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Microsoft Azure Functions vs Railway

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

Features

Microsoft Azure Functions
Category

FaaS
CaaS
DBaaS
PaaS
Edge

Railway
Category

FaaS
CaaS
DBaaS
PaaS
Edge

Microsoft Azure Functions
Container Deployment

Docker
Docker Private Registry
Kubernetes
Managed Kubernetes

Railway
Container Deployment

Docker
Docker Private Registry
Kubernetes
Managed Kubernetes

Microsoft Azure Functions
Supported Runtimes

C#
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript
PHP
PowerShell
Python
Ruby
Rust
Scala
TypeScript

Railway
Supported Runtimes

C#
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript
PHP
PowerShell
Python
Ruby
Rust
Scala
TypeScript

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

Railway
Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

Min. Memory
N/A
Max. Memory
N/A
Default Timeout
N/A
Max. Timeout
N/A
Request Payload
N/A
Response Payload
N/A

Microsoft Azure Functions
Regional Availability

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

Railway
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
Global and Regional
Regions
USA, NL, SIN
Points of Presence
2, 1, 1

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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

C#
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript
PHP
PowerShell
Python
Ruby
Rust
Scala
TypeScript

Supported Frameworks

Supported Frameworks

Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

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

Compliance

Certificates

Regional Availability

8 Global
Deployment Scope
Global and Regional
Regions
USA, NL, SIN
100+
Points of Presence
2, 1, 1

Sustainabilty

Green Energy

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

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