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AWS Lambda@Edge vs Cloudflare Workers

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

Features

AWS Lambda@Edge
Service Types

Functions
Database
Edge Compute

Cloudflare Workers
Service Types

Functions
Database
Edge Compute

AWS Lambda@Edge
Supported Runtimes

JavaScript
Node.js
Python
Rust
TypeScript
Wasm

Cloudflare Workers
Supported Runtimes

JavaScript
Node.js
Python
Rust
TypeScript
Wasm

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

Cloudflare Workers
Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

Min. Memory
128 MB
Max. Memory
128 MB
Default Timeout
10 s
Max. Timeout
50 s
Request Payload
N/A
Response Payload
N/A

AWS Lambda@Edge
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
Global
Points of Presence
600+

Cloudflare Workers
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
Global
Points of Presence
200

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
Rust
TypeScript
Wasm

Supported Frameworks

Supported Frameworks

Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

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

Compliance

Certificates

Regional Availability

Global
Deployment Scope
Global
Regions
600+
Points of Presence
200

Sustainabilty

Green Energy

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

Fastly Compute@Edge logo
Azion Edge Functions logo
Deno Deploy logo
Gcore FastEdge logo