RunPod Serverless vs IBM Cloud Functions
Compare Service Types, Runtimes, Execution Limits, Compliance, Regions and Alternatives
Features
RunPod Serverless
Service Types
Functions
Containers
Edge Compute
IBM Cloud Functions
Service Types
Functions
Containers
Edge Compute
N/A
RunPod Serverless
Supported Containers
Docker
IBM Cloud Functions
Supported Containers
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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