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RunPod Serverless vs IBM Cloud Functions
Compare Categories, Runtimes, Pricing, 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

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