IBM Cloud Functions vs AWS Lambda@Edge

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Features

IBM Cloud Functions
Service Types

Functions
Containers
Edge Compute
N/A

AWS Lambda@Edge
Service Types

Functions
Containers
Edge Compute

IBM Cloud Functions
Functions Runtimes

Go
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python

AWS Lambda@Edge
Functions Runtimes

Go
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python

IBM Cloud Functions
Container Runtimes

Docker

AWS Lambda@Edge
Container Runtimes

Docker

IBM Cloud Functions
Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

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

AWS Lambda@Edge
Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

Min. Memory
128 MB
Max. Memory
10 GB
Default Timeout
5 s
Max. Timeout
30 s
Request Payload
6 MB
Response Payload
6 MB

IBM Cloud Functions
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
over 300 PoPs worldwide
Points of Presence
N/A

AWS Lambda@Edge
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
Global
Points of Presence
600+

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Service Types

Functions
Containers
Database
PaaS
Framework
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

256 MB
Min. Memory
128 MB
2 GB
Max. Memory
10 GB
60 s
Default Timeout
5 s
10 min
Max. Timeout
30 s
5 MB
Request Payload
6 MB
5 MB
Response Payload
6 MB

Compliance Certificates

Certificates

Regional Availability

over 300 PoPs worldwide
Deployment Scope
Global
Regions
Points of Presence
600+

Sustainabilty

Green Energy

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