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Vercel Functions vs IBM Cloud Functions

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

Features

Vercel Functions
Service Types

Functions
Containers
Edge Compute

IBM Cloud Functions
Service Types

Functions
Containers
Edge Compute
N/A

Vercel Functions
Supported Containers

Docker

IBM Cloud Functions
Supported Containers

Docker

Vercel Functions
Supported Runtimes

Go
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python
Ruby

IBM Cloud Functions
Supported Runtimes

Go
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python
Ruby

Vercel Functions
Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

Min. Memory
1024 MB
Max. Memory
3008 MB
Default Timeout
10,000 ms
Max. Timeout
900,000 ms
Request Payload
5 MB
Response Payload
5 MB

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

Vercel Functions
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
N/A
Points of Presence
23

IBM Cloud Functions
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
over 300 PoPs worldwide
Points of Presence
N/A

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Compare Features, Languages, Execution Limits and Alternatives

Service Types

Installable Platform
Functions
Containers
Database
PaaS
IaC
Edge Compute
Local Emulator
API as a Service

Supported Containers

Docker
Docker Private Registry
Docker Swarm
Kubernetes
Managed Kubernetes

Supported Runtimes

Go
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python
Ruby

Supported Frameworks

Supported Frameworks

Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

1024 MB
Min. Memory
256MB
3008 MB
Max. Memory
2GB
10,000 ms
Default Timeout
60s
900,000 ms
Max. Timeout
10min
5 MB
Request Payload
5MB
5 MB
Response Payload
5MB

Compliance

Certificates

Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
over 300 PoPs worldwide
Regions
23
Points of Presence

Sustainabilty

Green Energy

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