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Google Cloud Functions vs. OpenFaaS

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Google Cloud Functions
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
Google Cloud Functions enables users to run code in the cloud with no servers or containers to manage. Cloud Functions is a scalable, pay-as-you-go functions as a service (FaaS) product to help build and connect event driven services with simple, single purpose code.N/A
OpenFaaS
Score 0.0 out of 10
N/A
OpenFaaS is a function-as-a-service (FaaS) makes it simple to deploy both functions and existing code to Kubernetes. OpenFaaS Community Edition can be used free for personal use under an MIT license. OpenFaaS Standard is available for business use and is available with advanced features, at a cost.
$2,000
per month
Pricing
Google Cloud FunctionsOpenFaaS
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Google Cloud FunctionsOpenFaaS
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Best Alternatives
Google Cloud FunctionsOpenFaaS
Small Businesses
AWS Lambda
AWS Lambda
Score 8.3 out of 10
AWS Lambda
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Score 8.3 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Red Hat OpenShift
Red Hat OpenShift
Score 9.2 out of 10
Red Hat OpenShift
Red Hat OpenShift
Score 9.2 out of 10
Enterprises
Red Hat OpenShift
Red Hat OpenShift
Score 9.2 out of 10
Red Hat OpenShift
Red Hat OpenShift
Score 9.2 out of 10
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User Ratings
Google Cloud FunctionsOpenFaaS
Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
7.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Google Cloud FunctionsOpenFaaS
Likelihood to Recommend
Google
Google Cloud Platform Cloud functions are an excellent way to start a serverless journey in GCP, however, using Cloud Run may be the better solution. For users not acquainted with Docker & Linux, I would definitely recommend Google Cloud Functions, however, for more experienced users, Cloud Run may be better suited.
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OpenFaaS
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Cons
Google
  • Needing a zip file is problematic (when wanting to automate deployment for example).
  • Requires another solution to execute automatically (ex. cloud scheduler).
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OpenFaaS
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Usability
Google
Overall Google Cloud Functions is losing a lot of benefits to other GCP services, making it less attractive to users. A simple example would be the need to zip application files and push them to Google Storage which makes it a bit complicated to automate via a CI/CD pipeline. Another "similar" solution would be using Cloud Run although the need for a docker image is there, with the recent evolutions to Cloud Run (ability to downscale to 0) it makes a lot more interesting.
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OpenFaaS
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Support Rating
Google
Documentation is provided and clear for this service. Although GCP support is included in the current contract we didn't get to use it since the process is pretty straightforward.
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OpenFaaS
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Return on Investment
Google
  • Using it for FinOps, we cut the bill in 2 for certain services (out of production).
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OpenFaaS
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