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IBM Cloud Functions vs RunPod Serverless
Compare Categories, Runtimes, Pricing, Regions and Alternatives

Features

IBM Cloud Functions 
Category

FaaS
CaaS
Edge
N/A

RunPod Serverless 
Category

FaaS
CaaS
Edge

IBM Cloud Functions 
Container Deployment

Docker

RunPod Serverless 
Container Deployment

Docker

IBM Cloud Functions 
Supported Runtimes

Go
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python

RunPod Serverless 
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

RunPod Serverless 
Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

Min. Memory
8GB
Max. Memory
192GB
Default Timeout
10 min
Max. Timeout
> 5s
Request Payload
10MB / 20MB
Response Payload
10MB / 20MB

IBM Cloud Functions 
Compliance

GDPR

RunPod Serverless 
Compliance

GDPR

IBM Cloud Functions 
Regional Availability

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

RunPod Serverless 
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
Global / Regional
Regions
NA, EU
Points of Presence
9, 5

Alternatives are matched by category, runtimes, and hosting.

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
Supported Frameworks
Supported Frameworks
Execution Limits and Resource Quotas
256MB
Min. Memory
8GB
2GB
Max. Memory
192GB
60s
Default Timeout
10 min
10min
Max. Timeout
> 5s
5MB
Request Payload
10MB / 20MB
5MB
Response Payload
10MB / 20MB
Compliance
Certificates
Regional Availability
over 300 PoPs worldwide
Deployment Scope
Global / Regional
Regions
NA, EU
Points of Presence
9, 5
Sustainabilty
Green Energy

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