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
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