IBM Cloud Functions vs Cloudflare Workers

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

Features

IBM Cloud Functions
Service Types

Functions
Containers
Database
N/A
Edge Compute
N/A

Cloudflare Workers
Service Types

Functions
Containers
Database
Edge Compute

IBM Cloud Functions
Functions Runtimes

Go
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python
Rust
TypeScript
Wasm

Cloudflare Workers
Functions Runtimes

Go
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python
Rust
TypeScript
Wasm

IBM Cloud Functions
Container Runtimes

Docker

Cloudflare Workers
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

Cloudflare Workers
Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

Min. Memory
128 MB
Max. Memory
128 MB
Default Timeout
10 s
Max. Timeout
50 s
Request Payload
N/A
Response Payload
N/A

IBM Cloud Functions
Regional Availability

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

Cloudflare Workers
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
Global
Points of Presence
200

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
Rust
TypeScript
Wasm

Container Runtimes

Docker
Docker Private Registry
Docker Swarm
Kubernetes
Managed Kubernetes

Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

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

Compliance

Certificates

Regional Availability

over 300 PoPs worldwide
Deployment Scope
Global
Regions
Points of Presence
200

Sustainabilty

Green Energy