Cloudflare Workers free tier includes Edge compute with 100K requests/day, 10ms CPU time per invocation, 5 cron triggers/account… Catalogue date August 2026. Compare with 28 alternatives in Cloud Hosting.
Subtypes in Cloud Hosting:serverless_function — your code runs per request with no long-lived instance, billed by invocation or CPU time. We read that on 2026-08-31 from https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/, where it says: “Build and deploy serverless applications across Cloudflare”How we use this.
Limits, pricing history, and 28 alternatives. Catalogue date August 2026. Last updated 2026-09-13.
Cloudflare Workers's free tier offers Edge compute with 100K requests/day, 10ms CPU time per invocation, 5 cron triggers/account… We rate it stable. All 2 records we hold were our own errors and have been withdrawn. Best for cloud hosting workloads — 28 alternatives available.
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Free Tier Details
Edge compute with 100K requests/day, 10ms CPU time per invocation, 5 cron triggers/account. KV: 1 GB storage, 100K reads/day, 1K writes/day. D1: 5 GB storage, 5M rows read/day, 100K rows written/day. R2 (Standard storage): 10 GB-month/month, 1M Class A ops/month, 10M Class B ops/month. Durable Objects (SQLite-backed only): 100K requests/day. Queues: 10K operations/day. Vectorize: 30M queried vector dimensions/month, 5M stored vector dimensions. Dynamic Workers are paid only. US students 18+ with a verified .edu billing email: Workers Paid (10M requests/month), $5/mo fee waived for 12 months.
We read that on 2026-09-13 from https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/platform/pricing/, and our check recorded: the page names Cloudflare Workers as "cloudflare workers" and states "$5". A source check reads the cited page for the service's name and a price; the limits above are from our own record.
When You'll Outgrow Cloudflare Workers's Free Tier
At 1 GB storage, you'll need to upgrade.
At 100K requests/day, you'll need to upgrade.
At that point, the 28 alternatives in Cloud Hosting are each listed with the free tier they offer, so you can compare what they give you against what you have outgrown.
Retracted — this record was our error (2026-09-27). The page confirms the Student Program exists and offers 12 months of free access to developer features for US students with a verified .edu email. The limits for Workers are now 10 million requests/month. Is an increase from previously 10M requests/day. Retracted 2026-09-27: nothing changed on 2026-09-22. Cloudflare's Workers for Students post, published 2025-09-22, gives student accounts 10 million Workers requests a month and 10 million KV reads a month, as our listing already said. The 100,000 KV reads this record quotes are the Free plan's daily figure in the same table. Source ↗
Before: Workers for Students — 12 months free paid-tier access for US students (18+, verified .edu email). Workers: 10M requests/month. KV: 10M reads/month, 1M write/delete/list ops/month. Hyperdrive: unlimited daily queries. Durable Objects: 1M requests/day. Workers Logs: 20M events/month, 7-day retention. Logpush: 10M events/month. Queues: 1M operations/month. Expanding to non-US students in future
After: Eligible student accounts will receive increased usage allotments for our developer features compared to our free plan. That includes Workers, Pages Functions, KV, Containers, Vectorize, Hyperdrive, Durable Objects, Workers Logpush, and Queues. Workers: 10 million requests/month. Workers KV: 100,000 read operations.
Retracted — this record was our error (2026-09-27). The free plan now has limits of 100K requests/day and 10ms CPU time per invocation, but the paid plan has increased limits and a minimum charge of $5 USD per month. The free plan is still available, but the pricing structure has been clarified and expanded with paid options. Retracted 2026-09-27: nothing changed on 2026-09-13. The Internet Archive's capture of Cloudflare's Workers pricing page on 2026-09-10 carries the paragraph this record quotes and the same Free plan limits, 100,000 requests a day and 10 milliseconds of CPU time per invocation, which our listing already held. The record compared the page with our own listing text. Source ↗
Before: Edge compute with 100K requests/day, 10ms CPU time per invocation. KV: 1 GB storage, 100K reads/day, 1K writes/day. D1: 5 GB storage, 5M rows read/day, 100K rows written/day. R2: 10 GB-month storage, 1M Class A ops/month, 10M Class B ops/month. Durable Objects: 100K requests/day. Queues: 10K operations/day. Vectorize: 30M queried vector dimensions/month, 5M stored. Includes cron triggers, WebSockets, and service bindings. Dynamic Workers (beta, paid plan): spawn new Workers at runtime with AI-generated code via V8 isolates. Students: upgrade to 10M requests/month free for 12 months via Workers for Students program (.edu email required)
After: By default, users have access to the Workers Free plan. The Workers Free plan includes limited usage of Workers, Pages Functions, Workers KV and Hyperdrive. The Workers Paid plan includes Workers, Pages Functions, Workers KV, Hyperdrive, and Durable Objects usage for a minimum charge of $5 USD per month for an account.
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Yes, Cloudflare Workers offers a free tier: Free. Edge compute with 100K requests/day, 10ms CPU time per invocation, 5 cron triggers/account. KV: 1 GB storage, 100K reads/day, 1K writes/day. D1: 5 GB storage, 5M rows read/day, 100K rows written/day. ...
What is Cloudflare Workers's free tier?
Cloudflare Workers's free tier is called "Free". Edge compute with 100K requests/day, 10ms CPU time per invocation, 5 cron triggers/account. KV: 1 GB storage, 100K reads/day, 1K writes/day. D1: 5 GB storage, 5M rows read/day, 100K rows written/day. R2 (Standard storage): 10 GB-month/month, 1M Class A ops/month, 10M Class B ops/month. Durable Objects (SQLite-backed only): 100K requests/day. Queues: 10K operations/day. Vectorize: 30M queried vector dimensions/month, 5M stored vector dimensions. Dynamic Workers are paid only. US students 18+ with a verified .edu billing email: Workers Paid (10M requests/month), $5/mo fee waived for 12 months.
Is Cloudflare Workers's free tier reliable?
Cloudflare Workers's free tier is considered stable. All 2 records we hold were our own errors and have been withdrawn. See the pricing history below.
Is Cloudflare Workers's free tier good for production?
Cloudflare Workers's free tier can be suitable for small production workloads and side projects. We rate it stable and it offers Edge compute with 100K requests/day, 10ms CPU time per invocation, 5 cron triggers/account…, so it's a reasonable starting point. All 2 records we hold were our own errors and have been withdrawn. Monitor your usage against the limits and have an upgrade plan ready.
What changed in Cloudflare Workers's pricing?
All 2 records we hold were our own errors and have been withdrawn.
What are the best free alternatives to Cloudflare Workers?
We publish no ranking of these. Nothing we record measures popularity or generosity, so naming a best or a top few would be our preference rather than our data. We hold 28 free alternatives to Cloudflare Workers in Cloud Hosting, each listed above with its tier. Of those, 16 carry no recorded demerit and are indistinguishable under every signal we hold, so they are listed in an order that rotates daily, 11 are demoted with the reason named, 1 is listed last behind a stated gate. Our ranking rule is published at /criteria.
When will I outgrow Cloudflare Workers's free tier?
At 1 GB storage, you'll need to upgrade. When you outgrow the free tier, evaluate paid plans against alternatives — sometimes a competitor's free tier covers what you need.
What category is Cloudflare Workers in?
Cloudflare Workers is categorized under Cloud Hosting, Education on AgentDeals. We list 28 other Cloud Hosting services alongside it, every one of them on this page with its free tier and the stability we publish for it.
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