IBM Cloud Code Engine vs RunPod Serverless

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

Features

IBM Cloud Code Engine
Service Types

Functions
Containers
Edge Compute

RunPod Serverless
Service Types

Functions
Containers
Edge Compute

IBM Cloud Code Engine
Functions Runtimes

Go
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python

RunPod Serverless
Functions Runtimes

Go
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python

IBM Cloud Code Engine
Container Runtimes

Docker
Kubernetes

RunPod Serverless
Container Runtimes

Docker
Kubernetes

IBM Cloud Code Engine
Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

Min. Memory
256MB
Max. Memory
48GB
Default Timeout
2h
Max. Timeout
24h
Request Payload
4MB
Response Payload
4MB

RunPod Serverless
Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

Min. Memory
8GB
Max. Memory
192GB
Default Timeout
10 min
Max. Timeout
> 5s
Request Payload
10MB / 20MB
Response Payload
10MB / 20MB

IBM Cloud Code Engine
Compliance

GDPR

RunPod Serverless
Compliance

GDPR

IBM Cloud Code Engine
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
Regional
Regions
SA, NA, APAC, EU
Points of Presence
1, 3, 3, 3

RunPod Serverless
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
Global / Regional
Regions
NA, EU
Points of Presence
9, 5

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

Compare Features, Languages, Execution Limits and Alternatives

Service Types

Installable Platform
Functions
Containers
Database
PaaS
IaC
Edge Compute
Local Emulator
API as a Service

Functions Runtimes

Go
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python

Container Runtimes

Docker
Docker Private Registry
Docker Swarm
Kubernetes
Managed Kubernetes

Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

256MB
Min. Memory
8GB
48GB
Max. Memory
192GB
2h
Default Timeout
10 min
24h
Max. Timeout
> 5s
4MB
Request Payload
10MB / 20MB
4MB
Response Payload
10MB / 20MB

Compliance

Certificates

Regional Availability

Regional
Deployment Scope
Global / Regional
SA, NA, APAC, EU
Regions
NA, EU
1, 3, 3, 3
Points of Presence
9, 5

Sustainabilty

Green Energy