Google Cloud Functions vs. IBM Cloud Code Engine

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Google Cloud Functions
Score 9.1 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
IBM Cloud Code Engine
Score 9.2 out of 10
N/A
IBM Cloud Code Engine is a fully managed, serverless platform that unifies the deployment of containers and applications including web apps, microservices, event-driven functions, or batch jobs. This serverless compute service aims to remove the burden of building, deploying, and managing workloads in Kubernetes so users can focus on writing code and not on the infrastructure that is needed to host it. With IBM Cloud Code Engine users can run any workload…N/A
Pricing
Google Cloud FunctionsIBM Cloud Code Engine
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Google Cloud FunctionsIBM Cloud Code Engine
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details
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IBM Cloud Code Engine
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Features
Google Cloud FunctionsIBM Cloud Code Engine
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Google Cloud Functions
10.0
1 Ratings
10% above category average
IBM Cloud Code Engine
-
Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Google Cloud Functions
10.0
1 Ratings
36% above category average
IBM Cloud Code Engine
-
Ratings
Dashboards10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Standard reports10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom reports10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Function as a Service (FaaS)
Comparison of Function as a Service (FaaS) features of Product A and Product B
Google Cloud Functions
10.0
1 Ratings
14% above category average
IBM Cloud Code Engine
-
Ratings
Programming Language Diversity10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Runtime API Authoring10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Function/Database Integration10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
DevOps Stack Integration10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform-as-a-Service
Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of Product A and Product B
Google Cloud Functions
-
Ratings
IBM Cloud Code Engine
6.6
15 Ratings
16% below category average
Scalability00 Ratings6.515 Ratings
Services-enabled integration00 Ratings6.715 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Google Cloud FunctionsIBM Cloud Code Engine
Small Businesses
AWS Lambda
AWS Lambda
Score 8.3 out of 10
AWS Lambda
AWS Lambda
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 FunctionsIBM Cloud Code Engine
Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
(1 ratings)
6.7
(15 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Usability
7.0
(1 ratings)
6.2
(11 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Google Cloud FunctionsIBM Cloud Code Engine
Likelihood to Recommend
Google
It is easy to use, in 15 minutes you just have to follow a few steps, do some easy configurations and you have the project ready to run, once it is connected to the codebase, the execution is automatic. For anyone coming into the google environment, Functions make code execution easy and transparent. CI/CD is perfect
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IBM
It would be a good solution for running serverless applications. Because infrastructure setup and maintenance expenses can be avoided, the investment will pay for itself. The time to value is short, allowing IT to respond to business demands quickly. It aided us in customizing security as well as operating a personal project using to autoscale up and down approach. Also, because there isn't much hassle, items can be pushed into production as soon as possible. Simply push a container, create an application, and you're ready to go. But, It is less suited when you have a static machine or need to keep data in some way and do not want to utilize network storage or a database.
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Pros
Google
  • integration with oAuth
  • integration with Firebase
  • integration with React Frontend
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IBM
  • Managed Environment for partners and customers - shifting skills and speed to CSP
  • A variety of programming model support
  • Elastic scalability for cloud native development and speed
  • Flexible consumption model
  • Containerized workloads with horizontal scalability
  • Here is an example - live demo walk-thru delivered to partners and community:
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCBClYgpDFg
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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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IBM
  • the pricing structure is complicated, and the servers are expensive. I really think they should offer better pricing options and support for more languages
  • sometimes the servers go down, and they take too long to respond to support tickets
  • uploading documents is slow since I have to do it one by one, making the process much longer than it should be
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Likelihood to Renew
Google
No answers on this topic
IBM
Since this capability supports a wide variety of use cases - all on non proprietary and open technology based frameworks
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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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IBM
Consumers can purchase individual components as well as unlocking new bundles with special features and services including the extensive data management governance capabilities of the Automation range. Kubernetes containerizing for effective service implementation and an agile, flexible multi-cloud data program help both utilization expansion and deployment to be improved by this architecture.
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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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IBM
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Google
It is easier to keep everything in house when we are using GCP or AWS. To mix Lambda with google cloud is not a best practice and will cause problems ahead. The segmentation is clear, if you are using google, you use Google Cloud Functions. if you are on Amazon, you use all AWS tools. You can't mix them. The price is set.
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IBM
What impresses me most about IBM Cloud Code Engine is the container workload management capability and the Cloud services and dataflow monitoring functionalities. Data security and network security control via IBM Cloud Code Engine is quite excellent and very responsive data integration functions and the first deployment is not very technical.
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Return on Investment
Google
  • For training purposes, it is free
  • Budgeting makes it cap the use
  • monitoring makes it predictable
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IBM
  • [One] positive is that we have one tool to learn (and a simple one) for all kinds of deployment. We need less people to maintain the system.
  • We have saved a lot of time on trouble shooting. It's clear how it works. It's "just" kubernetes..
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