IBM Cloud Functions vs Convex

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

Features

IBM Cloud Functions
Service Types

Installable Platform
N/A
Functions
Containers
Database
N/A
IaC
N/A

Convex
Service Types

Installable Platform
Functions
Containers
Database
IaC

IBM Cloud Functions
Functions Runtimes

Go
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python
TypeScript

Convex
Functions Runtimes

Go
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python
TypeScript

IBM Cloud Functions
Container Runtimes

Docker

Convex
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

Convex
Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

Min. Memory
512 MB
Max. Memory
512 MB
Default Timeout
Max. Timeout
Request Payload
Response Payload

IBM Cloud Functions
Compliance

HIPAA
SOC 2

Convex
Compliance

HIPAA
SOC 2

IBM Cloud Functions
Regional Availability

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

Convex
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
North America
Points of Presence
1

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
TypeScript

Container Runtimes

Docker
Docker Private Registry
Docker Swarm
Kubernetes
Managed Kubernetes

Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

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

Compliance

Certificates

Regional Availability

over 300 PoPs worldwide
Deployment Scope
North America
Regions
Points of Presence
1

Sustainabilty

Green Energy