Rust
TypeScript

AWS Lambda
Functions Runtimes

.Net
C#
Go
Java
JavaScript
Node.js
PowerShell
Python
Ruby
Rust
TypeScript

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
Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

Min. Memory
128 MB
Max. Memory
10 GB
Default Timeout
5 s
Max. Timeout
900 s
Request Payload
6 MB
Response Payload
6 MB

Amazon Cloudfront Functions
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
Global
Regions
13
Points of Presence
600+

AWS Lambda
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
Regional
Regions
25
Points of Presence
N/A

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

Entrywan App Platform (Beta) logo

Entrywan App Platform (Beta)

Go Java Node.js Python Rust

Koyeb logo

Koyeb

Go Java Node.js Python Ruby

Vercel Functions logo

Vercel Functions

Go Node.js Python Ruby

AWS Lambda@Edge logo

AWS Lambda@Edge

Node.js Python

Amazon Cloudfront Functions logo
Amazon Cloudfront Functions
AWS Lambda
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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

.Net
C#
Go
Java
JavaScript
Node.js
PowerShell
Python
Ruby
Rust
TypeScript

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 s
~1 ms
Max. Timeout
900 s
10 KB
Request Payload
6 MB
10 KB
Response Payload
6 MB

Compliance

Certificates

Regional Availability

Global
Deployment Scope
Regional
13
Regions
25
600+
Points of Presence
N/A

Sustainabilty

Green Energy

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

Entrywan App Platform (Beta) logo

Entrywan App Platform (Beta)

Go Java Node.js Python Rust

Koyeb logo

Koyeb

Go Java Node.js Python Ruby

Vercel Functions logo

Vercel Functions

Go Node.js Python Ruby

AWS Lambda@Edge logo

AWS Lambda@Edge

Node.js Python