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Serverless Framework vs IBM Cloud Functions

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

Features

Serverless Framework
Service Types

Self Hosted
FaaS
CaaS
IaC
Emulator

IBM Cloud Functions
Service Types

Self Hosted
N/A
FaaS
CaaS
IaC
N/A
Emulator
N/A

Serverless Framework
Supported Containers

Docker
Docker Private Registry
Kubernetes
Managed Kubernetes

IBM Cloud Functions
Supported Containers

Docker
Docker Private Registry
Kubernetes
Managed Kubernetes

Serverless Framework
Supported Runtimes

Go
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python

IBM Cloud Functions
Supported Runtimes

Go
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python

Serverless Framework
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

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

Serverless Framework
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
N/A

IBM Cloud Functions
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
over 300 PoPs worldwide

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Compare Features, Languages, Execution Limits and Alternatives

Service Types

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

Supported Containers

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

Min. Memory
256MB
Max. Memory
2GB
Default Timeout
60s
Max. Timeout
10min
Request Payload
5MB
Response Payload
5MB

Compliance

Certificates

Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
over 300 PoPs worldwide
Regions
Points of Presence

Sustainabilty

Green Energy

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