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Fastly Compute vs IBM Cloud Functions

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

Features

Fastly Compute
Category

Hosted
FaaS
CaaS
DBaaS
IaC
Edge

IBM Cloud Functions
Category

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

Fastly Compute
Container Deployment

Docker

IBM Cloud Functions
Container Deployment

Docker

Fastly Compute
Supported Runtimes

Go
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python
Rust
TypeScript
WASI supporting SDKs

IBM Cloud Functions
Supported Runtimes

Go
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python
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

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

Fastly Compute
Compliance

GDPR
HIPAA
ISO 27001
PCI DSS
SOC 2 Type 2

IBM Cloud Functions
Compliance

GDPR
HIPAA
ISO 27001
PCI DSS
SOC 2 Type 2

Fastly Compute
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
Global

IBM Cloud Functions
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
over 300 PoPs worldwide

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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
WASI supporting SDKs

Supported Frameworks

Supported Frameworks

Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

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

Compliance

Certificates

Regional Availability

Global
Deployment Scope
over 300 PoPs worldwide
Regions
Points of Presence

Sustainabilty

Green Energy

Alternatives are matched on service types, programming languages and container support.

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