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Comparison

Azure Functions vs Google Cloud Run functions

Compare categories, runtimes, pricing, regions, infrastructure, and platform trade-offs.

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Platform

Hosting model
Managed
Managed
Services
Functions
Functions
Workloads
APIs
APIs
Backend Services
Backend Services
Background Workers
Background Workers
Data Processing
Data Processing
Scheduled Jobs
Scheduled Jobs
Capabilities
Compute Autoscaling
Compute Autoscaling
Deployment Rollbacks
Deployment Rollbacks
Deployment Traffic Splitting
Deployment Traffic Splitting
Preview Environments
Preview Environments
Scale to Zero
Scale to Zero
Zero-Downtime Application Deployments
Zero-Downtime Application Deployments

Development & Execution

Deployment & packaging
Docker / OCI
Docker / OCI
Kubernetes
Kubernetes
Local Emulator
Local Emulator
Serverless (Managed Runtime)
Serverless (Managed Runtime)
Runtimes
.NET Runtime
.NET Runtime
Custom Runtime
Custom Runtime
JVM
JVM
Node.js
Node.js
PowerShell
PowerShell
Languages
C#
C#
Go
Go
Java
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript
PHP
PHP
PowerShell
PowerShell
Python
Python
Ruby
Ruby
TypeScript
TypeScript
Triggers
Database Events
Database Events
Event Streams
Event Streams
HTTP Requests
HTTP Requests
Publish-Subscribe Topics
Publish-Subscribe Topics
Queue Messages
Queue Messages
Scheduled Invocation
Scheduled Invocation
Storage Events
Storage Events

Pricing

Billing basis
Resource based Azure Functions Flex Consumption
Resource based Cloud Run Functions First-Generation Usage
Requests / executions
  • On-demand executions — $0.40 · per 1 million executions
  • Invocations — $0.40 · per 1 million invocations
Compute
Unknown
  • Memory time — $0.0000025 · per GB-second
  • CPU time — $0.0000100 · per GHz-second
Free entry / commitment
Recurring free allowances
Recurring free allowances

Infrastructure & Availability

Infrastructure provider
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Google Cloud Platform
Execution & placement
  • Scope: Regional
  • Execution: Single Region
  • Execution: Multi Region
  • Scope: Regional
Availability footprint
Unknown
  • 43 Regions

Resource & Execution Limits

Execution time
Unknown
60 minutes 2nd gen HTTP function
Memory
512 MB / 2,048 MB / 4,096 MB Flex Consumption; 2,048 MB default
32 GiB 2nd gen function
Request payload
210 MB Per request
32 MB 2nd gen HTTP function

Security & Compliance

Access & identity
Access Control
Azure RBAC, function access keys, and App Service Authentication Function app
Function-level IAM and authenticated invocation Role differs for 1st gen and Cloud Run-based functions
Audit Logging
Azure Activity Log management events Function app control plane
Cloud Audit Logs Management coverage; data-access classes may require configuration
Encryption & secrets
Encryption at Rest
Encrypted settings, connection strings, and storage CMK applies to supported Blob/File resources
Customer-managed encryption keys Supported build and runtime resources; customer configuration
Secrets Management
Encrypted app settings and Key Vault references Key Vault is a separate Azure service
Unknown
Network isolation & protection
Private Networking
Private Endpoints Flex Consumption, Elastic Premium, or Dedicated
VPC Service Controls perimeter and VPC egress Customer organization and network configuration
Network Isolation
App Service app isolation Dedicated environment available through App Service Environment
Unknown
Assurances & programs
FedRAMP
FedRAMP High Azure US public and Azure Government audit scope
FedRAMP High Authorized service and region/configuration scope
HIPAA
Unknown
HIPAA-eligible use Google Cloud BAA and customer controls required