Update serverless Python hosting comparison with 2024-2026 platform changes#11
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- Verify Python versions, pricing, and limits against official docs for all 12 existing providers (AWS Lambda 3.14, Azure 3.13/Flex Consumption GA, Cloud Run 3.14, Cloudflare 3.13 beta, OCI 3.12, IBM 3.13, Tencent 3.10, Vercel 3.14, Alibaba 3.12, Render 3.14) - Add new providers: Modal, DigitalOcean Functions, Scaleway Serverless Functions, and Koyeb - Add Recent Platform Changes section (free-tier removals at Fly.io, Alibaba, and Tencent; Akamai's Fermyon acquisition; Lambda INIT billing; Vercel Fluid Compute; Cloudflare Python Workers redux) - Cite sources inline throughout tables and add a per-provider References section with access date - Update excluded-platforms note (Netlify, Supabase, Deno Deploy, App Runner, IBM Cloud Functions shutdown) Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_019v36xvky971cALdxua1GZ9
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThis PR updates README.md, a documentation file comparing Python serverless/FaaS hosting platforms. Changes include a new "Data last verified July 2, 2026" marker, expanded "Recent Platform Changes" notes, rewritten excluded-platform messaging, and revised DevEx, Pricing, Runtime Limits, Other Platform Products, Performance, and Discussions/Community tables. The References and Useful Links section was expanded with refreshed provider URLs and an accessed-on verification note. No code, exported entities, or public APIs were changed. Compact MetadataType: Documentation update Suggested labels: documentation Suggested reviewers: hbmartin Poem A rabbit hopped through tables wide, 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 3✅ Passed checks (3 passed)
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This pull request extensively updates the serverless Python host comparison document (README.md) with platform changes from 2024 to 2026, adds new providers (Modal, DigitalOcean, Scaleway, and Koyeb), and introduces a comprehensive references section. The review feedback highlights a repeated domain typo where 'cloud.tencent.com.cn' should be corrected to 'cloud.tencent.com', and notes that Tencent Cloud Functions is missing from the Discussions, Community, and Support table.
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| - **Cloudflare Workers**: ["Python Workers redux" (Dec 2025)](https://blog.cloudflare.com/python-workers-advancements/) — ~10x faster cold starts via deploy-time memory snapshots, [Python 3.13 (Pyodide 0.28) default bundle](https://github.com/cloudflare/workerd/blob/main/build/python_metadata.bzl), new uv-based `pywrangler` CLI. Still beta. | ||
| - **Vercel**: [Fluid Compute](https://vercel.com/docs/fluid-compute) with [Active CPU pricing](https://vercel.com/blog/introducing-active-cpu-pricing-for-fluid-compute) (2025) — pay CPU only while executing, not during I/O wait; [Python 3.13/3.14 added Feb 2026](https://vercel.com/changelog/python-3-13-and-3-14-are-now-available); [Python bundle limit raised to 500 MB](https://vercel.com/changelog/python-vercel-functions-bundle-size-limit-increased-to-500mb). | ||
| - **Alibaba Cloud**: [switched to tiered Compute-Unit (CU) billing on Aug 27, 2024](https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/functioncompute/fc-3-0/product-overview/billing-overview-of-fc); the ongoing free tier was replaced by a [3-month trial quota](https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/functioncompute/fc-3-0/product-overview/trial-quota-1). | ||
| - **Tencent Cloud**: ongoing free tier eliminated ([2022](https://cloud.tencent.com/document/product/583/73739)–[2024](https://cloud.tencent.com.cn/document/product/583/104909)); [API Gateway triggers decommissioned Jun 30, 2025](https://cloud.tencent.com.cn/document/product/583/107631); Python still capped at 3.10 — the product appears to be in maintenance mode (no official EOL notice found). |
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| - **Tencent Cloud**: ongoing free tier eliminated ([2022](https://cloud.tencent.com/document/product/583/73739)–[2024](https://cloud.tencent.com.cn/document/product/583/104909)); [API Gateway triggers decommissioned Jun 30, 2025](https://cloud.tencent.com.cn/document/product/583/107631); Python still capped at 3.10 — the product appears to be in maintenance mode (no official EOL notice found). | |
| - **Tencent Cloud**: ongoing free tier eliminated ([2022](https://cloud.tencent.com/document/product/583/73739)–[2024](https://cloud.tencent.com/document/product/583/104909)); [API Gateway triggers decommissioned Jun 30, 2025](https://cloud.tencent.com/document/product/583/107631); Python still capped at 3.10 — the product appears to be in maintenance mode (no official EOL notice found). |
| | **Tencent Cloud Functions** | [3.10](https://cloud.tencent.com/document/product/583/55592) | GA (maintenance mode, see note) | Plain object / [Web functions](https://www.tencentcloud.com/document/product/583/40678) | Vend in zip | ❔ | Min. | [Link](https://www.tencentcloud.com/document/product/583/40327) | | ||
| | **Vercel Functions** | [3.14](https://vercel.com/changelog/python-3-13-and-3-14-are-now-available) (3.12 default fallback) | [Beta](https://vercel.com/docs/functions/runtimes/python) | HTTP handler or WSGI / ASGI ([FastAPI/Flask/Django presets](https://vercel.com/docs/frameworks/backend/fastapi)) | ✅ | ✅ (`vercel dev`) | 👍 | [Link](https://vercel.com/templates/python/python-hello-world) | | ||
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| Tencent note: no official discontinuation exists, but the Python runtime is stale (3.10, CentOS 7), the free tier is trial-only, [API Gateway triggers were decommissioned in June 2025](https://cloud.tencent.com.cn/document/product/583/107631), and Tencent's serverless investment has shifted to [CloudBase](https://cloud.tencent.com/product/tcb). |
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| Tencent note: no official discontinuation exists, but the Python runtime is stale (3.10, CentOS 7), the free tier is trial-only, [API Gateway triggers were decommissioned in June 2025](https://cloud.tencent.com.cn/document/product/583/107631), and Tencent's serverless investment has shifted to [CloudBase](https://cloud.tencent.com/product/tcb). | |
| Tencent note: no official discontinuation exists, but the Python runtime is stale (3.10, CentOS 7), the free tier is trial-only, [API Gateway triggers were decommissioned in June 2025](https://cloud.tencent.com/document/product/583/107631), and Tencent's serverless investment has shifted to [CloudBase](https://cloud.tencent.com/product/tcb). |
| | [**Oracle (OCI) Functions**](https://www.oracle.com/cloud/price-list/) | 2m reqs + 400k GB-s / mo + 10 TB / mo egress | Yes | $0.0000002 per req + $0.00001417 per GB-s + $0.0085 per GB egress | | ||
| | **[Render](https://render.com/pricing)** | [Free instance (0.1 CPU / 512 MB), 750 hrs / mo, sleeps after 15 min idle](https://render.com/docs/free) | NA | $7 / mo Starter instance (0.5 CPU / 512 MB) + $0.15 per GB [egress over included 5–25 GB](https://render.com/docs/new-workspace-plans) | | ||
| | [**Scaleway Serverless Functions**](https://www.scaleway.com/en/pricing/serverless/) | [1m reqs + 400k GB-s / mo; free ingress/egress](https://www.scaleway.com/en/docs/serverless-functions/faq/) | ? | €0.15 per 1m reqs + €0.0000170 per GB-s | | ||
| | **Tencent Cloud Functions** | 🚫 ([3-month trial only](https://www.tencentcloud.com/document/product/583/12282); [free tier eliminated 2022–2024](https://cloud.tencent.com.cn/document/product/583/104909)) | ? | Pay-as-you-go: GB-s + per-10k invocations + egress ([price table](https://www.tencentcloud.com/document/product/583/12281)) | |
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| | **Tencent Cloud Functions** | 🚫 ([3-month trial only](https://www.tencentcloud.com/document/product/583/12282); [free tier eliminated 2022–2024](https://cloud.tencent.com.cn/document/product/583/104909)) | ? | Pay-as-you-go: GB-s + per-10k invocations + egress ([price table](https://www.tencentcloud.com/document/product/583/12281)) | | |
| | **Tencent Cloud Functions** | 🚫 ([3-month trial only](https://www.tencentcloud.com/document/product/583/12282); [free tier eliminated 2022–2024](https://cloud.tencent.com/document/product/583/104909)) | ? | Pay-as-you-go: GB-s + per-10k invocations + egress ([price table](https://www.tencentcloud.com/document/product/583/12281)) | |
| | **Modal** | | [Slack](https://modal.com/slack) | [GitHub](https://github.com/modal-labs/modal-client) | | | | ||
| | **Oracle (OCI) Functions** | [Link](https://github.com/hbmartin/comparison-hosts-serverless-cloud-function-faas-for-python/discussions/8) | [Forum](https://forums.oracle.com/ords/apexds/domain/dev-community/category/containers-cloud-native) | [GitHub](https://github.com/oracle-samples/oracle-functions-samples) | [SO](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/oracle-cloud-functions) | [r/oraclecloud](https://www.reddit.com/r/oraclecloud/) | | ||
| | **Render** | | [Community](https://community.render.com) | [Feedback](https://feedback.render.com) | | | | ||
| | **Scaleway Serverless Functions** | | [Slack](https://slack.scaleway.com) | [GitHub](https://github.com/scaleway/serverless-functions-python) | [SO](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/scaleway) | | |
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Tencent Cloud Functions is listed in all other tables (DevEx, Pricing, Runtime Limits, etc.) but is missing from the Discussions, Community, and Support table. To maintain consistency, please add a row for Tencent Cloud Functions.
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| - [Python runtime (3.10 max)](https://cloud.tencent.com/document/product/583/55592) · [Quotas & limits](https://www.tencentcloud.com/document/product/583/11637) · [Billing overview](https://www.tencentcloud.com/document/product/583/44254) · [Pricing](https://www.tencentcloud.com/document/product/583/12281) · [Free tier (trial)](https://www.tencentcloud.com/document/product/583/12282) | ||
| - [Basic package cancellation (Apr 2024)](https://cloud.tencent.com.cn/document/product/583/104909) · [API Gateway trigger EOL](https://cloud.tencent.com.cn/document/product/583/107631) |
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| - [Basic package cancellation (Apr 2024)](https://cloud.tencent.com.cn/document/product/583/104909) · [API Gateway trigger EOL](https://cloud.tencent.com.cn/document/product/583/107631) | |
| - [Basic package cancellation (Apr 2024)](https://cloud.tencent.com/document/product/583/104909) · [API Gateway trigger EOL](https://cloud.tencent.com/document/product/583/107631) |
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Summary
Comprehensive update to the serverless Python hosting comparison document to reflect significant platform changes, new entrants, and pricing/feature updates through July 2026.
Key Changes
Added "Recent Platform Changes (2024–2026)" section documenting major updates across all platforms:
Added four new platform entries:
Updated DevEx table with current Python versions, status, and framework support across all platforms
Revised Pricing table with:
Expanded Runtime Limits table with more detailed specifications:
Updated Other Platform Products table with new services and corrections:
Enhanced Performance section with cold-start data for new platforms
Expanded Discussions/Community/Support table with entries for new platforms
Added comprehensive References section with official documentation links for all platforms, organized by provider
Updated metadata: Data verification date (July 2, 2026), added disclaimer about pricing subject to change, clarified distinction between true FaaS and scale-to-zero container platforms
Notable Implementation Details
https://claude.ai/code/session_019v36xvky971cALdxua1GZ9
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