Akamai Functions comparisons
Akamai Functions is compared head-to-head with Fastly Compute, Deno Deploy and Akamai EdgeWorkers and more: 7 head-to-heads in Edge Functions, each with the specs and prices we checked.
Akamai Functions head-to-head
- Akamai Functions vs Fastly Compute
- Akamai Functions vs Deno Deploy
- Akamai Functions vs Akamai EdgeWorkers
- Akamai Functions vs Alibaba Cloud Functions and Pages
- Akamai Functions vs Gcore FastEdge
- Akamai Functions vs AWS Lambda
- Akamai Functions vs Bunny Edge Scripting
Akamai Functions vs each of them
| # | Tool | Free plan | Paid from | Request processing | Response streaming | Runtime languages | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Akamai Functions | Yes | Rust, Go, JavaScript, Python, and other languages that compile to WebAssembly | 8.6 | |||
| 1 | Fastly Compute | Yes | $0.05/unit usage-based | Yes | Yes | Rust, JavaScript, Go, C++, Python, and other WASI-supporting languages | 9.4 |
| 2 | Deno Deploy | Yes | $20/mo | Yes | Yes | JavaScript, TypeScript, Deno, Node.js | 9.2 |
| 3 | Akamai EdgeWorkers | No | Yes | Yes | ECMAScript-compliant JavaScript; TypeScript as a pre-compiled option | 9.0 | |
| 4 | Alibaba Cloud Functions and Pages | Yes | $0.72/unit usage-based | Yes | Yes | JavaScript (ES6 syntax) | 8.9 |
| 5 | Gcore FastEdge | Yes | €5/mo | Yes | Yes | JavaScript, Rust, WebAssembly | 8.8 |
| 6 | AWS Lambda | Yes | $0.20/unit usage-based | Node.js, Python, Java, C# (.NET), Ruby, Go, custom runtimes, and container images | 8.7 | ||
| 8 | Bunny Edge Scripting | No | $1/mo | Yes | Yes | Deno runtime; JavaScript; TypeScript; WebAssembly | 8.5 |
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