Cloudflare Workers vs Amazon Cloudfront Functions

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

Features

Cloudflare Workers
Service Types

Functions
Database
Edge Compute

Amazon Cloudfront Functions
Service Types

Functions
Database
Edge Compute

Cloudflare Workers
Functions Runtimes

JavaScript
Python
Rust
TypeScript
Wasm

Amazon Cloudfront Functions
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

Amazon Cloudfront Functions
Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

Min. Memory
2 MB
Max. Memory
2 MB
Default Timeout
Max. Timeout
~1 ms
Request Payload
10 KB
Response Payload
10 KB

Cloudflare Workers
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
Global
Regions
N/A
Points of Presence
200

Amazon Cloudfront Functions
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
Global
Regions
13
Points of Presence
600+

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
2 MB
128 MB
Max. Memory
2 MB
10 s
Default Timeout
50 s
Max. Timeout
~1 ms
Request Payload
10 KB
Response Payload
10 KB

Compliance

Certificates

Regional Availability

Global
Deployment Scope
Global
Regions
13
200
Points of Presence
600+

Sustainabilty

Green Energy