Amazon Lambda @ Edge compared to Vercel

Amazon Lambda @ Edge
Versus
Vercel

Features

Edge Features of Amazon Lambda @ Edge compared to Vercel
Amazon Lambda @ EdgeFeaturesVercel
Functions / Serverless
javascript, go, C/++, .NET, Node.js, PHP, python, rubyFunctions supported languagesNode.js, Go, Python, Ruby
Worker.js Environment
Yes, through EC2 Container Registry (ECR)Docker support
Docker private registry
Kubernetes support
Managed Kubernetes
All compute popsAvailability regions23 Edge locations
128Default Memory (MB)1024
128Maximum Memory (MB)3008
5,000Execution Time (ms)10,000
30,000Maximum Execution Time (ms)900,000
50Request Payload (MB)5
.04Response Payload (MB)5
Unsupported Paid Feature Supported Unknown

Descriptions


Amazon Lambda @ Edge


Amazon Lambda at the Edge functions introduced serverless cloud computing to the masses as early as 2014.

Being the first with a massive user-base has set up Amazon for great success, it took a few years for competitors to offer similar functionality and to actually call the FaaS space a new chapter in cloud compute in general.

Amazon’s [email protected] is Amazon’s first Edge Compute product, however Amazon recently released CloudFront Functions, which brings the compute a lot closer to the end-user.

With Amazon’s gigantic scale, a shift has started with companies that are on the AWS platform to move more and more of their infrastructure to serverless.


Vercel


Formerly known as ZEIT, Vercel has a lot to offer in the serverless movement.

ZEIT was one of the pioneering companies at the time pushing Serverless technology. ZEIT’s first focus was to ease deployments, which resulted in the creation of Next.js.

Some of Vercel’s customers include AirBnB, Auth0, GitHub and the Washington Post.

Vercel announced a whopping $21M Series A funding early 2020.