# OpenFaaS vs Val Town

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Val Town

| Attribute | OpenFaaS | Val Town |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 41.7 (42% (low)) | 52.9 (70% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 0 | - |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 55 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 26,249 | - |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"Open-source serverless framework that abstracts cloud provider differences, allowing you to deploy and run functions across multiple clouds, on-premises, and Kubernetes with extended execution timeouts and support for many programming languages. It is indexed under Serverless & Edge Platforms.","source":"https://www.openfaas.com/","question":"What is OpenFaaS?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"OpenFaaS offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $1250 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.openfaas.com/pricing/","question":"Is OpenFaaS free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"OpenFaaS supports Linux and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://www.openfaas.com/pricing/","question":"What platforms does OpenFaaS support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. OpenFaaS can be deployed cloud / SaaS, on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://www.openfaas.com/","question":"Can OpenFaaS be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 20 integrations for OpenFaaS, including Apache Kafka, AWS SQS, AWS SNS, GCP Pub/Sub, RabbitMQ, PostgreSQL, MQTT and Cron, plus 12 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.openfaas.com/pricing/","question":"What does OpenFaaS integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"OpenFaaS is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in the United Kingdom.","source":"https://www.openfaas.com/","question":"Where is OpenFaaS available?","confidence":0.75}]` | `[{"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 | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true,"air_gapped":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | 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, Cron, Kafka, RabbitMQ, GCP Pub/Sub, PostgreSQL, AWS SNS/SQS","languages":"extensive language support","cli_and_iac":true,"http_trigger":true,"max_duration":"extended execution timeouts","scale_to_zero":true,"custom_runtime":true,"scheduled_cron":true,"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 | 12 | 3 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Apache Kafka"},{"name":"AWS SQS"},{"name":"AWS SNS"},{"name":"GCP Pub/Sub"},{"name":"RabbitMQ"},{"name":"PostgreSQL"},{"name":"MQTT"},{"name":"Cron"},{"name":"Grafana"},{"name":"Istio"},{"name":"Linkerd"},{"name":"NATS JetStream"},{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Salesforce"},{"name":"Zoom"},{"name":"Google Docs"},{"name":"Gmail"},{"name":"DigitalOcean"},{"name":"Crunchbase"},{"name":"Kafka","native":true,"category":"event","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"AWS SNS/SQS","native":true,"category":"event","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Discord","native":false,"category":"chat","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Gumroad","native":false,"category":"commerce","direction":"outbound"}]` | `[{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"HubSpot"},{"name":"Codex"},{"name":"Cursor"},{"name":"MCP"}]` |
| language.primary | Go | - |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"GB","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Community Edition","summary":"Free for personal use; 60-day limit for commercial use","features":["Legacy UI portal","REST API","Basic metrics & observability","Cron trigger"],"description":"Personal use with 60-day commercial restriction","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Standard","summary":"14-day trial available; custom pricing","features":["Scale to zero","Kafka/RabbitMQ/GCP Pub/Sub/PostgreSQL/AWS SNS/SQS triggers","UI dashboard","Grafana dashboards","Kubernetes Custom Resources (CRD)","Air-gapped/offline deployment","Self-service email support","Multi-tenant hosting","Namespace sandboxing"],"contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing; requires separate support agreement","features":["Enterprise support with SLA","Direct engineering support via Slack","Annual architecture review","Function Builder REST API","Identity and Access Management","Single Sign-On (OpenID Connect)","Role-Based Access Control","API audit logging via webhooks"],"contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free community edition; subscription-based standard and enterprise tiers","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.openfaas.com/pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-10-15T20:23:16.138Z","freeTrialDays":14}` | `{"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 | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | low | mid |
| pricing.transparent | no | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 136 | - |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/openfaas/faas/releases/tag/0.27.14","date":"2026-07-02T09:09:13Z","type":"prerelease","version":"0.27.14"},{"url":"https://github.com/openfaas/faas/releases/tag/0.27.13","date":"2025-08-29T14:24:04Z","type":"stable","version":"0.27.13"},{"url":"https://github.com/openfaas/faas/releases/tag/0.27.12","date":"2024-12-09T09:51:08Z","type":"stable","version":"0.27.12"},{"url":"https://github.com/openfaas/faas/releases/tag/0.27.11","date":"2024-11-29T14:52:05Z","type":"stable","version":"0.27.11"},{"url":"https://github.com/openfaas/faas/releases/tag/0.27.10","date":"2024-11-18T21:47:16Z","type":"stable","version":"0.27.10"}]` | - |
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.scorecard | 4.2 | - |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fopenfaas%2Ffaas&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | - |

## Capabilities (Serverless & Edge Platforms)

| Capability | OpenFaaS | Val Town |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Execution substrate | Container | - |
| Language / runtime breadth | extensive language support | TypeScript |
| **Reach** |  |  |
| Runs at global edge PoPs | - | - |
| **Scale** |  |  |
| Scale to zero | ✓ | - |
| **Performance** |  |  |
| Cold-start profile | - | Low |
| **Limits** |  |  |
| Max execution duration | extended execution timeouts | - |
| **Integration** |  |  |
| Event source breadth | HTTP, Cron, Kafka, RabbitMQ, GCP Pub/Sub, PostgreSQL, AWS SNS/SQS | 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 2026-10-16T19:27:48.862Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*