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Comparison

Fermyon Cloud vs IBM Cloud Code Engine

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

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Platform

Hosting model
Managed
Managed
Services
Compute
Compute
Functions
Functions
GPU Compute
GPU Compute
Key-Value Store
Key-Value Store
Managed Databases
Managed Databases
Workloads
AI Inference
AI Inference
APIs
APIs
Backend Services
Backend Services
Background Workers
Background Workers
Data Processing
Data Processing
Scheduled Jobs
Scheduled Jobs
Web Applications
Web Applications
Capabilities
Compute Autoscaling
Compute Autoscaling
Scale to Zero
Scale to Zero
Zero-Downtime Application Deployments
Zero-Downtime Application Deployments

Development & Execution

Deployment & packaging
Docker / OCI
Docker / OCI
Kubernetes
Kubernetes
Local Emulator
Local Emulator
Serverless (Managed Runtime)
Serverless (Managed Runtime)
Runtimes
.NET Runtime
.NET Runtime
Custom Runtime
Custom Runtime
JVM
JVM
Node.js
Node.js
WebAssembly / WASI
WebAssembly / WASI
Languages
C
C
C#
C#
C++
C++
Go
Go
Java
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript
Kotlin
Kotlin
PHP
PHP
Python
Python
Ruby
Ruby
Rust
Rust
Swift
Swift
TypeScript
TypeScript
Zig
Zig
Triggers
Event Streams
Event Streams
HTTP Requests
HTTP Requests
Queue Messages
Queue Messages
Scheduled Invocation
Scheduled Invocation
Storage Events
Storage Events

Pricing

Billing basis
Plan based Fermyon Cloud Plans
Resource based IBM Cloud Code Engine Usage
Requests / executions
Unknown
  • Incoming HTTP requests — $0.538 · per 1 million HTTP requests
Compute
Unknown
  • vCPU time — $0.00003431 · per vCPU-second
  • Memory time — $0.00000356 · per GB-second
Free entry / commitment
Free plan Available in public plans
Recurring free allowances

Infrastructure & Availability

Infrastructure provider
  • Fermyon-operated infrastructure
  • IBM Cloud
Execution & placement
  • Execution: Single Region
  • Scope: Regional
  • Execution: Single Region
  • Execution: Multi Region
  • Scope: Regional
Availability footprint
Unknown
  • 11 Regions

Security & Compliance

Access & identity
Deployment Credentials
Personal access tokens Fermyon Cloud deployment and CI
Unknown
Access Control
Unknown
IBM Cloud IAM and resource-level RBAC Code Engine project
Audit Logging
Unknown
Activity Tracker Event Routing Location-based Code Engine audit events
Encryption & secrets
Secrets Management
Encrypted application variables; values are not listed Only mapped components receive a variable
Project secrets for apps, jobs, and functions Authorized project users can view; documentation states encoded storage
Encryption in Transit
Unknown
Managed HTTPS certificates and TLS 1.2+ Code Engine API and application endpoints
Network isolation & protection
Private Networking
Unknown
Private endpoints and context-based restrictions Project and region support required
Network Isolation
Unknown
Project isolation based on Kubernetes namespaces Code Engine-managed