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Comparison

DigitalOcean Functions vs Google Cloud Run functions

Compare categories, runtimes, pricing, regions, infrastructure, and platform trade-offs.

Comparison space

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Platform

Delivery
Managed
Managed
Services
Functions
Functions
Workloads
APIs
APIs
Backend Services
Backend Services
Background Workers
Background Workers
Data Processing
Data Processing
Scheduled Jobs
Scheduled Jobs
Capabilities
Compute Autoscaling
Compute Autoscaling
Deployment Rollbacks
Deployment Rollbacks
Deployment Traffic Splitting
Deployment Traffic Splitting
Preview Environments
Preview Environments
Scale to Zero
Scale to Zero
Zero-Downtime Application Deployments
Zero-Downtime Application Deployments

Development & Execution

Deployment & packaging
Local Emulator
Local Emulator
Serverless (Managed Runtime)
Serverless (Managed Runtime)
Runtimes
.NET Runtime
.NET Runtime
JVM
JVM
Node.js
Node.js
Languages
C#
C#
Go
Go
Java
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript
PHP
PHP
Python
Python
Ruby
Ruby
TypeScript
TypeScript
Triggers
Database Events
Database Events
Direct Invocation
Direct Invocation
HTTP Requests
HTTP Requests
Publish-Subscribe Topics
Publish-Subscribe Topics
Queue Messages
Queue Messages
Scheduled Invocation
Scheduled Invocation
Storage Events
Storage Events

Pricing

Billing basis
Resource based DigitalOcean Functions Usage
Resource based Cloud Run Functions First-Generation Usage
Requests / executions
Unknown
  • Invocations — $0.40 · per 1 million invocations
Compute
  • Compute — $0.0000185 · per GiB-second beyond the monthly allowance
  • Memory time — $0.0000025 · per GB-second
  • CPU time — $0.0000100 · per GHz-second
Free entry / commitment
Recurring free allowances
Recurring free allowances

Infrastructure & Availability

Infrastructure provider
  • DigitalOcean
  • Google Cloud Platform
Execution & placement
  • Execution: Single Region
  • Scope: Regional
  • Execution: Single Region
  • Execution: Multi Region
  • Scope: Regional
Availability footprint
Unknown
  • 43 Regions

Resource & Execution Limits

Execution time
15 minutes Per invocation
60 minutes 2nd gen HTTP function
Memory
128 MB-1 GB 256 MB default
32 GiB 2nd gen function
Concurrency
120 Per namespace
Unknown
Request payload
1 MB input / 1 MB result Per invocation
32 MB 2nd gen HTTP function

Security & Compliance

Access & identity
Access Control
Revocable namespace access keys and authenticated web functions Functions namespaces
Function-level IAM and authenticated invocation Role differs for 1st gen and Cloud Run-based functions
Audit Logging
Unknown
Cloud Audit Logs Management coverage; data-access classes may require configuration
Encryption & secrets
Encryption at Rest
Function code and sensitive parameters DigitalOcean-managed storage
Customer-managed encryption keys Supported build and runtime resources; customer configuration
Encryption in Transit
HTTPS/TLS function endpoints DigitalOcean Functions
Unknown
Network isolation & protection
Network Isolation
Dedicated networking and compute safeguards Functions managed service
Unknown
Private Networking
Unknown
VPC Service Controls perimeter and VPC egress Customer organization and network configuration
Assurances & programs
SOC Reports
SOC 2 Type II DigitalOcean Functions
Unknown
FedRAMP
Unknown
FedRAMP High Authorized service and region/configuration scope
HIPAA
Unknown
HIPAA-eligible use Google Cloud BAA and customer controls required