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IBM Cloud Functions vs Akamai EdgeWorkers

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

Features

IBM Cloud Functions
Service Types

Functions
Containers
Edge Compute
N/A

Akamai EdgeWorkers
Service Types

Functions
Containers
Edge Compute

IBM Cloud Functions
Supported Containers

Docker

Akamai EdgeWorkers
Supported Containers

Docker

IBM Cloud Functions
Supported Runtimes

Go
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python

Akamai EdgeWorkers
Supported Runtimes

Go
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python

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

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

IBM Cloud Functions
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
over 300 PoPs worldwide

Akamai EdgeWorkers
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
N/A

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

Supported Containers

Docker
Docker Private Registry
Docker Swarm
Kubernetes
Managed Kubernetes

Supported Runtimes

Go
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python

Supported Frameworks

Supported Frameworks

Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

256MB
Min. Memory
64 MB
2GB
Max. Memory
128 MB
60s
Default Timeout
10 sec
10min
Max. Timeout
1 min
5MB
Request Payload
5 MB
5MB
Response Payload
5 MB

Compliance

Certificates

Regional Availability

over 300 PoPs worldwide
Deployment Scope
Regions
Points of Presence

Sustainabilty

Green Energy

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

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