AWS Lambda@Edge vs IBM Cloud Functions

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

Features

AWS Lambda@Edge
Service Types

Functions
Containers
Edge Compute

IBM Cloud Functions
Service Types

Functions
Containers
Edge Compute
N/A

AWS Lambda@Edge
Functions Runtimes

Go
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python

IBM Cloud Functions
Functions Runtimes

Go
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python

AWS Lambda@Edge
Container Runtimes

Docker

IBM Cloud Functions
Container Runtimes

Docker

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

IBM Cloud Functions
Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

Min. Memory
256MB
Max. Memory
2GB
Default Timeout
60s
Max. Timeout
10min
Request Payload
5MB
Response Payload
5MB

AWS Lambda@Edge
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
Global
Points of Presence
600+

IBM Cloud Functions
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
over 300 PoPs worldwide
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

Functions Runtimes

Go
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python

Container Runtimes

Docker
Docker Private Registry
Docker Swarm
Kubernetes
Managed Kubernetes

Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

128 MB
Min. Memory
256MB
10 GB
Max. Memory
2GB
5 sec
Default Timeout
60s
30 sec
Max. Timeout
10min
6 MB
Request Payload
5MB
6 MB
Response Payload
5MB

Compliance

Certificates

Regional Availability

Global
Deployment Scope
over 300 PoPs worldwide
Regions
600+
Points of Presence

Sustainabilty

Green Energy