Cloudflare Workers review

Cloudflare Workers ranks fourth and has the best value score in this list. The free plan covers 100,000 requests a day, and Workers Paid has a minimum charge of $5 per month for an account that includes 10 million requests and 30 million CPU milliseconds a month, with extra requests at $0.30 per million. Cloudflare states that there are no additional charges for data transfer or bandwidth, which removes one of the hardest costs to predict on other hosts. The Paid plan also covers Pages Functions, Workers KV, Hyperdrive and Durable Objects usage, and D1, Queues and R2 bill in the same account, so a full-stack app with storage can stay on one platform. The trade-off is the programming model: code runs as Workers with CPU time limits, 10 milliseconds per invocation on Free and up to 5 minutes on the Standard model, so a traditional long-running server needs adapting or Cloudflare Containers. It scores lower on ease of use for that reason.

Who it is for

Developers building APIs and full-stack apps that should run close to users with low fixed costs.

Price

Free plan with 100,000 requests per day; Workers Paid from $5 per month per account.

minimum charge of $5 USD per month for an account
Quoted from the vendor pricing page on November 9, 2026.

Key features

• Workers Free plan with 100,000 requests a day
• Workers Paid includes 10 million requests and 30 million CPU milliseconds a month
• No charges for data transfer (egress) or throughput (bandwidth)
• Paid plan bundles Workers, Pages Functions, Workers KV, Hyperdrive and Durable Objects usage
• Up to 5 minutes of CPU time per invocation on the Standard usage model

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Lowest fixed price for production serverless hosting in this list
• Strength: No egress or bandwidth charges on Workers
• Strength: Storage and database products share one account and bill
• Weakness: Free plan allows 10 milliseconds of CPU time per invocation
• Weakness: Apps must fit the Workers runtime model rather than a standard long-running server
• Weakness: Many separate meters across KV, D1, Durable Objects and R2

Key facts

• Free plan: Yes, 100,000 requests per day
• Paid plan: $5 USD per month per account minimum
• Included requests on Paid: 10 million per month, then $0.30 per million
• Egress fees: None for Workers

Where it ranks

Cloudflare Workers is No. 4 in our Best App Hosting Platforms verdict.