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Convex vs IBM Cloud Functions

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

Features

Convex
Category

Self Hosted
FaaS
CaaS
DBaaS
IaC

IBM Cloud Functions
Category

Self Hosted
N/A
FaaS
CaaS
DBaaS
N/A
IaC
N/A

Convex
Container Deployment

Docker

IBM Cloud Functions
Container Deployment

Docker

Convex
Supported Runtimes

Go
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python
Rust
TypeScript

IBM Cloud Functions
Supported Runtimes

Go
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python
Rust
TypeScript

Convex
Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

Min. Memory
512 MB
Max. Memory
512 MB
Default Timeout
Max. Timeout
Request Payload
Response Payload

IBM Cloud Functions
Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

Min. Memory
256MB
Max. Memory
2GB
Default Timeout
60s
Max. Timeout
10min
Request Payload
5MB
Response Payload
5MB

Convex
Compliance

GDPR
HIPAA
SOC 2

IBM Cloud Functions
Compliance

GDPR
HIPAA
SOC 2

Convex
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
North America
Points of Presence
1

IBM Cloud Functions
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
over 300 PoPs worldwide
Points of Presence
N/A

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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

Go
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python
Rust
TypeScript

Supported Frameworks

Supported Frameworks

Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

512 MB
Min. Memory
256MB
512 MB
Max. Memory
2GB
Default Timeout
60s
Max. Timeout
10min
Request Payload
5MB
Response Payload
5MB

Compliance

Certificates

Regional Availability

North America
Deployment Scope
over 300 PoPs worldwide
Regions
1
Points of Presence

Sustainabilty

Green Energy

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