Cloudflare Workers
workers.cloudflare.comBuild Difficulty: 4/5
A few focused days to build a solid replacement
The AI Cloud with compute, AI inference, and storage — letting you ship applications instead of managing infrastructure
How to Replace Cloudflare WorkersOverview
Features
30 features across 16 categories
AI(5)
Build AI agents on durable objects with code execution, inference, and AI gateway built-in
Observability and management for AI model usage
Run AI models at the edge for low-latency inference
Instant AI-powered retrieval and search capabilities
Vector database for AI-powered search and retrieval
Automation(1)
Orchestrate complex multi-step processes
Billing(1)
Pay only for CPU time, not wall time, even during long operations
Browser Automation(1)
Spin up headless, programmable web browsers for automation
Compute(4)
Run any language in secure, global containers
Stateful compute for real-time coordination with low-latency database capabilities
Secure code execution environment
Deploy serverless functions globally to 330+ cities with one command
Data Management(1)
Ingest, catalog, and query data at scale
Development(2)
Works with React, Svelte, and other popular frameworks
Support for JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Rust and more
Infrastructure(1)
Deploy code to 330+ cities around the world, within 50ms of 95% of the world's population
Integration(1)
Deploy using Git and GitHub Actions workflows
Media(2)
Automatic image optimization for global delivery
Video streaming and delivery platform
Messaging(1)
Message processing and task queuing
Observability(1)
Observable by default with built-in logs, metrics, and tracing
Performance(1)
Deploy with minimal cold starts for instant code execution
Platform(1)
Deploy Workers on behalf of your customers
Real-time(3)
Built-in support for real-time multiplayer applications and collaborative features
Real-time communication infrastructure (TURN/SFU)
Real-time communication capabilities for building interactive applications
Storage(4)
Serverless SQL database for global applications
Global database access with connection pooling
Egress-free object storage for global applications
Key-value storage for low-latency data access
Pricing
Free
- ✓100,000 requests per day
- ✓10ms CPU time per request
- ✓1 million KV daily reads
- ✓25 AI requests per day
- ✓10GB R2 storage
- ✓100,000 Durable Objects requests per day
- ✓13,000 GB-seconds per day for Durable Objects
- ✓1GB SQL data storage
- ✓10 minutes browser rendering per day
- ✓3 concurrent browsers
- ✓100,000 Workflows requests per day
- ✓10ms CPU time per Workflows invocation
- ✓1GB Workflows storage
- ✓1GB KV Storage Backend data
Paid
Popular- ✓$0.30 per million requests (Workers)
- ✓$0.02 per million CPU milliseconds
- ✓$0.15 per million requests (Durable Objects)
- ✓$12.50 per million GB-seconds (Durable Objects)
- ✓$0.001 per million rows read (SQL)
- ✓$1.00 per million rows written (SQL)
- ✓$0.20 per GB-month (SQL storage)
- ✓$0.20 per million rows (KV Storage Backend)
- ✓$1.00 per million rows (KV Storage Backend writes)
- ✓$0.20 per GB-month (KV Storage Backend)
- ✓$0.09 per browser rendering hour
- ✓$2.00 per concurrent browser
- ✓$0.30 per million requests (Workflows)
- ✓$0.02 per million CPU milliseconds (Workflows)
- ✓$0.20 per GB-month (Workflows storage)
- ✓$0.0000025 per GiB-second (Containers memory)
- ✓$0.000020 per vCPU-second (Containers CPU)
- ✓$0.00000007 per GB-second (Containers disk)
- ✓$0.025 per GB (Containers egress NA/EU)
- ✓375 vCPU-minutes included (Containers)
- ✓25 GiB-hours included (Containers)
- ✓200 GB-hours included (Containers)
- ✓1 TB network egress included (Containers)
- ✓$0.30 per million requests (Workers for Platforms)
- ✓$0.02 per script deployed (Workers for Platforms)
Cost Calculator
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Build It Yourself
Total Cost Comparison
DIY hosting estimate based on Vercel + Supabase free/pro tiers (~$20/mo). Build time estimated from 30 features at easy complexity.
Build vs Buy
Should you build a Cloudflare Workers alternative or buy the subscription? Estimate based on 30 features.
Buy Cloudflare Workers
Better ValueBuild Your Own
Buying Cloudflare Workers saves ~$35,160 over 3 years vs building.
Estimates based on 30 features and a BuildScore of 4/5. Actual costs vary.
Integrations
5 known integrations