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IBM Cloud Functions vs DigitalOcean Functions

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

Features

IBM Cloud Functions
Service Types

Functions
Containers

DigitalOcean Functions
Service Types

Functions
Containers

IBM Cloud Functions
Supported Containers

Docker

DigitalOcean Functions
Supported Containers

Docker

IBM Cloud Functions
Supported Runtimes

Go
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python

DigitalOcean Functions
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

DigitalOcean Functions
Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

Min. Memory
128 MB
Max. Memory
1 GB
Default Timeout
3 s
Max. Timeout
15 min
Request Payload
1 MB
Response Payload
1 MB

IBM Cloud Functions
Compliance

APEC CBPR PRP
CSA STAR Level 1
ISO 14001
ISO 27001
ISO 50001
PCI-DSS
SOC 1 Type II
SOC 2 Type II
SOC 3 Type II

DigitalOcean Functions
Compliance

APEC CBPR PRP
CSA STAR Level 1
ISO 14001
ISO 27001
ISO 50001
PCI-DSS
SOC 1 Type II
SOC 2 Type II
SOC 3 Type II

IBM Cloud Functions
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
over 300 PoPs worldwide

DigitalOcean Functions
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
Regional

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

Supported Containers

Docker
Docker Private Registry
Docker Swarm
Kubernetes
Managed Kubernetes

Supported Runtimes

Go
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python

Supported Frameworks

Supported Frameworks

Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

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

Compliance

Certificates

Regional Availability

over 300 PoPs worldwide
Deployment Scope
Regional
Regions
Points of Presence

Sustainabilty

Green Energy

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

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