Cloudflare Workers vs Akamai Functions
Compare categories, runtimes, pricing, regions, infrastructure, and platform trade-offs.
Comparison space
Updated
Comparison facts
Platform
Hosting model
Managed
Supported
Managed
Supported
Services
Edge Functions
Supported
Edge Functions
Supported
Key-Value Store
Supported
Key-Value Store
Supported
Managed Databases
Supported
Managed Databases
Not supported
Object Storage
Supported
Object Storage
Not supported
Queues
Supported
Queues
Not supported
Workflows
Supported
Workflows
Not supported
Workloads
AI Inference
Supported
AI Inference
Supported
APIs
Supported
APIs
Supported
Backend Services
Supported
Backend Services
Supported
Background Workers
Supported
Background Workers
Not supported
Edge Request Processing
Supported
Edge Request Processing
Supported
Real-Time Applications
Supported
Real-Time Applications
Not supported
Scheduled Jobs
Supported
Scheduled Jobs
Not supported
Static Sites
Supported
Static Sites
Not supported
Web Applications
Supported
Web Applications
Supported
Capabilities
Compute Autoscaling
Supported
Compute Autoscaling
Not recorded
Deployment Rollbacks
Supported
Deployment Rollbacks
Not recorded
Deployment Traffic Splitting
Supported
Deployment Traffic Splitting
Not recorded
Preview Environments
Supported
Preview Environments
Not recorded
Development & Execution
Runtimes
Python Runtime
Supported
Python Runtime
Not supported
V8 Isolates
Supported
V8 Isolates
Not supported
WebAssembly / WASI
Not supported
WebAssembly / WASI
Supported
Languages
C
Supported
C
Not supported
C++
Supported
C++
Not supported
Go
Not supported
Go
Supported
JavaScript
Supported
JavaScript
Supported
Python
Supported
Python
Supported
Rust
Supported
Rust
Supported
TypeScript
Supported
TypeScript
Supported
Triggers
Database Events
Supported
Database Events
Not supported
Direct Invocation
Supported
Direct Invocation
Not supported
Edge Events
Supported
Edge Events
Supported
HTTP Requests
Supported
HTTP Requests
Supported
Queue Messages
Supported
Queue Messages
Not supported
Scheduled Invocation
Supported
Scheduled Invocation
Supported
Storage Events
Supported
Storage Events
Not supported
Pricing
Billing basis
Plan based
Plan based
Requests / executions
- Requests — $0.30 · per additional million requests
Unknown
Compute
- CPU time — $0.02 · per additional million CPU milliseconds
Unknown
Free entry / commitment
Recurring free allowances
Access requires approval through the Akamai Functions onboarding process.
Infrastructure & Availability
Execution & locality
- Execution: Edge
- Scope: Global
- Execution: Edge
- Scope: Global
Provider / network
- Own Network
- Own Network
Availability footprint
- 348 Locations
- 20+ Locations
Resource & Execution Limits
CPU / execution time
Unknown
30 seconds
Memory
128 MB
128 MiB
Request / response size
Unknown
10 MiB
Security & Compliance
Access & identity
Access Control
Workers Platform Admin and read-only roles
Personal and team accounts
Encryption & secrets
Secrets Management
Encrypted Worker secrets and Secrets Store bindings
Application variables encrypted at rest and in transit
Network isolation & protection
Network Isolation
V8 isolates with process sandbox and trust cordons
Spin applications in a WebAssembly sandbox
Assurances & programs
SOC Reports
SOC 2 Type II
Unknown
PCI DSS
PCI DSS v4.0 Level 1
Unknown