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IBM Cloud Functions vs Railway
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Features

IBM Cloud Functions 
Category

FaaS
CaaS
DBaaS
N/A
PaaS
N/A

Railway 
Category

FaaS
CaaS
DBaaS
PaaS

IBM Cloud Functions 
Container Deployment

Docker
Docker Private Registry

Railway 
Container Deployment

Docker
Docker Private Registry

IBM Cloud Functions 
Supported Runtimes

Clojure
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Scala
TypeScript

Railway 
Supported Runtimes

Clojure
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Scala
TypeScript

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

Railway 
Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

Min. Memory
N/A
Max. Memory
N/A
Default Timeout
N/A
Max. Timeout
N/A
Request Payload
N/A
Response Payload
N/A

IBM Cloud Functions 
Regional Availability

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

Railway 
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
Global and Regional
Regions
USA, NL, SIN
Points of Presence
2, 1, 1

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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
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Scala
TypeScript
Supported Frameworks
Supported Frameworks
Execution Limits and Resource Quotas
256MB
Min. Memory
2GB
Max. Memory
60s
Default Timeout
10min
Max. Timeout
5MB
Request Payload
5MB
Response Payload
Compliance
Certificates
Regional Availability
over 300 PoPs worldwide
Deployment Scope
Global and Regional
Regions
USA, NL, SIN
Points of Presence
2, 1, 1
Sustainabilty
Green Energy

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