Azion vs Val Town
A detailed comparison to help you choose between Azion and Val Town.
Quick Verdict
3.7/5
Azion
0 reviews
3.6/5
Val Town
0 reviews
Azion is rated higher (3.7 vs 3.6). Azion is a full edge computing platform with 100+ global PoPs. Edge Functions, Edge SQL, Edge Storage, and DDoS protection. Founded in Brazil with strong Latin American coverage. Val Town is a social site for writing and running serverless JavaScript snippets. Create functions (vals) that run on HTTP, on a schedule, or in response to emails. Collaborative and public by default.
Azion Edge platform with 100+ PoPs — Brazil-founded | Val Town Serverless JavaScript snippets with HTTP endpoints | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Rating | 3.7 (0 reviews)✓ | 3.6 (0 reviews) |
| Pricing model | freemium | freemium |
| Starting price | Free tier available | Free tier available |
| Best for | LatAm-focused content, commerce, and API delivery teams wanting CDN + WAF + edge functions from one platform with published pricing | Developers and small teams who want script-shaped automations, small APIs, and cron jobs running on real URLs without managing any infrastructure |
| Features | ||
| IPv6 | ||
| DDoS protection | ✓ | |
| Automated backups | ||
| Snapshots | ||
| Managed option | ||
| Bare metal | ||
| GPU available | ||
| S3-compatible | ||
| Hourly billing | ||
| Free tier | ||
| Tags | ||
| Tags | free tierddos protectioneu datacenterus datacenterapac datacenterapi access | free tierus datacenter |
| Visit Azion → | Visit Val Town → | |
Azion
Pros
- + Strong Latin American footprint — the network was built for Brazil/LatAm first
- + Full stack at the edge: CDN, edge functions, WAF, DDoS, DNS, object storage in one platform
- + Real free tier (Hobby) plus $300 credit for 365 days without a credit card
- + DDoS protection and Network Shield included with the Firewall at no extra charge
- + All on-demand per-metric prices published, with tiered volume discounts
Cons
- - Small community and thin third-party ecosystem versus Cloudflare
- - Fragmented pricing across many metrics and four regional tiers
- - JavaScript-only edge runtime; SQL/KV stores and AI inference are preview
- - SLA credits are capped (25% max) and require customer-run third-party monitoring
- - No VMs, bare metal, or rentable GPUs
Val Town
Pros
- + Fastest path from script to a live HTTPS URL we've seen — no infra setup at all
- + Genuinely usable free tier: 100,000 runs/day, unlimited public vals
- + Published per-plan limits in one place (runs, wall-clock time, memory, cron frequency)
- + SQLite, blob storage, email send/receive, and a documented HTTP API included
- + Version history, branching, and PR-style collaboration built into the code model
Cons
- - JavaScript/TypeScript only, on a web-standard runtime
- - No public datacenter locations, no SLA outside custom Enterprise deals
- - Private vals and custom domains are paid-only; public-by-default is the free posture
- - 1–10 minute execution caps and 3–10 day log retention limit production use
- - Seed-stage company — plan names and pricing have already shifted more than once
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