Azion Edge Functions compared to Amazon Cloudfront Functions

Azion Edge Functions
Versus
Amazon Cloudfront Functions

Features

Edge Features of Azion Edge Functions compared to Amazon Cloudfront Functions
Azion Edge FunctionsFeaturesAmazon Cloudfront Functions
Functions / Serverless
javascript and luaFunctions supported languagesJavaScript, Go, C/++, .NET, Node.js, PHP, Python, Ruby
Worker.js Environment
Docker supportYes, through EC2 Container Registry (ECR)
Docker private registry
Kubernetes support
Managed Kubernetes
Azion has plenty of pops in Latin America, and a few in western European and Northern AmericaAvailability regionsAll POPs connected to your Cloudfront property
Default Memory (MB)128
Maximum Memory (MB)3008
Execution Time (ms)3,000
Maximum Execution Time (ms)900,000
Request Payload (MB)6
Response Payload (MB)6
Unsupported Paid Feature Supported Unknown

Descriptions


Azion Edge Functions


Azion has been around for over a decade.

Traditionally a cloud hosting provider, Azion has increased their offerings at a steady rate thoughout their years of existance.

their serverless platform is in it’s infancy days at the time of writing (early 2021), with 2 supported languages and just a limited set of accessible runtime variables.

The documentation isn’t comprehensive as one would hope.

Anyone with local compute requirements in the LATAM space would incriminate themselves not considering Azion as their supplier.


Amazon Cloudfront Functions


Amazon Cloudfront Function introduces cloud computing to every CloudFront pop around the globe.

Amazon Cloudfront Functions differs from Amazon’s Lambda@Edge because CloudFront’s servers have been located traditionally at the edges of Amazon’s gigantic global network of servers. This means CloudFront functions will run closer to the end-user than traditional Lambda’s, which usually run within customers' own VPN or behind loadbalancers.

With this change in approach, Amazon hopes to even further play into the serverless space that is to become the future of IaaS or Serverless as a Service.

Given Amazon’s massive reach and the tremendously popular CloudFront product, this will surely be a success going forward. Perhaps even replacing Amazon’s Lambda@Edge in the long term?