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AWS Lambda@Edge vs Akamai EdgeWorkers

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

Features

AWS Lambda@Edge
Service Types

Functions
Edge Compute

Akamai EdgeWorkers
Service Types

Functions
Edge Compute

AWS Lambda@Edge
Supported Runtimes

JavaScript
Node.js
Python

Akamai EdgeWorkers
Supported Runtimes

JavaScript
Node.js
Python

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

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

AWS Lambda@Edge
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
Global
Points of Presence
600+

Akamai EdgeWorkers
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
N/A
Points of Presence
N/A

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

Compare Features, Languages, Execution Limits and Alternatives

Service Types

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

Supported Containers

Docker
Docker Private Registry
Docker Swarm
Kubernetes
Managed Kubernetes

Supported Runtimes

JavaScript
Node.js
Python

Supported Frameworks

Supported Frameworks

Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

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

Compliance

Certificates

Regional Availability

Global
Deployment Scope
Regions
600+
Points of Presence

Sustainabilty

Green Energy

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

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