IBM Cloud Functions

DEPRECATED

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Documentation

AWS Lambda

Amazon's Original Functions as a Service

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Documentation

IBM Cloud Functions vs AWS Lambda

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

Features

IBM Cloud Functions
Service Types

Functions

Containers

AWS Lambda
Service Types

Functions

Containers

IBM Cloud Functions
Functions Runtimes

.Net

Java

JavaScript

Node.js

PHP

PowerShell

Python

Ruby

Rust

TypeScript

AWS Lambda
Functions Runtimes

.Net

Java

JavaScript

Node.js

PHP

PowerShell

Python

Ruby

Rust

TypeScript

IBM Cloud Functions
Container Runtimes

Docker

AWS Lambda
Container Runtimes

Docker

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

AWS Lambda
Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

Min. Memory

128 MB

Max. Memory

10 GB

Default Timeout

5 s

Max. Timeout

900 s

Request Payload

6 MB

Response Payload

6 MB

IBM Cloud Functions
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope

over 300 PoPs worldwide

Regions

N/A

Points of Presence

N/A

AWS Lambda
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope

Regional

Regions

Points of Presence

N/A

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

IBM Cloud Functions vs AWS Lambda

Features

IBM Cloud Functions
Service Types

AWS Lambda
Service Types

IBM Cloud Functions
Functions Runtimes

AWS Lambda
Functions Runtimes

IBM Cloud Functions
Container Runtimes

AWS Lambda
Container Runtimes

IBM Cloud Functions
Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

AWS Lambda
Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

IBM Cloud Functions
Regional Availability

AWS Lambda
Regional Availability

Best Alternatives

Service Types

Functions Runtimes

Container Runtimes

Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

Compliance

Regional Availability

Sustainabilty

Best Alternatives

Features

IBM Cloud FunctionsService Types

AWS LambdaService Types

IBM Cloud FunctionsFunctions Runtimes

AWS LambdaFunctions Runtimes

IBM Cloud FunctionsContainer Runtimes

AWS LambdaContainer Runtimes

IBM Cloud FunctionsExecution Limits and Resource Quotas

AWS LambdaExecution Limits and Resource Quotas

IBM Cloud FunctionsRegional Availability

AWS LambdaRegional Availability

Service Types

Functions Runtimes

Container Runtimes

Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

Compliance

Regional Availability

Sustainabilty

IBM Cloud Functions
Service Types

AWS Lambda
Service Types

IBM Cloud Functions
Functions Runtimes

AWS Lambda
Functions Runtimes

IBM Cloud Functions
Container Runtimes

AWS Lambda
Container Runtimes

IBM Cloud Functions
Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

AWS Lambda
Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

IBM Cloud Functions
Regional Availability

AWS Lambda
Regional Availability