IBM Cloud Functions vs Serverless Framework
Compare Service Types, Runtimes, Execution Limits, Compliance, Regions and Alternatives
Features
IBM Cloud Functions
Service Types
Installable Platform
N/A
Functions
Containers
IaC
N/A
Local Emulator
N/A
Serverless Framework
Service Types
Installable Platform
Functions
Containers
IaC
Local Emulator
IBM Cloud Functions
Supported Containers
Docker
Docker Private Registry
Kubernetes
Managed Kubernetes
Serverless Framework
Supported Containers
Docker
Docker Private Registry
Kubernetes
Managed Kubernetes
IBM Cloud Functions
Supported Runtimes
Go
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python
Serverless Framework
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
Serverless Framework
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
Serverless Framework
Regional Availability
Deployment Scope
N/A
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