Restricted to accelerator (Cloudflare for Startups) applicants — not generally available. As of 2026-09-02, cloudflare.com/forstartups reads: The program offers up to $350k in credits across tiers… Our stored Cloudflare terms are superseded and withheld. See the recorded change history.
High Growth: Tier 1 VC/accelerator, or mission-critical AI app, or Workers Launchpad participant
Limits, pricing history. Catalogue date August 2026. Last updated 2026-09-17.
Restricted to accelerator (Cloudflare for Startups) applicants — not generally available. As of 2026-09-02, cloudflare.com/forstartups reads: The program offers up to $350k in credits across tiers. Tier 3: $10k, Tier 2: $100k, Tier 1: $350k… We are not publishing our stored Cloudflare terms beside it — our own pricing change record, discovered 2026-09-02, names them as the previous ones. Cloudflare has a stable pricing history.
The day we last read the vendor's page. Our last read of it, on 2026-09-17, found the page different from the terms we hold. We hold no confirmation of the terms we publish — the 2026-08-15 beside this date is not one we can source to a read that confirmed them.
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Superseded: As of 2026-09-02, cloudflare.com/forstartups reads: The program offers up to $350k in credits across tiers. Tier 3: $10k, Tier 2: $100k, Tier 1: $350k. Workers AI is covered up to $2,500 (Tier 3), $10,000 (Tier 2), and $50,000 (Tier 1). AI Gateway is temporarily not covered. R2 is covered up to $10,000. We are not publishing our stored Cloudflare terms beside it — our own pricing change record, discovered 2026-09-02, names them as the previous ones. Read what we recorded ↓
We read that on 2026-09-17 from https://www.cloudflare.com/forstartups/, and our check recorded: the page names Cloudflare as "cloudflare". A source check reads the cited page for the service's name and a price; the limits above are from our own record.
The program now offers up to $350k in credits instead of $250k. Tier 1 now offers $350k, Tier 2 offers $100k, and Tier 3 offers $10k. Workers AI credit caps are now $2,500 for Tier 3, $10,000 for Tier 2, and $50,000 for Tier 1. AI Gateway is temporarily not covered by credits. Source ↗
Before: Up to $250K in Cloudflare credits across 4 tiers: Bootstrapped ($5K), Up-and-Coming ($25K), Seed-Funded ($100K), High Growth ($250K). Covers Workers, R2, Workers AI, Stream, Durable Objects, and more. Credits expire within 1 year. Max $10K toward R2/Cache Reserve, up to $50K for Workers AI
After: The program offers up to $350k in credits across tiers. Tier 3: $10k, Tier 2: $100k, Tier 1: $350k. Workers AI is covered up to $2,500 (Tier 3), $10,000 (Tier 2), and $50,000 (Tier 1). AI Gateway is temporarily not covered. R2 is covered up to $10,000.
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Restricted to accelerator (Cloudflare for Startups) applicants — not generally available. As of 2026-09-02, cloudflare.com/forstartups reads: The program offers up to $350k in credits across tiers. Tier 3: $10k, Tier 2: $100k, Tier 1: $350k. Workers AI is covered up to $2,500 (Tier 3), $10,000 (Tier 2), and $50,000 (Tier 1). AI Gateway is temporarily not covered. R2 is covered up to $10,000. We are not publishing our stored Cloudflare terms beside it — our own pricing change record, discovered 2026-09-02, names them as the previous ones. What our record says changed: The program now offers up to $350k in credits instead of $250k. Tier 1 now offers $350k, Tier 2 offers $100k, and Tier 3 offers $10k. Workers AI credit caps are now $2,500 for Tier 3, $10,000 for Tier 2, and $50,000 for Tier 1. AI Gateway is temporarily not covered by credits. Source: https://www.cloudflare.com/forstartups/
What is Cloudflare's free tier?
Restricted to accelerator (Cloudflare for Startups) applicants — not generally available. Cloudflare's free tier is called "Startup Program". As of 2026-09-02, cloudflare.com/forstartups reads: The program offers up to $350k in credits across tiers. Tier 3: $10k, Tier 2: $100k, Tier 1: $350k. Workers AI is covered up to $2,500 (Tier 3), $10,000 (Tier 2), and $50,000 (Tier 1). AI Gateway is temporarily not covered. R2 is covered up to $10,000. We are not publishing our stored Cloudflare terms beside it — our own pricing change record, discovered 2026-09-02, names them as the previous ones.
Is Cloudflare's free tier good for production?
Restricted to accelerator (Cloudflare for Startups) applicants — not generally available. As of 2026-09-02, cloudflare.com/forstartups reads: The program offers up to $350k in credits across tiers. Tier 3: $10k, Tier 2: $100k, Tier 1: $350k… We are not publishing our stored Cloudflare terms beside it — our own pricing change record, discovered 2026-09-02, names them as the previous ones. Until we have re-read the page we cannot say what capacity Cloudflare gives you, so we are not recommending it for production on figures we have already superseded.
What changed in Cloudflare's pricing?
Cloudflare has had 2 recorded pricing changes. Most recently: The program now offers up to $350k in credits instead of $250k. Tier 1 now offers $350k, Tier 2 offers $100k, and Tier 3 offers $10k. Workers AI credit caps are now $2,500 for Tier 3, $10,000 for Tier 2, and $50,000 for Tier 1. AI Gateway is temporarily not covered by credits. Source: https://www.cloudflare.com/forstartups/ (discovered 2026-09-02).
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