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IBM Cloud Functions vs RunPod Serverless

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

Features

IBM Cloud Functions
Service Types

Functions
Containers
Edge Compute
N/A

RunPod Serverless
Service Types

Functions
Containers
Edge Compute

IBM Cloud Functions
Supported Runtimes

Go
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python

RunPod Serverless
Supported Runtimes

Go
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python

IBM Cloud Functions
Supported Containers

Docker

RunPod Serverless
Supported Containers

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

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 on service types, programming languages and container support

Compare Features, Languages, Execution Limits and Alternatives

Service Types

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

Supported Runtimes

Go
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python

Supported Frameworks

Supported Frameworks

Supported Containers

Docker
Docker Private Registry
Docker Swarm
Kubernetes
Managed Kubernetes

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

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

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