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Ion Iacob
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Which Cloudflare Services Are Free? (2025 Free Tier Guide)

Cloudflare offers several free-tier services under its Workers platform, but some have usage limits. Below is a breakdown of which services are free and which require a paid plan.


🆓 Free Services (with Limits)

Service Free Tier Limits Use Case
Workers 100K requests/day Serverless functions
KV Namespace 1GB storage, 100K reads/writes per day Low-latency key-value storage
D1 Database 5GB storage, 5M reads/writes per month Serverless SQL database
Durable Objects 400K GB-seconds, 1M requests/month Real-time stateful applications
R2 Storage 10GB storage, 1M operations/month S3-compatible object storage
Queues 10K messages/month Worker-to-Worker messaging
Workers AI 10K inferences/day (select models) Serverless GPU-powered ML
Analytics Engine Included (unlimited cardinality) Time-series data analytics

💰 Paid Services (No Free Tier)

  • Browser Rendering (Headless Chrome)
  • Hyperdrive (SQL database acceleration)
  • Images (Optimize/transform images)
  • mTLS Certificates (Client authentication)
  • Vectorize (Vector database for AI)
  • Pipeline (Real-time data streaming)

💡 Key Notes

  • Free tiers are per-account (check Cloudflare’s pricing page for updates).
  • Some services (like Workers AI) restrict free usage to specific models (e.g., Llama 2).
  • Need more? Upgrade to Pay-as-You-Go or Enterprise plans.

Questions?

Let me know in the comments if you’ve used Cloudflare’s free tier—or if you’ve hit its limits!

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