How do AWS ECS (Fargate) and Cloudflare R2 prices compare?

AWS ECS (Fargate): custom or unlisted usage pricing at 4 vCPU-months. Cloudflare R2: custom or unlisted usage pricing at 1,000 GB storage. Different billing units are not an equal-workload comparison. Estimates exclude unlisted add-ons and taxes.

Can storage and hosting costs be compared directly?

Not as one workload. Storage, bandwidth, requests and compute are separate billing units; estimates use independent controls when those units differ.

What can be missing from a hosting estimate?

Build minutes, CPU time, memory, requests, outbound transfer, team seats and regional charges may be outside the tracked component.

What features and free access does AWS ECS (Fargate) list?

Managed containers, Fargate serverless, AWS native. Free access: None. Check plan-specific availability and current terms on the provider's official pricing page.

What features and free access does Cloudflare R2 list?

Zero egress fees, S3-compatible, Workers binding. Free access: 10 GB/mo. Check plan-specific availability and current terms on the provider's official pricing page.

Compute & Storage · side by side

AWS ECS (Fargate) vs Cloudflare R2

Compare AWS ECS (Fargate), Cloudflare R2 by compute, bandwidth, storage, deployment limits, regions and support.

Compute & Storage pricing calculator

These providers bill in different units. Each estimate uses its own workload; there is no same-volume price winner.

AWS ECS (Fargate)

Monthly vCPU-months

Cloudflare R2

Storage

1,000 GB

AWS ECS (Fargate)

Custom / not listed

Custom / unlisted usage pricing · 4 vCPU-months

Cloudflare R2

Custom / not listed

Custom / unlisted usage pricing · 1,000 GB storage

Listed USD plan fees and tracked usage only. Unlisted compute, transfer, extras, taxes and contract terms are excluded. Custom or unsupported plan usage is not estimated.

Compute & Storage overview & pricing

Compute & Storage	AWS ECS (Fargate)	Cloudflare R2
Provider	Amazon Web Services	Cloudflare
Billing unit	vCPU-months	GB storage
Plan at selected usage	Custom / unlisted usage pricing	Custom / unlisted usage pricing
Monthly estimate	Custom / not listed	Custom / not listed
Workload	4 vCPU-months	1,000 GB storage
Free access	None	10 GB/mo

Provider

AWS ECS (Fargate): Amazon Web Services
Cloudflare R2: Cloudflare

Billing unit

AWS ECS (Fargate): vCPU-months
Cloudflare R2: GB storage

Plan at selected usage

AWS ECS (Fargate): Custom / unlisted usage pricing
Cloudflare R2: Custom / unlisted usage pricing

Monthly estimate

AWS ECS (Fargate): Custom / not listed
Cloudflare R2: Custom / not listed

Workload

AWS ECS (Fargate): 4 vCPU-months
Cloudflare R2: 1,000 GB storage

Free access

AWS ECS (Fargate): None
Cloudflare R2: 10 GB/mo

Compute & Storage monthly cost

AWS ECS (Fargate): Not pricedCloudflare R2: Not priced

Different workloads, separate estimates

Separate application hosting, serverless requests and object storage. A GB of storage is not a GB of egress. Budget for compute duration, requests, builds and network transfer where charged, and check region and minimum-spend requirements.

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AWS ECS (Fargate) features & plan notes

Managed containers
Fargate serverless
AWS native

Full pricing

Cloudflare R2 features & plan notes

Zero egress fees
S3-compatible
Workers binding

Full pricing

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