IBM Cloud Functions vs Google Cloud Functions

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

Features

IBM Cloud Functions
Service Types

Functions
Containers

Google Cloud Functions
Service Types

Functions
Containers

IBM Cloud Functions
Functions Runtimes

.NET Core
C#
Go
Java
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python
Ruby

Google Cloud Functions
Functions Runtimes

.NET Core
C#
Go
Java
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python
Ruby

IBM Cloud Functions
Container Runtimes

Docker

Google Cloud Functions
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

Google Cloud Functions
Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

Min. Memory
128 MB
Max. Memory
8 GB / 32 GiB
Default Timeout
60 sec
Max. Timeout
9 min / 60 min
Request Payload
10 MB / 32 MB
Response Payload
10 MB / 32 MB

IBM Cloud Functions
Regional Availability

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

Google Cloud Functions
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
Regional
Regions
NA, LATAM, EU, APAC
Points of Presence
23 / 40

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

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Service Types

Installable Platform
Functions
Containers
Database
PaaS
IaC
Edge Compute
Local Emulator
API as a Service

Functions Runtimes

.NET Core
C#
Go
Java
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python
Ruby

Container Runtimes

Docker
Docker Private Registry
Docker Swarm
Kubernetes
Managed Kubernetes

Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

256MB
Min. Memory
128 MB
2GB
Max. Memory
8 GB / 32 GiB
60s
Default Timeout
60 sec
10min
Max. Timeout
9 min / 60 min
5MB
Request Payload
10 MB / 32 MB
5MB
Response Payload
10 MB / 32 MB

Compliance

Certificates

Regional Availability

over 300 PoPs worldwide
Deployment Scope
Regional
Regions
NA, LATAM, EU, APAC
Points of Presence
23 / 40

Sustainabilty

Green Energy