Vercel compared to Akamai Edge Workers

Vercel
Versus
Akamai Edge Workers

Features

Edge Features of Vercel compared to Akamai Edge Workers
VercelFeaturesAkamai Edge Workers
Functions / Serverless
Node.js, Go, Python, RubyFunctions supported languagesJavaScript, possibly Python (1 example with Python code in their repo)
Worker.js Environment
Docker supportNo
Docker private registry
Kubernetes support
Managed Kubernetes
23 Edge locationsAvailability regionsOver 4100 POPs worldwide
1024Default Memory (MB)
3008Maximum Memory (MB)
10,000Execution Time (ms)
900,000Maximum Execution Time (ms)
5Request Payload (MB)
5Response Payload (MB)
Unsupported Paid Feature Supported Unknown

Descriptions


Vercel


Formerly known as ZEIT, Vercel has a lot to offer in the serverless movement.

ZEIT was one of the pioneering companies at the time pushing Serverless technology. ZEIT’s first focus was to ease deployments, which resulted in the creation of Next.js.

Some of Vercel’s customers include AirBnB, Auth0, GitHub and the Washington Post.

Vercel announced a whopping $21M Series A funding early 2020.


Akamai Edge Workers


Akamai, the 800-pound gorilla in the CDN jungle, has joined the Edge Compute movement by launching their Edge Worker solution in 2021. Leveraging Akamai’s gigantic network creates an attractive edge solution for those in need of large scale edge compute. Apps can be found on the Akamai Marketplace in case you don’t want to develop your own applications from scratch