RedHat OpenShift compared to Amazon Cloudfront Functions

RedHat OpenShift
Versus
Amazon Cloudfront Functions

Features

Edge Features of RedHat OpenShift compared to Amazon Cloudfront Functions
RedHat OpenShiftFeaturesAmazon Cloudfront Functions
Functions / Serverless
Dockerized, so anything that runs inside a container.Functions supported languagesJavaScript, Go, C/++, .NET, Node.js, PHP, Python, Ruby
Worker.js Environment
Docker supportYes, through EC2 Container Registry (ECR)
Docker private registry
Kubernetes support
Managed Kubernetes
Wherever your own pops areAvailability regionsAll POPs connected to your Cloudfront property
Default Memory (MB)128
Maximum Memory (MB)3008
Execution Time (ms)3,000
Maximum Execution Time (ms)900,000
Request Payload (MB)6
Response Payload (MB)6
Unsupported Paid Feature Supported Unknown

Descriptions


RedHat OpenShift


If rolling your own is your style, then OpenShift is your platform to do it on.

100% open source, Red Hat’s OpenShift comes with a very big manual of course, but that’s what makes it complete and a true Red Hat product. First launched in 2011, OpenShift Container Platform’s has been a core component of OpenStack for years.

OpenShift packs a punch, but comes at the cost of having to maintain and own your hardware before you can really start.


Amazon Cloudfront Functions


Amazon Cloudfront Function introduces cloud computing to every CloudFront pop around the globe.

Amazon Cloudfront Functions differs from Amazon’s [email protected] because CloudFront’s servers have been located traditionally at the edges of Amazon’s gigantic global network of servers. This means CloudFront functions will run closer to the end-user than traditional Lambda’s, which usually run within customers' own VPN or behind loadbalancers.

With this change in approach, Amazon hopes to even further play into the serverless space that is to become the future of IaaS or Serverless as a Service.

Given Amazon’s massive reach and the tremendously popular CloudFront product, this will surely be a success going forward. Perhaps even replacing Amazon’s [email protected] in the long term?