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Fastly Compute vs Akamai EdgeWorkers

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

Features

Fastly Compute
Service Types

Hosted
FaaS
DBaaS
KV Store
N/A
IaC
Edge

Akamai EdgeWorkers
Service Types

Hosted
FaaS
DBaaS
KV Store
IaC
Edge

Fastly Compute
Supported Runtimes

Go
JavaScript
Rust
TypeScript
WASI supporting SDKs

Akamai EdgeWorkers
Supported Runtimes

Go
JavaScript
Rust
TypeScript
WASI supporting SDKs

Fastly Compute
Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

Min. Memory
128 MB
Max. Memory
129 MB
Default Timeout
50 ms
Max. Timeout
2 min
Request Payload
5 MB
Response Payload
5 MB

Akamai EdgeWorkers
Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

Min. Memory
64 MB
Max. Memory
128 MB
Default Timeout
10 sec
Max. Timeout
1 min
Request Payload
5 MB
Response Payload
5 MB

Fastly Compute
Compliance

GDPR
HIPAA
ISO 27001
PCI DSS
SOC 2 Type 2

Akamai EdgeWorkers
Compliance

GDPR
HIPAA
ISO 27001
PCI DSS
SOC 2 Type 2

Fastly Compute
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
Global

Akamai EdgeWorkers
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
N/A

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Service Types

Decentralized
Hosted
Self Hosted
BaaS
FaaS
Compute
CaaS
Docker
Managed K8s
DBaaS
KV Store
PaaS
IaC
Edge
Emulator
API Gateway

Supported Containers

Docker
Docker Private Registry
Docker Swarm
Kubernetes
Managed Kubernetes
WebAssembly

Supported Runtimes

Go
JavaScript
Rust
TypeScript
WASI supporting SDKs

Supported Frameworks

Supported Frameworks

Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

128 MB
Min. Memory
64 MB
129 MB
Max. Memory
128 MB
50 ms
Default Timeout
10 sec
2 min
Max. Timeout
1 min
5 MB
Request Payload
5 MB
5 MB
Response Payload
5 MB

Compliance

Certificates

Regional Availability

Global
Deployment Scope
Regions
Points of Presence

Sustainabilty

Green Energy

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