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Microsoft Azure Functions vs Google Cloud Functions

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

Features

Microsoft Azure Functions
Category

FaaS
Edge

Google Cloud Functions
Category

FaaS
Edge

Microsoft Azure Functions
Container Deployment

Docker
Docker Private Registry
Kubernetes
Managed Kubernetes

Google Cloud Functions
Container Deployment

Docker
Docker Private Registry
Kubernetes
Managed Kubernetes

Microsoft Azure Functions
Supported Runtimes

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

Google Cloud Functions
Supported Runtimes

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

Microsoft Azure Functions
Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

Min. Memory
1536 MB
Max. Memory
4096 MB
Default Timeout
5 min
Max. Timeout
10 min
Request Payload
100 MB
Response Payload
100 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

Microsoft Azure Functions
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
8 Global
Regions
N/A
Points of Presence
100+

Google Cloud Functions
Regional Availability

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

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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 Core
C#
Go
Java
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
PowerShell
Python
Ruby

Supported Frameworks

Supported Frameworks

Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

1536 MB
Min. Memory
128 MB
4096 MB
Max. Memory
8 GB / 32 GiB
5 min
Default Timeout
60 sec
10 min
Max. Timeout
9 min / 60 min
100 MB
Request Payload
10 MB / 32 MB
100 MB
Response Payload
10 MB / 32 MB

Compliance

Certificates

Regional Availability

8 Global
Deployment Scope
Regional
Regions
NA, LATAM, EU, APAC
100+
Points of Presence
23 / 40

Sustainabilty

Green Energy

Alternatives are matched on service types, programming languages and container support.

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