Why We Chose Container App Jobs Over Functions

Functions seemed like the obvious choice. Until we hit the constraints that Container App Jobs do not have. Functions Work Until They Do Not We started with Azure Functions for our batch workloads. The model is simple: write code deploy it trigger it on a schedule or event It worked well for small jobs. Then we needed longer execution times. Functions have limits. We needed custom dependencies. The runtime felt restrictive. ...

September 5, 2025 · 2 min · Jose Rodriguez