Cloudflare Workers

Global Edge Network. Code runs within milliseconds of 95% of the world's population. Cold starts are effectively zero.

GrowingLow lock-in

Pricing

Free tier

Hybrid

Adoption

Stable

License

Proprietary

Data freshness

Overview

What is Cloudflare Workers?

Build serverless applications ensuring exceptional performance, reliability, and scale.

Key differentiator

Global Edge Network. Code runs within milliseconds of 95% of the world's population. Cold starts are effectively zero.

Capability profile

Strength Radar

Low-latency APIsGlobal middlewareHiding API keys/…

Honest assessment

Strengths & Weaknesses

↑ Strengths

Low-latency APIs

Catalog data

Global middleware

Catalog data

Hiding API keys/proxying

Catalog data

↓ Weaknesses

Long-running compute (has CPU limits)

Catalog data

Heavy data processing

Catalog data

Fit analysis

Who is it for?

✓ Best for

Low-latency APIs

Recommended use case

Global middleware

Recommended use case

Hiding API keys/proxying

Recommended use case

✕ Not a fit for

Long-running compute (has CPU limits)

Not recommended

Heavy data processing

Not recommended

Cost structure

Pricing

Free Tier

Available

100k req/day

Starts at

$5/mo (Workers Paid)

Model

Hybrid

Enterprise

Available

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Performance benchmarks

How Fast Is It?

Next step

Get Started with Cloudflare Workers

Step-by-step setup guide with code examples and common gotchas.

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