Alibaba Cloud Function Compute vs Knative
Alibaba Cloud Function Compute
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| Figure | Alibaba Cloud Function Compute | Knative |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 6 | 1 |
| Spec score · Serverless Platforms | 8.2 (#5) | 8.0 (#7) |
| Integrations | Event triggers can connect functions with Alibaba Cloud services including OSS, ApsaraMQ for RocketMQ, and Simple Log Service. | Installation documentation lists networking integrations including Istio, Contour, and Gateway API, and messaging integrations including Kafka, RabbitMQ, and NATS. |
Plans
Alibaba Cloud Function Compute
- CU Resource Plan 1Price not published
- CU Resource Plan 1Priced on request
- Pay-as-you-go Tier 1Price not published
- Pay-as-you-go Tier 1Priced on request
- First-time user trial quotaFree
- Pay-as-you-goFree
In their own words
Alibaba Cloud Function Compute
Alibaba Cloud Function Compute has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
Knative
Knative is open-source Kubernetes middleware for building, deploying, and managing serverless workloads. Knative Serving handles stateless HTTP services, including deployment, routing, and automatic scaling. Services can scale from zero when idle and rise again with incoming traffic. Serving also supports blue-green deployments, canary releases, and traffic splitting between revisions. Knative Eventing routes asynchronous events through CloudEvents over HTTP. Knative Functions provides a framework for packaging stateless functions as containers. Installation can use a local quickstart or a production setup on an existing Kubernetes cluster with YAML or the Knative Operator. The project runs on Kubernetes across cloud providers and on-premises environments, with Linux, macOS, and Windows listed for installation. Integrations include Istio, Contour, Gateway API, Kafka, RabbitMQ, and NATS. The open-source plan is free, with self-managed Kubernetes deployment.