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Managed Akamai Functions access for approved public-preview participants.
- Approval-based onboarding
- Globally distributed WebAssembly functions
- Commercial terms available from Akamai
Akamai Functions Pricing, Features & Alternatives
Spin applications compiled to WebAssembly across a globally distributed managed edge platform.
Akamai Functions is a globally distributed serverless platform for running Spin-based WebAssembly applications on Akamai Cloud.
Best for
Globally distributed APIs, edge-native applications, request processing, personalization, data access, and lightweight AI workloads built with Spin and WebAssembly.
Watch out for
Akamai Functions remains limited availability, requires onboarding, and supports only a subset of Spin features.
- Workloads
- AI Inference
- APIs
- Backend Services
- Edge Request Processing
- Web Applications
- Services
- Edge Functions
- Key-Value Store
- Delivery
- Managed
Development & Execution
Supported platform capabilities, execution environments, development technologies, deployment models, integrations, and triggers.
Runtimes
- WebAssembly / WASI
Languages
- Go
- JavaScript
- Python
- Rust
- TypeScript
Frameworks
- Hono
- Spin
Database support
- MySQL
- PostgreSQL
- Redis
Deployment & packaging
- Local Emulator
- Serverless (Managed Runtime)
Integrations
- GitHub
Triggers
- Scheduled Invocation
- Edge Events
- HTTP Requests
Pricing
Published pricing structure, representative costs, and material billing factors.
- Starting Price
- Contact Akamai
- Primary Billing
- Plan based
- Commitment
- Access requires approval through the Akamai Functions onboarding process.
Akamai Functions Access
Akamai Functions is available through request-based onboarding with no public Functions-specific rate card.
Enterprise Pricing
Akamai Functions is in limited availability with request-based onboarding; no public Functions-specific rate card is available, so commercial terms require contacting Akamai or booking a demo.
Billing Commitment
Access requires approval through the Akamai Functions onboarding process.
Infrastructure & Availability
Where workloads run, how deployment is scoped, and what underlying infrastructure the platform depends on.
Akamai Functions is a globally distributed managed WebAssembly platform in Limited Availability. Akamai states that it is currently deployed in more than 20 locations. Applications are replicated and traffic is routed automatically to available compute regions. These locations are separate from Akamai EdgeWorkers, Akamai CDN PoPs, and Akamai Cloud core or distributed compute regions.
Execution
- Edge
Deployment scope
- Global
Geographic availability
- North America
- Latin America
- Europe
- Asia Pacific
- Middle East & Africa
Infrastructure providers
- Own Network
Availability footprint
- Locations
- 20+
Availability reviewed · Availability source
Resource & Execution Limits
Memory
128 MiB
Default per execution
Application size
50 MiB
Default per application
Execution time
30 seconds
Default per handler
HTTP payload
10 MiB
Default request/response
Key-value storage
2 GB
Default across stores
Security & Compliance
Security Controls
- Access Control
- Personal and team accounts No RBAC or per-application permissions; all team members are equivalent
- Network Isolation
- Spin applications in a WebAssembly sandbox Akamai Functions runtime
- Secrets Management
- Application variables encrypted at rest and in transit Cryptography not assessed for PCI
FAQ
What is the difference between Akamai Functions and Fermyon Cloud?
They are separate managed services for Spin applications. Akamai Functions runs Spin applications on Akamai Cloud’s distributed infrastructure, while Fermyon Cloud runs Spin applications on Fermyon’s hosted serverless service.
