# Fission vs Val Town

| Attribute | Fission | Val Town |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 53.5 (54% (medium)) | 52.9 (70% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 60 | - |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 3 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 8,933 | - |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"Developers write short-lived functions that are triggered by HTTP requests or events, while the framework handles Kubernetes infrastructure management automatically. This eliminates the need to manually build containers or manage registries. It is indexed under Serverless & Edge Platforms.","source":"https://fission.io","question":"What is Fission?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Fission is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the Apache-2.0 licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://fission.io","question":"Is Fission free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Fission supports a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://fission.io","question":"What platforms does Fission support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Fission can be deployed cloud / SaaS, on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://fission.io","question":"Can Fission be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 6 integrations for Fission, including Kubernetes, Istio, Fluentd, Prometheus, Grafana and MCP. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://fission.io","question":"What does Fission integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Fission is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/fission/fission","question":"Is Fission open source?","confidence":0.95}]` | `[{"answer":"A cloud-based platform enabling rapid development and deployment of code applications, automation workflows, and web services with integrated TypeScript, scheduled execution, email handling, and data storage. It is indexed under Serverless & Edge Platforms.","source":"https://www.val.town","question":"What is Val Town?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Val Town offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $21 per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.val.town","question":"Is Val Town free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Val Town. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.val.town","question":"What platforms does Val Town support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Val Town, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://www.val.town","question":"Can Val Town be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 4 integrations for Val Town, including Slack, HubSpot, Codex and Cursor. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.val.town","question":"What does Val Town integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2 for Val Town. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Val Town not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.val.town","question":"What security certifications does Val Town have?","confidence":0.6}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | An open-source framework for building and deploying serverless functions on Kubernetes with automatic scaling. Supports multiple programming languages and can be triggered by HTTP requests, message queue events, and scheduled tasks. | Val Town enables rapid deployment of code and applications with built-in TypeScript support, scheduling, email handling, and persistent storage. Applications are deployed to the cloud and accessible via URLs within seconds. |
| features.capabilities | `{"hosting":"both","triggers":"HTTP and event triggers","languages":"Python, NodeJS, Go, Rust, C#, PHP (extensible to any language)","cold_start":"provisioned","cli_and_iac":true,"http_trigger":true,"scale_to_zero":true,"custom_runtime":true,"scheduled_cron":true,"edge_distributed":false,"runtime_substrate":"container","observability_builtin":true}` | `{"hosting":"cloud","triggers":"cron, webhooks, email","languages":"TypeScript","cold_start":"low","http_trigger":true,"durable_state":true,"scheduled_cron":true}` |
| integrations.count | 6 | 3 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Kubernetes"},{"name":"Istio"},{"name":"Fluentd"},{"name":"Prometheus"},{"name":"Grafana"},{"name":"MCP"}]` | `[{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"HubSpot"},{"name":"Codex"},{"name":"Cursor"},{"name":"MCP"}]` |
| language.primary | Go | - |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | - |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","summary":"Free, open source under Apache License","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://fission.io","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T09:18:36.308Z"}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Free","features":["MCP integration","15 min cron intervals","1 min wall clock time/run","Unlimited public vals","3 days log retention","100,000 runs/day"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"public_vals":"unlimited","runs_per_day":"100,000","log_retention":"3 days","cron_intervals":"15 min","wall_clock_time":"1 min/run"}},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","summary":"$21/mo","features":["$10 Townie (AI) credit/mo","10 custom domains","1 minute cron intervals","10 min wall clock time/run","2,000 private vals","10 days log retention","1,000,000 runs/day"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":21,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For professionals and solopreneurs","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"private_vals":"2,000","runs_per_day":"1,000,000","log_retention":"10 days","cron_intervals":"1 min","custom_domains":"10","wall_clock_time":"10 min/run"}},{"free":false,"name":"Business","summary":"From $167/mo","features":["Everything in Pro","$100 Townie (AI) credit/mo","Unlimited custom domains","5,000,000 runs/day","Team accounts","Slack Connect"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":167,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For collaboration and production use","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"runs_per_day":"5,000,000","custom_domains":"unlimited"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing","features":["Everything in Business","Flexible Townie (AI) credit","No limits","Log export","SOC 2","Custom Support"],"description":"For advanced needs and scale","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free tier available. Pro from $21/mo, Business from $167/mo. Yearly billing with 2 months free discount.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.val.town","retrievedAt":"2026-08-03T22:46:40.302Z","startingPrice":{"amount":21,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | open_source | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | free | mid |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 24 | - |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/fission/fission/releases/tag/v1.27.0","date":"2026-06-22T15:02:22Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.27.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fission/fission/releases/tag/v1.26.0","date":"2026-06-13T11:47:51Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.26.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fission/fission/releases/tag/v1.25.0","date":"2026-06-05T11:49:37Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.25.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fission/fission/releases/tag/v1.24.0","date":"2026-05-26T19:01:42Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.24.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fission/fission/releases/tag/v1.23.0","date":"2026-05-15T04:57:05Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.23.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fission/fission/releases/tag/v1.22.0","date":"2025-12-18T17:01:59Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.22.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fission/fission/releases/tag/v1.22.0-rc2","date":"2025-12-15T11:49:48Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.22.0-rc2"},{"url":"https://github.com/fission/fission/releases/tag/v1.21.0","date":"2025-01-25T16:56:09Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.21.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fission/fission/releases/tag/v1.21.0-rc2","date":"2025-01-24T05:32:02Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.21.0-rc2"},{"url":"https://github.com/fission/fission/releases/tag/v1.21.0-rc1","date":"2025-01-15T17:44:45Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.21.0-rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/fission/fission/releases/tag/v1.20.5","date":"2024-10-04T13:27:46Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.20.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/fission/fission/releases/tag/v1.20.4","date":"2024-09-02T12:14:30Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.20.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/fission/fission/releases/tag/v1.20.3","date":"2024-08-09T10:32:49Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.20.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/fission/fission/releases/tag/v1.20.2","date":"2024-05-27T13:41:29Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.20.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/fission/fission/releases/tag/v1.20.1","date":"2024-01-15T04:59:55Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.20.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/fission/fission/releases/tag/v1.20.0","date":"2023-11-30T16:29:49Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.20.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fission/fission/releases/tag/v1.20.0-rc2","date":"2023-11-27T10:57:09Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.20.0-rc2"},{"url":"https://github.com/fission/fission/releases/tag/v1.20.0-rc1","date":"2023-10-30T14:51:08Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.20.0-rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/fission/fission/releases/tag/v1.19.0","date":"2023-05-19T04:32:34Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.19.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fission/fission/releases/tag/v1.19.0-rc2","date":"2023-05-12T06:15:59Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v1.19.0-rc2"}]` | - |
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.scorecard | 7.7 | - |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":18,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Ffission%2Ffission&per_page=100","last_12m":18,"max_severity":"CRITICAL"}` | - |

## Capabilities (Serverless & Edge Platforms)

| Capability | Fission | Val Town |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Execution substrate | Container | - |
| Language / runtime breadth | Python, NodeJS, Go, Rust, C#, PHP (extensible to any language) | TypeScript |
| **Reach** |  |  |
| Runs at global edge PoPs | ✗ | - |
| **Scale** |  |  |
| Scale to zero | ✓ | - |
| **Performance** |  |  |
| Cold-start profile | Provisioned concurrency | Low |
| **Limits** |  |  |
| Max execution duration | - | - |
| **Integration** |  |  |
| Event source breadth | HTTP and event triggers | cron, webhooks, email |
| HTTP endpoint trigger | ✓ | ✓ |
| Cron / scheduled invocations | ✓ | ✓ |
| **State** |  |  |
| Durable state / workflow primitive | - | ✓ |
| **Flexibility** |  |  |
| Bring-your-own runtime / container | ✓ | - |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Hosting | Cloud + self-hosted | Cloud only |
| **Ops** |  |  |
| Built-in logs / metrics / tracing | ✓ | - |
| **Extensibility** |  |  |
| CLI + IaC / framework support | ✓ | - |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-15T23:11:24.204Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*