# Vercel Edge Runtime vs Vercel Functions

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Vercel Functions

| Attribute | Vercel Edge Runtime | Vercel Functions |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 67.6 (55% (medium)) | 92.4 (49% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 0 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 913 | - |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | 733,700 | - |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | Global CDN and edge platform optimized for dynamic and static content delivery with built-in security, performance optimization, and framework-aware caching. | Serverless function execution platform with usage-based billing across multiple global regions and programming language runtimes. |
| features.capabilities | `{"hosting":"cloud","cold_start":"provisioned","cli_and_iac":true,"http_trigger":true,"scale_to_zero":true,"edge_distributed":true,"observability_builtin":true}` | `{"hosting":"cloud","triggers":"HTTP, Cron Jobs, WebSockets","languages":"Node.js, Bun, Python, Rust, Go, Ruby, Wasm","cli_and_iac":true,"http_trigger":true,"scale_to_zero":true,"scheduled_cron":true,"edge_distributed":true,"observability_builtin":true}` |
| integrations.count | 1 | - |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Neon"}]` | - |
| language.primary | TypeScript | - |
| license.spdx | MIT | - |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Hobby","summary":"$0/month","features":["Automatic CI/CD","Web Application Firewall","Global, automated CDN","Fluid compute","DDoS Mitigation","Traffic & performance insights"],"description":"The perfect starting place for your web app or personal project","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"isr_reads":"1M/month","active_cpu":"4 hours/month","isr_writes":"200k/month","invocations":"1M/month","ip_blocking":"3","blob_storage":"1GB/month","data_transfer":"100GB/month","edge_requests":"1M/month","rate_limiting":"1M allowed requests/month","firewall_rules":"3","edge_config_reads":"100k/month","image_cache_reads":"300k/month","blob_data_transfer":"10GB/month","edge_config_writes":"100/month","image_cache_writes":"100k/month","provisioned_memory":"360 GB-hrs/month","image_transformations":"5k/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","summary":"$20/month with $20 included usage credit","features":["All Hobby features","$20 of included usage credit","Advanced spend management","Team collaboration & free viewer seats","Faster builds + no queues","Cold start prevention"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Everything you need to build and scale your app","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"ip_blocking":"100","data_transfer":"1TB/month","edge_requests":"10M/month","firewall_rules":"40"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing with 99.99% SLA","features":["All Pro features","Guest & Team access controls","SCIM & Directory Sync","Managed WAF Rulesets","Multi-region compute & failover","99.99% SLA","Advanced Support"],"description":"Critical security, performance, observability, platform SLAs, and support","contactSales":true}],"addOns":[{"name":"Advanced Deployment Protection","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":150,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"Free (Hobby). Pro $20/month + $20 credit. Usage-based: $2/1M edge requests, $0.15/GB data transfer, $0.128/hr compute. Enterprise custom with 99.99% SLA.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://vercel.com/features/edge-functions","retrievedAt":"2026-08-05T13:09:47.082Z","startingPrice":{"amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"type":"usage","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Hobby","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"active_cpu":"4 hours/month","invocations":"1 million/month","provisioned_memory":"360 GB-hrs/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","description":"Pay-per-use consumption beyond Hobby plan limits","contactSales":false}],"summary":"Free Hobby tier with monthly included usage; Pro tier with usage-based billing","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://vercel.com/docs/functions","retrievedAt":"2026-08-01T15:44:05.076Z","billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | mid | low |
| pricing.starting_gbp | 20 | - |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.99 | 99.99 |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | yes | yes |
| security.iso27001 | yes | yes |
| security.pci | yes | yes |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |

## Capabilities (Serverless & Edge Platforms)

| Capability | Vercel Edge Runtime | Vercel Functions |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Execution substrate | - | - |
| Language / runtime breadth | - | Node.js, Bun, Python, Rust, Go, Ruby, Wasm |
| **Reach** |  |  |
| Runs at global edge PoPs | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Scale** |  |  |
| Scale to zero | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Performance** |  |  |
| Cold-start profile | Provisioned concurrency | - |
| **Limits** |  |  |
| Max execution duration | - | - |
| **Integration** |  |  |
| Event source breadth | - | HTTP, Cron Jobs, WebSockets |
| HTTP endpoint trigger | ✓ | ✓ |
| Cron / scheduled invocations | - | ✓ |
| **State** |  |  |
| Durable state / workflow primitive | - | - |
| **Flexibility** |  |  |
| Bring-your-own runtime / container | - | - |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Hosting | Cloud only | Cloud only |
| **Ops** |  |  |
| Built-in logs / metrics / tracing | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Extensibility** |  |  |
| CLI + IaC / framework support | ✓ | ✓ |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-08-07T00:01:35.291Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*