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Cloudflare Pages/Workers vs Fly.io pricing

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

Verdict at 100,000 pageviews a month: Cloudflare Pages/Workers is cheaper: Cloudflare Pages/Workers comes to $5 and Fly.io to $7.60 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; Fly.io bills $13.98.
Cloudflare Pages/Workers vs Fly.io
Cloudflare Pages/WorkersFly.io
TypeEdgePlatform (PaaS)
Free tier—No free tier; trial up to 2h machine runtime or 7 daysSource · Oct 16
Free bandwidthunmeteredSource · Oct 160 GBSource · Oct 16
Free requests100,000/day Worker requestsSource · Oct 16UnverifiedSource · Oct 16
Paid planWorkers PaidSource · Oct 16Pay As You GoSource · Oct 16
Price$5/monthSource · Oct 16$0/monthSource · Oct 16
Included10M requests, 30M CPU-msSource · Oct 16—
Bandwidth overage$0/GBSource · Oct 16$0.02/GBSource · 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. Cloudflare Pages/Workers
    Workers Paid
    $5/mo
    Cheapest verifiedKeeps billingFree tier stops at its cap with this setup.
    How this is calculated
    Cost breakdown
    Workers Paid (minimum)$5.00Source, Oct 16, 2026
  2. Fly.io
    Pay As You Go
    $7.60/mo
    Keeps billingNo free tier.
    How this is calculated
    Cost breakdown
    Machine (shared-cpu-1x, 512 MB)
    one always-on machine
    		$3.69Source, Oct 16, 2026
    Egress (North America & Europe)
    195.31 GB over 0 included × $0.02
    		$3.91Source, Oct 16, 2026

    Egress is priced by region: $0.02/GB North America & Europe, $0.04/GB Asia-Pacific, $0.12/GB Africa & India. This total uses the first.

FAQ

Is Cloudflare Pages/Workers or Fly.io cheaper for 100,000 pageviews a month?

Cloudflare Pages/Workers is cheaper: Cloudflare Pages/Workers comes to $5 and Fly.io to $7.60 a month at 100,000 pageviews with our default traffic profile.

What happens to Cloudflare Pages/Workers and Fly.io 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; Fly.io bills $13.98.

Does Cloudflare Pages/Workers or Fly.io have a hard cap on the free tier?

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

Full details: Cloudflare Pages/Workers pricing · Fly.io pricing