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Google Cloud Functions vs Akamai EdgeWorkers Compare Service Types, Runtimes, Execution Limits, Compliance, Regions and Alternatives

Features

Google Cloud Functions 
Category

Hosted
N/A
FaaS
KV Store
N/A
Edge

Akamai EdgeWorkers 
Category

Hosted
FaaS
KV Store
Edge

Google Cloud Functions 
Supported Runtimes

.NET Core
C#
Go
Java
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python
Ruby

Akamai EdgeWorkers 
Supported Runtimes

.NET Core
C#
Go
Java
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python
Ruby

Google Cloud Functions 
Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

Min. Memory
128 MB
Max. Memory
8 GB / 32 GiB
Default Timeout
60 sec
Max. Timeout
9 min / 60 min
Request Payload
10 MB / 32 MB
Response Payload
10 MB / 32 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

Google Cloud Functions 
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
Regional
Regions
NA, LATAM, EU, APAC
Points of Presence
23 / 40

Akamai EdgeWorkers 
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
N/A
Regions
N/A
Points of Presence
N/A

Alternatives are matched by category, runtimes, and hosting.

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
.NET Core
C#
Go
Java
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python
Ruby
Supported Frameworks
Supported Frameworks
Execution Limits and Resource Quotas
128 MB
Min. Memory
64 MB
8 GB / 32 GiB
Max. Memory
128 MB
60 sec
Default Timeout
10 sec
9 min / 60 min
Max. Timeout
1 min
10 MB / 32 MB
Request Payload
5 MB
10 MB / 32 MB
Response Payload
5 MB
Compliance
Certificates
Regional Availability
Regional
Deployment Scope
NA, LATAM, EU, APAC
Regions
23 / 40
Points of Presence
Sustainabilty
Green Energy

Alternatives are matched by category, runtimes, and hosting.

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