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AWS Lambda@Edge vs Amazon Cloudfront Functions
Compare Categories, Runtimes, Pricing, Regions and Alternatives

Features

AWS Lambda@Edge 
Category

Hosted
FaaS
Edge

Amazon Cloudfront Functions 
Category

Hosted
FaaS
Edge

AWS Lambda@Edge 
Supported Runtimes

JavaScript
Node.js
Python

Amazon Cloudfront Functions 
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

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 
Regional Availability

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

Amazon Cloudfront Functions 
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
Global
Regions
13
Points of Presence
600+

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

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