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Features
Knative
Category
Hosted
N/A
FaaS
CaaS
AWS Lambda
Category
Hosted
FaaS
CaaS
Knative
Container Deployment
Docker
Docker Private Registry
Kubernetes
AWS Lambda
Container Deployment
Docker
Docker Private Registry
Kubernetes
Knative
Supported Runtimes
.Net
Any (container-based)
C#
Go
Java
JavaScript
Node.js
PowerShell
Python
Ruby
Rust
TypeScript
AWS Lambda
Supported Runtimes
.Net
Any (container-based)
C#
Go
Java
JavaScript
Node.js
PowerShell
Python
Ruby
Rust
TypeScript
Knative
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
AWS Lambda
Execution Limits and Resource Quotas
Min. Memory
128 MB
Max. Memory
10 GB
Default Timeout
5 s
Max. Timeout
900 s
Request Payload
6 MB
Response Payload
6 MB
Knative
Regional Availability
Deployment Scope
N/A
Regions
N/A
Points of Presence
N/A
AWS Lambda
Regional Availability
Deployment Scope
Regional
Regions
25
Points of Presence
N/A
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