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RunPod Serverless vs IBM Cloud Functions

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

Features

RunPod Serverless
Category

FaaS
CaaS
Edge

IBM Cloud Functions
Category

FaaS
CaaS
Edge
N/A

RunPod Serverless
Container Deployment

Docker

IBM Cloud Functions
Container Deployment

Docker

RunPod Serverless
Supported Runtimes

Go
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python

IBM Cloud Functions
Supported Runtimes

Go
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python

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
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
Compliance

GDPR

IBM Cloud Functions
Compliance

GDPR

RunPod Serverless
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
Global / Regional
Regions
NA, EU
Points of Presence
9, 5

IBM Cloud Functions
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
over 300 PoPs worldwide
Regions
N/A
Points of Presence
N/A

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Compare Features, Languages, Execution Limits and Alternatives

Category

Decentralized
Hosted
Self Hosted
BaaS
FaaS
Compute
CaaS
Docker
Managed K8s
DBaaS
KV Store
PaaS
IaC
Edge
Emulator
API Gateway

Container Deployment

Docker
Docker Private Registry
Docker Swarm
Kubernetes
Managed Kubernetes
WebAssembly

Supported Runtimes

Go
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python

Supported Frameworks

Supported Frameworks

Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

8GB
Min. Memory
256MB
192GB
Max. Memory
2GB
10 min
Default Timeout
60s
> 5s
Max. Timeout
10min
10MB / 20MB
Request Payload
5MB
10MB / 20MB
Response Payload
5MB

Compliance

Certificates

Regional Availability

Global / Regional
Deployment Scope
over 300 PoPs worldwide
NA, EU
Regions
9, 5
Points of Presence

Sustainabilty

Green Energy

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

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