Serverless on IBM Cloud

Run your container, application code, batch job or function on a fully managed container runtime with IBM Cloud® Code Engine

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Large scale computing made simple

Serverless fleets provide an easy way to deploy compute-intense workloads efficiently and securely on VMs or GPUs.

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Focus on writing code that serves your customers

IBM Cloud® Code Engine is a fully managed, serverless platform. Bring your container images, batch jobs, source code or function together in one place and let IBM Cloud Code Engine manage and help secure the underlying infrastructure. There's no need to size, deploy or scale container clusters yourself. And no advanced networking skills are required.

 Run containerized workloads on IBM Cloud Code Engine
Go live in seconds

Build apps in the language of your choice, then get them in front of customers faster.
Don’t waste money

Pay for exactly the resources that you use.
Focus on your code

No infrastructure management needed with. Your sizing, scaling, and networking are covered.
Large scale computing made simple

Serverless fleets provide an easy way to deploy compute-intense workloads efficiently and securely on VMs or GPUs.

Features

Pick the type of workload that best fits your needs without learning multiple serverless products. IBM Cloud Code Engine is built on the open-source technologies Kubernetes and Knative—allowing you full access to the container ecosystem tooling and keeping your workload portable.
Secure and Compliant

Code Engine helps protect your apps by utilizing encrypted traffic and tight access controls. Isolated environments amp up security by separating workloads. Code Engine adheres to a wide range of industry standards and regulations. 

 Truly serverless

Code Engine automatically scales your workloads up and down, even down to zero when there are no requests. Help meet customer demands while only paying for the resources you consume. 

 Run your containers or source code

Run it all on a single platform without managing the infrastructure. If you don’t have a container, we’ll build it for your from source code.

 Serverless fleets

Excel at parallel jobs with Serverless Fleets. They automatically spin up, scale and manage a large number of compute resources (including GPUs) to run multiple tasks simultaneously. A fit for AI applications, simulations, and other compute-intensive workloads.

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Serverless use cases

Run a container

Already have a container image? IBM Cloud Code Engine will deploy, manage and auto scale it for you. No cluster administration, sizing, or overprovisioning worries. You pay only for what you actually use.

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Deploy your source code

Develop in your choice of language and then push your source code to the cloud without worrying about creating or managing containers. Easily connect your code to managed services such as object storage, databases or event streams.

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Create functions

Create your function and then use events to trigger them. Whether thousands of times within a fraction of a second or once a week, they scale to meet demand, then disappear.

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Create batch jobs

Batch jobs are ideal for nonevent-driven processing—such as ETL workloads, simulations, and AI data model processing. Create powerful run-to-completion batch jobs that scale automatically (CPU, memory and execution time) and pay only for the resources you need.

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Run a container

Already have a container image? IBM Cloud Code Engine will deploy, manage and auto scale it for you. No cluster administration, sizing, or overprovisioning worries. You pay only for what you actually use.

 Begin a 'Hello world' tutorial
Deploy your source code

Develop in your choice of language and then push your source code to the cloud without worrying about creating or managing containers. Easily connect your code to managed services such as object storage, databases or event streams.

 Learn more
Create functions

Create your function and then use events to trigger them. Whether thousands of times within a fraction of a second or once a week, they scale to meet demand, then disappear.

 Create your function
Create batch jobs

Batch jobs are ideal for nonevent-driven processing—such as ETL workloads, simulations, and AI data model processing. Create powerful run-to-completion batch jobs that scale automatically (CPU, memory and execution time) and pay only for the resources you need.

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Case studies

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Smart Light

Smart Light used Code Engine as the foundation to create gen AI workflows while improving 50% platform efficiency.
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Sweap

IBM Cloud Code Engine enables Sweap.io to auto-scale efficiently, streamlining focus on core services.
Take the next step

IBM Cloud Code Engine is built on open-source technologies like Kubernetes and Knative, allowing you access to the container ecosystem tooling and keeping your workload portable.

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Get pricing options

Enjoy flexible pricing options, including a free tier and a Pay-as-you-go plan.

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