Cloudflare Workers AI free tier includes Workers AI runs AI models on Cloudflare's global network… Catalogue date August 2026. Compare with 25 alternatives in AI / ML.

Cloudflare Workers AI Free Tier 2026 caution

Why caution: effective 2026-07-28 — On 2026-07-28 Cloudflare took Kimi K2.6, Kimi K2.7 Code and GLM-5.2 off the Workers Free plan; they now need the Workers Paid plan (or, from 2026-08-07, prepaid AI Gateway credits). Source ↗ Full history ↓

A verdict here is not a fixed property of the vendor. A one-off pricing event demotes a vendor while its recorded date falls in the last 180 days and then lapses on its own, with nothing about the vendor having changed; a standing condition — a free tier withdrawn, a product retired — does not lapse with time. This one rests on a record effective 2026-07-28, so it lapses on 2027-01-25 unless we record something new first.

Subtypes in AI / ML: llm_api — the vendor runs language or multimodal models on its own infrastructure and sells calls to them by model name; you send a prompt and receive a completion. We read that on 2026-09-01 from https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/platform/pricing/, where it says: “prepaid AI Gateway credits to pay for Workers AI inference” How we use this.

Limits, pricing history, and 25 alternatives. Catalogue date August 2026. Last updated 2026-09-27.

Cloudflare Workers AI's free tier offers Workers AI runs AI models on Cloudflare's global network… We rate it caution — one recorded limit reduction, on 2026-07-28. Best for ai / ml workloads — 25 alternatives available.

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Tier
Free
Category
Pricing Page
Catalogue date
2026-08-09
Last read
2026-09-13
The day we last read the vendor's page. Our last read of it, on 2026-09-13, found the page different from the terms we hold. We hold no confirmation of the terms we publish — the 2026-08-09 beside this date is not one we can source to a read that confirmed them.

Free Tier Details

Workers AI runs AI models on Cloudflare's global network. Every account gets 10,000 Neurons per day at no charge, reset daily at 00:00 UTC; on the Workers Free plan, requests beyond that fail until the reset. On the Workers Paid plan (from $5 per month), usage above 10,000 Neurons per day costs $0.011 per 1,000 Neurons. Seven models, including @cf/moonshotai/kimi-k2.6, @cf/zai-org/glm-5.3 and @cf/deepseek-ai/deepseek-v4-pro-0813, require the Workers Paid plan or prepaid AI Gateway credits.

We read that on 2026-09-13 from https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/platform/pricing/, and our check recorded: the page names Cloudflare Workers AI as "cloudflare workers ai" and states "$0.011". 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 AI's Free Tier

Pricing Change History (2 recorded)

corrected effective 2026-09-27 medium impact
Data correction - Cloudflare Workers AI's record described its per-model Neuron pricing, in place since February 2025, as a change on 2026-09-01. The 2026 change was three models leaving the Workers Free plan on 2026-07-28, now recorded as limits_reduced. Source ↗
Before: Recorded as pricing_restructured dated 2026-09-01
After: limits_reduced dated 2026-07-28, from Cloudflare's changelog
reduced effective 2026-07-28 high impact
On 2026-07-28 Cloudflare took Kimi K2.6, Kimi K2.7 Code and GLM-5.2 off the Workers Free plan; they now need the Workers Paid plan (or, from 2026-08-07, prepaid AI Gateway credits). Source ↗
Before: No plan restriction on Kimi K2.6, Kimi K2.7 Code or GLM-5.2 (Workers AI pricing page, Internet Archive capture of 2026-07-27)
After: "Kimi K2.6, Kimi K2.7 Code, and GLM-5.2 are no longer available on the Workers Free plan." (Cloudflare changelog, 2026-07-28)

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Alternatives in AI / ML

How Cloudflare Workers AI compares against every one of the 25 we list, not against a selection of them. A surface with room for every member of a tied set may rotate their order. A surface with room for only some of them names none of them, because which ones it named would be the claim, and a claim seeded on the date is not the one we serve tomorrow. How we decide this.

Service Free Tier Stability
Cloudflare Workers AI Free caution
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OpenRouter Free stable
Cohere Free stable
Ollama Cloud Free caution
Maxim AI Free stable
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Keywords AI Free stable
SiliconFlow Free unrated
Lumenfall.ai Free stable
Portkey Free unrated
Mistral AI Free caution
Groq Free caution
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Zhipu AI Free source unconfirmed
NVIDIA NIM Free source unconfirmed
Fireworks AI Free Credits stable
Cerebras Trial unrated
Baseten Basic (Free Credits) unrated
xAI Pay-as-you-go source unconfirmed
DeepSeek API Pay-as-you-go unrated
Together AI Pay-as-you-go unrated
OpenAI Pay-as-you-go unrated
GitHub Models Retired source unconfirmed
MiniMax Pay-as-you-go unrated
Anthropic API Pay-as-you-go unrated

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Cloudflare Workers AI free?
Yes, Cloudflare Workers AI offers a free tier: Free. Workers AI runs AI models on Cloudflare's global network. Every account gets 10,000 Neurons per day at no charge, reset daily at 00:00 UTC; on the Workers Free plan, requests beyond that fail until th...
What is Cloudflare Workers AI's free tier?
Cloudflare Workers AI's free tier is called "Free". Workers AI runs AI models on Cloudflare's global network. Every account gets 10,000 Neurons per day at no charge, reset daily at 00:00 UTC; on the Workers Free plan, requests beyond that fail until the reset. On the Workers Paid plan (from $5 per month), usage above 10,000 Neurons per day costs $0.011 per 1,000 Neurons. Seven models, including @cf/moonshotai/kimi-k2.6, @cf/zai-org/glm-5.3 and @cf/deepseek-ai/deepseek-v4-pro-0813, require the Workers Paid plan or prepaid AI Gateway credits.
Is Cloudflare Workers AI's free tier reliable?
Cloudflare Workers AI's free tier requires caution because of one specific recorded change, on 2026-07-28: On 2026-07-28 Cloudflare took Kimi K2.6, Kimi K2.7 Code and GLM-5.2 off the Workers Free plan; they now need the Workers Paid plan (or, from 2026-08-07, prepaid AI Gateway credits). Source: https://developers.cloudflare.com/changelog/post/2026-07-28-models-require-workers-paid/
Is Cloudflare Workers AI's free tier good for production?
Cloudflare Workers AI's free tier is usable for prototyping and development, but we rate it caution because of one recorded limit reduction, on 2026-07-28. Consider alternatives with more stable pricing for critical services.
What changed in Cloudflare Workers AI's pricing?
Cloudflare Workers AI has had 1 recorded pricing change. Most recently: On 2026-07-28 Cloudflare took Kimi K2.6, Kimi K2.7 Code and GLM-5.2 off the Workers Free plan; they now need the Workers Paid plan (or, from 2026-08-07, prepaid AI Gateway credits). Source: https://developers.cloudflare.com/changelog/post/2026-07-28-models-require-workers-paid/ (2026-07-28).
What are the best free alternatives to Cloudflare Workers AI?
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 25 free alternatives to Cloudflare Workers AI in AI / ML, each listed above with its tier. Of those, 11 carry no recorded demerit and are indistinguishable under every signal we hold, so they are listed in an order that rotates daily, 7 are demoted with the reason named, 7 are listed last behind a stated gate. Our ranking rule is published at /criteria.
When will I outgrow Cloudflare Workers AI's free tier?
When your usage exceeds the free tier limits, 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 AI in?
Cloudflare Workers AI is categorized under AI / ML on AgentDeals. We list 25 other AI / ML 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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