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IBM Cloud Functions vs Gcore FastEdge

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

Features

IBM Cloud Functions
Category

FaaS
CaaS
Edge
N/A

Gcore FastEdge
Category

FaaS
CaaS
Edge

IBM Cloud Functions
Container Deployment

Docker

Gcore FastEdge
Container Deployment

Docker

IBM Cloud Functions
Supported Runtimes

Go
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python
Rust
Wasm

Gcore FastEdge
Supported Runtimes

Go
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python
Rust
Wasm

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

Gcore FastEdge
Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

Min. Memory
50 MB
Max. Memory
512 MB
Default Timeout
10 ms
Max. Timeout
500 ms
Request Payload
1 MB
Response Payload
1 MB

IBM Cloud Functions
Compliance

GDPR
ISO 27001
PCI DSS
SOC 2

Gcore FastEdge
Compliance

GDPR
ISO 27001
PCI DSS
SOC 2

IBM Cloud Functions
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
over 300 PoPs worldwide

Gcore FastEdge
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
180

Alternatives are matched by platform types, use cases, programming languages and deployment options

Compare Features, Languages, Execution Limits and Alternatives

Category

Decentralized
Hosted
Self Hosted
BaaS
FaaS
Compute
CaaS
Docker
Managed K8s
DBaaS
KV Store
PaaS
IaC
Edge
Emulator
API Gateway

Container Deployment

Docker
Docker Private Registry
Docker Swarm
Kubernetes
Managed Kubernetes
WebAssembly

Supported Runtimes

Go
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python
Rust
Wasm

Supported Frameworks

Supported Frameworks

Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

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

Compliance

Certificates

Regional Availability

over 300 PoPs worldwide
Deployment Scope
180
Regions
Points of Presence

Sustainabilty

Green Energy

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

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