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AWS Lambda vs IBM Cloud Functions
Compare Categories, Runtimes, Pricing, Regions and Alternatives

Features

AWS Lambda 
Category

Hosted
FaaS
CaaS

IBM Cloud Functions 
Category

Hosted
N/A
FaaS
CaaS

AWS Lambda 
Container Deployment

Docker

IBM Cloud Functions 
Container Deployment

Docker

AWS Lambda 
Supported Runtimes

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

IBM Cloud Functions 
Supported Runtimes

.Net
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

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 
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
Regional
Regions
25
Points of Presence
N/A

IBM Cloud Functions 
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
over 300 PoPs worldwide
Regions
N/A
Points of Presence
N/A

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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
.Net
C#
Go
Java
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
PowerShell
Python
Ruby
Rust
TypeScript
Supported Frameworks
Supported Frameworks
Execution Limits and Resource Quotas
128 MB
Min. Memory
256MB
10 GB
Max. Memory
2GB
5 s
Default Timeout
60s
900 s
Max. Timeout
10min
6 MB
Request Payload
5MB
6 MB
Response Payload
5MB
Compliance
Certificates
Regional Availability
Regional
Deployment Scope
over 300 PoPs worldwide
25
Regions
N/A
Points of Presence
Sustainabilty
Green Energy

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