IBM Cloud Functions vs Gcore FastEdge

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

Features

IBM Cloud Functions
Service Types

Functions
Containers
Edge Compute
N/A

Gcore FastEdge
Service Types

Functions
Containers
Edge Compute

IBM Cloud Functions
Functions Runtimes

Go
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python
Rust
Wasm

Gcore FastEdge
Functions Runtimes

Go
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python
Rust
Wasm

IBM Cloud Functions
Container Runtimes

Docker

Gcore FastEdge
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

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

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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
Wasm

Container Runtimes

Docker
Docker Private Registry
Docker Swarm
Kubernetes
Managed Kubernetes

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