Cloudflare Workers vs Akamai EdgeWorkers

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

Features

Cloudflare Workers
Service Types

Functions
Database
Edge Compute

Akamai EdgeWorkers
Service Types

Functions
Database
Edge Compute

Cloudflare Workers
Functions Runtimes

JavaScript
Python
Rust
TypeScript
Wasm

Akamai EdgeWorkers
Functions Runtimes

JavaScript
Python
Rust
TypeScript
Wasm

Cloudflare Workers
Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

Min. Memory
128 MB
Max. Memory
128 MB
Default Timeout
10 s
Max. Timeout
50 s
Request Payload
N/A
Response Payload
N/A

Akamai EdgeWorkers
Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

Min. Memory
64 MB
Max. Memory
128 MB
Default Timeout
10 sec
Max. Timeout
1 min
Request Payload
5 MB
Response Payload
5 MB

Cloudflare Workers
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
Global
Regions
N/A
Points of Presence
200

Akamai EdgeWorkers
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
Global
Regions
NA, LATAM, EU, APAC
Points of Presence
11, 2, 6, 6

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

Compare Features, Languages, Execution Limits and Alternatives

Service Types

Installable Platform
Functions
Containers
Database
PaaS
IaC
Edge Compute
Local Emulator
API as a Service

Functions Runtimes

JavaScript
Python
Rust
TypeScript
Wasm

Container Runtimes

Docker
Docker Private Registry
Docker Swarm
Kubernetes
Managed Kubernetes

Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

128 MB
Min. Memory
64 MB
128 MB
Max. Memory
128 MB
10 s
Default Timeout
10 sec
50 s
Max. Timeout
1 min
Request Payload
5 MB
Response Payload
5 MB

Compliance

Certificates

Regional Availability

Global
Deployment Scope
Global
Regions
NA, LATAM, EU, APAC
200
Points of Presence
11, 2, 6, 6

Sustainabilty

Green Energy