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Cloudflare Pages/Workers vs Vercel 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 comes to $5 and Vercel to ≥ $20 a month at 100,000 pageviews with our default traffic profile. At least one total leaves out unverified prices, so we don't call a winner. Viral day: Cloudflare Pages/Workers hits its free-tier cap (requests stop instead of billing), and its paid plan comes to $5; Vercel hits its free-tier cap (requests stop instead of billing), and its paid plan comes to ≥ $20.
Cloudflare Pages/Workers vs Vercel
Cloudflare Pages/WorkersVercel
TypeEdgePlatform (PaaS)
Free tier—Hobby $0 (personal, non-commercial; hard caps, no overage purchase)Source · Oct 16
Free bandwidthunmeteredSource · Oct 16100 GBSource · Oct 16
Free requests100,000/day Worker requestsSource · Oct 161,000,000Source · Oct 16
Paid planWorkers PaidSource · Oct 16ProSource · Oct 16
Price$5/monthSource · Oct 16$20/monthSource · Oct 16
Included10M requests, 30M CPU-msSource · Oct 161 TB transfer, 10M CDN requestsSource · Oct 16
Bandwidth overage$0/GBSource · Oct 16$0.15/GBSource · Oct 16
Requests overage$0.3 per millionSource · Oct 16$2 per millionSource · Oct 16
Over the free limitHard capHard cap

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Scenario
Traffic details2 MB pages · 20 requests · 10% dynamic · 30 deploys
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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. Vercel
    Pro
    ≥ $20/mo
    Keeps billingExcludes unverified itemsFree tier stops at its cap at ~50k pageviews/mo.
    How this is calculated
    Cost breakdown
    Pro plan (1 seat)$20.00Source, Oct 16, 2026

    Not included (unverified): Function invocations (included amount not in the data); Active CPU (included amount not in the data); Memory (included amount not in the data); Build minutes (included amount not in the data)

    Pro keeps billing past the included amounts; Vercel sets a default on-demand budget of $200, with an optional hard pause.

FAQ

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

Cloudflare Pages/Workers comes to $5 and Vercel to ≥ $20 a month at 100,000 pageviews with our default traffic profile. At least one total leaves out unverified prices, so we don't call a winner.

What happens to Cloudflare Pages/Workers and Vercel 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; Vercel hits its free-tier cap (requests stop instead of billing), and its paid plan comes to ≥ $20.

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

Cloudflare Pages/Workers's free tier: hard cap. Vercel's free tier: hard cap.

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