Comparison

Deno Deploy vs OpenFaaS

On the evidence we track, Deno Deploy leads this comparison with a composite score of 70/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Deno Deploy70
OpenFaaS42
Score
vioscaleAI score
Deno Deploy70 / 100high · 75%
OpenFaaS42 / 100low · 42%
Pricing
Free tier
Deno Deploy✓
OpenFaaS✓
Model
Deno Deployfreemium
OpenFaaSfreemium
Price level
Deno Deploymid
OpenFaaSlow
Starting price
Deno Deploy$20
OpenFaaS–
Transparent
Deno Deploy✓
OpenFaaS✗
Integrations
Count
Deno Deploy21
OpenFaaS12
Reliability
Sla pct
Deno Deploy99.95
OpenFaaS–
Status page
Deno Deploy✓
OpenFaaS–
Adoption
Dependent repos
Deno Deploy396
OpenFaaS55
Github stars
Deno Deploy108,769
OpenFaaS26,249
Activity
Commits last 30d
Deno Deploy100
OpenFaaS0
Release
Cadence days
Deno Deploy7
OpenFaaS136
History
Deno Deploy20 items
OpenFaaS5 items
License
Spdx
Deno DeployMIT
OpenFaaS–
Language
Primary
Deno DeployRust
OpenFaaSGo
Content
Faq
Deno Deploy8 items
OpenFaaS6 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for serverless & edge platforms. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
Execution substrate
Deno DeployV8 isolate
OpenFaaSContainer
Language / runtime breadth
Deno DeployJavaScript, TypeScript
OpenFaaSextensive language support
Reach
Runs at global edge PoPs
Deno Deploy✓
OpenFaaS-
Scale
Scale to zero
Deno Deploy✓
OpenFaaS✓
Performance
Cold-start profile
Deno DeployLow
OpenFaaS-
Limits
Max execution duration
Deno Deploy-
OpenFaaSextended execution timeouts
Integration
Event source breadth
Deno DeployHTTP requests, cron schedules
OpenFaaSHTTP, Cron, Kafka, RabbitMQ, GCP Pub/Sub, PostgreSQL, AWS SNS/SQS
HTTP endpoint trigger
Deno Deploy✓
OpenFaaS✓
Cron / scheduled invocations
Deno Deploy✓
OpenFaaS✓
State
Durable state / workflow primitive
Deno Deploy✓
OpenFaaS-
Flexibility
Bring-your-own runtime / container
Deno Deploy-
OpenFaaS✓
Deployment
Hosting
Deno DeployCloud only
OpenFaaSCloud + self-hosted
Ops
Built-in logs / metrics / tracing
Deno Deploy✓
OpenFaaS✓
Extensibility
CLI + IaC / framework support
Deno Deploy✓
OpenFaaS✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Deno Deploy

Leader

A cloud platform for deploying JavaScript and TypeScript applications built on V8 isolates with fast cold starts, built-in logging and metrics, automatic scaling, and optional self-hosting.

Independently observed

OpenFaaS

A framework for deploying functions to Kubernetes with automatic scaling, event-driven triggers, multi-tenancy support, and enterprise features including SSO, RBAC, and direct engineering support.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Deno Deploy

Leader
from $20/moSubscriptionFree tier

Free tier, Pro from $20/month, Builder from $200/month, Enterprise custom pricing

  • FreeFree
    • 1M requests/month
    • 20GiB egress bandwidth
    • 5 custom domains
    • 10 hr active CPU
    • 150 GiB-hr memory time
    • +7 more
  • Pro$20/month
    • 5M requests/month with overage pricing
    • 200GiB egress with overage pricing
    • 100 custom domains
    • Wildcard subdomains
    • 50 hr active CPU with overage pricing
    • +13 more
  • Builder$200/month
    • 25M requests/month
    • 2,000GiB egress bandwidth
    • Unlimited custom domains
    • 500 hr active CPU
    • 7,500 GiB-hr memory time
    • +9 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
as of verify ↗

OpenFaaS

HybridFree tier14-day trial

Free community edition; subscription-based standard and enterprise tiers

  • Community EditionFree
    • Legacy UI portal
    • REST API
    • Basic metrics & observability
    • Cron trigger
  • Standard14-day trial available; custom pricing
    • Scale to zero
    • Kafka/RabbitMQ/GCP Pub/Sub/PostgreSQL/AWS SNS/SQS triggers
    • UI dashboard
    • Grafana dashboards
    • Kubernetes Custom Resources (CRD)
    • +4 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Enterprise support with SLA
    • Direct engineering support via Slack
    • Annual architecture review
    • Function Builder REST API
    • Identity and Access Management
    • +3 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Deno Deploy✓
OpenFaaS✓
CLI
Deno Deploy✓
OpenFaaS✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Deno Deploy✓
OpenFaaS✓
Self-hosted
Deno Deploy✓
OpenFaaS✓
On-premise
Deno Deploy✗
OpenFaaS✓
Hybrid
Deno Deploy✗
OpenFaaS✓
Air-gapped
Deno Deploy✗
OpenFaaS✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (1)
  • GitHub

Deno Deploy

Leader
22 total - 21 not shared
  • Deno
  • Node.js
  • Next.js
  • React
  • Vue
  • Svelte
  • SvelteKit
  • Astro
  • Nuxt
  • Remix
  • Hono
  • Solid
  • Solid Start
  • Vite
  • Express
  • Docosaurus
  • Fresh
  • Postgres
  • Prisma
  • Deno KV
  • Terraform
Independently observed

OpenFaaS

24 total - 23 not shared
  • Apache Kafka
  • AWS SQS
  • AWS SNS
  • GCP Pub/Sub
  • RabbitMQ
  • PostgreSQL
  • MQTT
  • Cron
  • Grafana
  • Istio
  • Linkerd
  • NATS JetStream
  • Slack
  • Salesforce
  • Zoom
  • Google Docs
  • Gmail
  • DigitalOcean
  • Crunchbase
  • Kafka
  • AWS SNS/SQS
  • Discord
  • Gumroad
Independently observed
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