DigitalOcean Functions vs IBM Cloud Code Engine
Compare categories, runtimes, pricing, regions, infrastructure, and platform trade-offs.
Comparison space
Updated
Comparison facts
Platform
Hosting model
Managed
Supported
Managed
Supported
Services
Compute
Not supported
Compute
Supported
Functions
Supported
Functions
Supported
GPU Compute
Not supported
GPU Compute
Supported
Workloads
APIs
Supported
APIs
Supported
Backend Services
Supported
Backend Services
Supported
Background Workers
Supported
Background Workers
Supported
Data Processing
Not supported
Data Processing
Supported
Scheduled Jobs
Supported
Scheduled Jobs
Supported
Web Applications
Not supported
Web Applications
Supported
Capabilities
Compute Autoscaling
Supported
Compute Autoscaling
Supported
Scale to Zero
Supported
Scale to Zero
Supported
Zero-Downtime Application Deployments
Not recorded
Zero-Downtime Application Deployments
Supported
Development & Execution
Deployment & packaging
Docker / OCI
Not supported
Docker / OCI
Supported
Kubernetes
Not supported
Kubernetes
Supported
Local Emulator
Supported
Local Emulator
Not supported
Serverless (Managed Runtime)
Supported
Serverless (Managed Runtime)
Supported
Runtimes
.NET Runtime
Not supported
.NET Runtime
Supported
Custom Runtime
Not supported
Custom Runtime
Supported
JVM
Not supported
JVM
Supported
Node.js
Supported
Node.js
Supported
Languages
C#
Not supported
C#
Supported
Go
Supported
Go
Supported
Java
Not supported
Java
Supported
JavaScript
Supported
JavaScript
Supported
PHP
Supported
PHP
Supported
Python
Supported
Python
Supported
Ruby
Not supported
Ruby
Supported
Rust
Not supported
Rust
Supported
TypeScript
Supported
TypeScript
Supported
Triggers
Direct Invocation
Supported
Direct Invocation
Not supported
Event Streams
Not supported
Event Streams
Supported
HTTP Requests
Supported
HTTP Requests
Supported
Queue Messages
Not supported
Queue Messages
Supported
Scheduled Invocation
Supported
Scheduled Invocation
Supported
Storage Events
Not supported
Storage Events
Supported
Pricing
Billing basis
Resource based
Resource based
Requests / executions
Unknown
- Incoming HTTP requests — $0.538 · per 1 million HTTP requests
Compute
- Compute — $0.0000185 · per GiB-second beyond the monthly allowance
- vCPU time — $0.00003431 · per vCPU-second
- Memory time — $0.00000356 · per GB-second
Free entry / commitment
Recurring free allowances
Recurring free allowances
Infrastructure & Availability
Infrastructure provider
- DigitalOcean
- IBM Cloud
Execution & placement
- Execution: Single Region
- Scope: Regional
- Execution: Single Region
- Execution: Multi Region
- Scope: Regional
Availability footprint
Unknown
- 11 Regions
Resource & Execution Limits
Execution time
15 minutes
Unknown
Memory
128 MB-1 GB
48,000 MB
Concurrency
120
1,000
Request payload
1 MB input / 1 MB result
5 MB
Security & Compliance
Access & identity
Access Control
Revocable namespace access keys and authenticated web functions
IBM Cloud IAM and resource-level RBAC
Audit Logging
Unknown
Activity Tracker Event Routing
Encryption & secrets
Encryption in Transit
HTTPS/TLS function endpoints
Managed HTTPS certificates and TLS 1.2+
Encryption at Rest
Function code and sensitive parameters
Unknown
Secrets Management
Unknown
Project secrets for apps, jobs, and functions
Network isolation & protection
Network Isolation
Dedicated networking and compute safeguards
Project isolation based on Kubernetes namespaces
Private Networking
Unknown
Private endpoints and context-based restrictions
Assurances & programs
SOC Reports
SOC 2 Type II
Unknown