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
Functions Runtimes

Go
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python

Serverless Framework
Functions Runtimes

Go
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python

IBM Cloud Functions
Container Runtimes

Docker
Docker Private Registry
Kubernetes
Managed Kubernetes

Serverless Framework
Container Runtimes

Docker
Docker Private Registry
Kubernetes
Managed Kubernetes

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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Compare Features, Languages, Execution Limits and Alternatives

Service Types

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

Functions Runtimes

Go
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python

Container Runtimes

Docker
Docker Private Registry
Docker Swarm
Kubernetes
Managed Kubernetes

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
Regions
Points of Presence

Sustainabilty

Green Energy