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Stackpath Serverless compared to Amazon Cloudfront Functions

Stackpath Serverless
Versus
Amazon Cloudfront Functions

Features

Edge Features of Stackpath Serverless compared to Amazon Cloudfront Functions
Stackpath ServerlessFeaturesAmazon Cloudfront Functions
Functions / Serverless
C/++, Go, Javascript, PHP, Perl, Python, RustFunctions 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
45 pops globallyAvailability 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

Stackpath Serverless

Stackpath’s dominant reign in the CDN space allowed space to expand their activity to the FaaS space.

Stackpath’s Sanbox environment to test functions works very fast and requires no registration, domain name or anything for that matter.

Having acquired at least 5 sizable companies in the last few years, it was only a waiting game before they announced to run serverless on their backbone-powered super fast infrastructure.

Having their own Backbone, Stackpath will be able to deliver on their promise to deliver at the microsecond.

Amazon Cloudfront Functions

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

Amazon Cloudfront Functions differs from Amazon’s Lambda@Edge 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 Lambda@Edge in the long term?

Comparisons