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AWS Lambda@Edge vs Google Cloud Functions

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

Features

AWS Lambda@Edge
Service Types

Functions
Edge Compute

Google Cloud Functions
Service Types

Functions
Edge Compute

AWS Lambda@Edge
Supported Runtimes

.NET Core
C#
Go
Java
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python
Ruby

Google Cloud Functions
Supported Runtimes

.NET Core
C#
Go
Java
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python
Ruby

AWS Lambda@Edge
Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

Min. Memory
128 MB
Max. Memory
10 GB
Default Timeout
5 sec
Max. Timeout
30 sec
Request Payload
6 MB
Response Payload
6 MB

Google Cloud Functions
Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

Min. Memory
128 MB
Max. Memory
8 GB / 32 GiB
Default Timeout
60 sec
Max. Timeout
9 min / 60 min
Request Payload
10 MB / 32 MB
Response Payload
10 MB / 32 MB

AWS Lambda@Edge
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
Global
Regions
N/A
Points of Presence
600+

Google Cloud Functions
Regional Availability

Deployment Scope
Regional
Regions
NA, LATAM, EU, APAC
Points of Presence
23 / 40

Alternatives are matched on service types, programming languages and container support

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

.NET Core
C#
Go
Java
JavaScript
Node.js
PHP
Python
Ruby

Supported Frameworks

Supported Frameworks

Execution Limits and Resource Quotas

128 MB
Min. Memory
128 MB
10 GB
Max. Memory
8 GB / 32 GiB
5 sec
Default Timeout
60 sec
30 sec
Max. Timeout
9 min / 60 min
6 MB
Request Payload
10 MB / 32 MB
6 MB
Response Payload
10 MB / 32 MB

Compliance

Certificates

Regional Availability

Global
Deployment Scope
Regional
Regions
NA, LATAM, EU, APAC
600+
Points of Presence
23 / 40

Sustainabilty

Green Energy

Alternatives are matched on service types, programming languages and container support.

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