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Cloudflare Pages/Workers vs DigitalOcean pricing

What each charges for the same traffic, and what happens when a post goes viral.

Verdict at 100,000 pageviews a month: DigitalOcean is cheaper: Cloudflare Pages/Workers comes to $5 and DigitalOcean to $4 a month at 100,000 pageviews with our default traffic profile. Viral day: Cloudflare Pages/Workers hits its free-tier cap (requests stop instead of billing), and its paid plan comes to $5; DigitalOcean bills ≥ $4.
Cloudflare Pages/Workers vs DigitalOcean
Cloudflare Pages/WorkersDigitalOcean
TypeEdgeVPS
Free tier—UnverifiedSource · Oct 16
Free bandwidthunmeteredSource · Oct 16—
Free requests100,000/day Worker requestsSource · Oct 16—
Paid planWorkers PaidSource · Oct 16Basic Droplet 512MiB/1vCPU/10GiBSource · Oct 16
Price$5/monthSource · Oct 16$4/monthSource · Oct 16
Included10M requests, 30M CPU-msSource · Oct 16500 GiB transferSource · Oct 16
Bandwidth overage$0/GBSource · Oct 16UnverifiedSource · Oct 16
Requests overage$0.3 per millionSource · Oct 16—
Over the free limitHard capNo free tier

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Scenario
Traffic details2 MB pages · 20 requests · 10% dynamic · 30 deploys
Pages
Functions
Deploys
Always-on server

The always-on server is used for Railway, which bills a service that runs all month. Fly.io uses one small machine.

One month at your traffic. Totals use verified prices only; “≥” means some items are unverified and left out.

  1. DigitalOcean
    Basic Droplet 512MiB/1vCPU/10GiB
    $4/mo
    Cheapest verifiedKeeps billingNo free tier.
    How this is calculated
    Cost breakdown
    Droplet (flat monthly price)$4.00Source, Oct 16, 2026

    A flat-price server has fixed CPU and RAM; whether it can serve this much traffic depends on your app.

  2. Cloudflare Pages/Workers
    Workers Paid
    $5/mo
    Keeps billingFree tier stops at its cap with this setup.
    How this is calculated
    Cost breakdown
    Workers Paid (minimum)$5.00Source, Oct 16, 2026

FAQ

Is Cloudflare Pages/Workers or DigitalOcean cheaper for 100,000 pageviews a month?

DigitalOcean is cheaper: Cloudflare Pages/Workers comes to $5 and DigitalOcean to $4 a month at 100,000 pageviews with our default traffic profile.

What happens to Cloudflare Pages/Workers and DigitalOcean on a viral day?

On a month with one day at 50× normal traffic: Cloudflare Pages/Workers hits its free-tier cap (requests stop instead of billing), and its paid plan comes to $5; DigitalOcean bills ≥ $4.

Does Cloudflare Pages/Workers or DigitalOcean have a hard cap on the free tier?

Cloudflare Pages/Workers's free tier: hard cap. DigitalOcean has no free tier.

Full details: Cloudflare Pages/Workers pricing · DigitalOcean pricing