AWS Lambda vs Google Cloud Functions

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

Features

AWS Lambda
Service Types

Functions

Google Cloud Functions
Service Types

Functions

AWS Lambda
Functions Runtimes

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

Google Cloud Functions
Functions Runtimes

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

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

Google Cloud Functions
Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

Min. Memory
128 MB
Max. Memory
8 GB / 32 GiB
Default Timeout
60 sec
Max. Timeout
9 min / 60 min
Request Payload
10 MB / 32 MB
Response Payload
10 MB / 32 MB

AWS Lambda
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
Regional
Regions
25
Points of Presence
N/A

Google Cloud Functions
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
Regional
Regions
NA, LATAM, EU, APAC
Points of Presence
23 / 40

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

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

Container Runtimes

Docker
Docker Private Registry
Docker Swarm
Kubernetes
Managed Kubernetes

Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

128 MB
Min. Memory
128 MB
10 GB
Max. Memory
8 GB / 32 GiB
5 s
Default Timeout
60 sec
900 s
Max. Timeout
9 min / 60 min
6 MB
Request Payload
10 MB / 32 MB
6 MB
Response Payload
10 MB / 32 MB

Compliance

Certificates

Regional Availability

Regional
Deployment Scope
Regional
25
Regions
NA, LATAM, EU, APAC
N/A
Points of Presence
23 / 40

Sustainabilty

Green Energy