How do Cloudflare Workers and Render prices compare?

Cloudflare Workers: $5.00/month on Workers Paid at 1,500 GB bandwidth. Render: $25/month on Pro at 3 instances. 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 Cloudflare Workers list?

Zero egress, R2 storage. Free access: 100k req/day. Check plan-specific availability and current terms on the provider's official pricing page.

What features and free access does Render list?

Git deploys, Managed Postgres, Background workers. Free access: Free web services. Check plan-specific availability and current terms on the provider's official pricing page.

Compute & Storage · side by side

Cloudflare Workers vs Render

Compare Cloudflare Workers, Render 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.

Cloudflare Workers

Bandwidth

1,500 GB

Render

Number of instances

Cloudflare Workers

$5.00 / mo

Workers Paid · 1,500 GB bandwidth

Render

$25 / mo

Pro · 3 instances

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	Cloudflare Workers	Render
Provider	Cloudflare	Render
Billing unit	GB bandwidth	instances
Plan at selected usage	Workers Paid	Pro
Monthly estimate	$5.00/mo	$25/mo
Workload	1,500 GB bandwidth	3 instances
Free access	100k req/day	Free web services
Published plans	Workers Free, Workers Paid, Workers Enterprise	Hobby, Pro, Scale, Enterprise
Prices checked	2026-10-08	2026-10-08

Provider

Cloudflare Workers: Cloudflare
Render: Render

Billing unit

Cloudflare Workers: GB bandwidth
Render: instances

Plan at selected usage

Cloudflare Workers: Workers Paid
Render: Pro

Monthly estimate

Cloudflare Workers: $5.00/mo
Render: $25/mo

Workload

Cloudflare Workers: 1,500 GB bandwidth
Render: 3 instances

Free access

Cloudflare Workers: 100k req/day
Render: Free web services

Published plans

Cloudflare Workers: Workers Free, Workers Paid, Workers Enterprise
Render: Hobby, Pro, Scale, Enterprise

Prices checked

Cloudflare Workers: 2026-10-08
Render: 2026-10-08

Compute & Storage monthly cost

Cloudflare Workers: $5.00Render: $25

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.

Compute & Storage feature comparison

Compute & Storage	Cloudflare Workers	Render
Maximum services	Not listed	Unlimited
Static Sites	Not listed
Web services	Not listed
Private services	Not listed
Background workers	Not listed
Persistent disks	Not listed	$0.25 per GB per month
Postgres expandable storage	Not listed	$0.30 per GB
Point-in-time recovery window	Not listed	7 days
Read-only replicas	Not listed
High availability	Not listed
Key-value (Redis-compatible)	Not listed
Cron jobs	Not listed
Workflows concurrent task runs	Not listed	50 task runs then $10/mo per 50
Task compute plans	Not listed	Up to Pro Ultra
Vertical scaling	Not listed
Horizontal autoscaling	Not listed
Automatic private networking	Not listed
Bandwidth	Not listed	25 GB included per month then $0.15 per GB
Global regions	Not listed
Zero-config CDN	Not listed
Edge caching for web services	Not listed
Custom domains	Not listed	15 included then $0.25/domain/month
Automatic TLS	Not listed
Wildcard domains	Not listed
WebSockets	Not listed
Service discovery	Not listed
Dedicated IPs	Not listed	$100 per month for each IP set
AWS private links	Not listed	$30 per month Includes up to 3 links
Private link outbound bandwidth	Not listed	$0.03 per GB
Automatic DDoS mitigation	Not listed
Firewall	Not listed
HTTPS only	Not listed
Inbound IP rules	Not listed	Datastores only Postgres and Key Value
Network-isolated environments	Not listed
Automatic builds	Not listed
Standard build pipeline	Not listed	1K mins per month then $5 per 1K mins
Performance build pipeline	Not listed	$25 per 1000 mins
Native runtimes	Not listed
Docker builds	Not listed
Environment variables & secret files	Not listed
Monorepo support	Not listed
Single-service previews	Not listed
Full-stack preview environments	Not listed
Auto-deploys	Not listed
Zero-downtime deploys	Not listed
Deploy hooks	Not listed
Pre-deploy command	Not listed
Instant rollbacks	Not listed	15 builds retained
Projects	Not listed	Unlimited
Environments	Not listed	Unlimited
Protected environments	Not listed
Infrastructure as code	Not listed
SSH access	Not listed
Health checks	Not listed
Service metrics	Not listed
Notifications	Not listed
Log retention	Not listed	14 days
HTTP request logs	Not listed
OpenTelemetry metrics stream	Not listed
Team seats	Not listed	Unlimited
Workspaces	Not listed	1
2FA & Google login	Not listed
Enforce 2FA & Google login	Not listed
Workspace user roles	Not listed	Admin, Developer
Organization user roles	Not listed
SAML SSO	Not listed
SCIM	Not listed
OIDC authentication	Not listed
Audit logs	Not listed	Workspace
GDPR DPA	Not listed
SOC 2 Type II	Not listed
ISO 27001	Not listed
SOC 2 & ISO documentation	Not listed
HIPAA BAA	Not listed
Email support	Not listed
Chat support	Not listed
Premium support	Not listed	Add-on
Private Slack channel	Not listed	Add-on
Dedicated technical account manager	Not listed	Add-on
Support response SLAs	Not listed	Add-on

Maximum services

Cloudflare Workers: Not listed
Render: Unlimited

Static Sites

Cloudflare Workers: Not listed
Render

Web services

Cloudflare Workers: Not listed
Render

Private services

Cloudflare Workers: Not listed
Render

Background workers

Cloudflare Workers: Not listed
Render

Persistent disks

Cloudflare Workers: Not listed
Render: $0.25 per GB per month

Postgres expandable storage

Cloudflare Workers: Not listed
Render: $0.30 per GB

Point-in-time recovery window

Cloudflare Workers: Not listed
Render: 7 days

Read-only replicas

Cloudflare Workers: Not listed
Render

High availability

Cloudflare Workers: Not listed
Render

Key-value (Redis-compatible)

Cloudflare Workers: Not listed
Render

Cron jobs

Cloudflare Workers: Not listed
Render

Workflows concurrent task runs

Cloudflare Workers: Not listed
Render: 50 task runs then $10/mo per 50

Task compute plans

Cloudflare Workers: Not listed
Render: Up to Pro Ultra

Vertical scaling

Cloudflare Workers: Not listed
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Cloudflare Workers features & plan notes

Zero egress
R2 storage
10 million requests included per month +$0.30 per additional million
30 million CPU milliseconds included per month +$0.02 per additional million CPU milliseconds
No charge or limit for duration
Max 5 minutes of CPU time per invocation (default: 30 seconds)
Max 15 minutes of CPU time per Cron Trigger or Queue Consumer invocation
Workers Logs: 20 million log events included per month +$0.60 per additional million, 7 days retention
Workers Trace Events Logpush: 10 million requests/month included +$0.05/million
Workers KV: 10 million reads/month (+$0.50/M), 1M writes, deletes, and lists/month (+$5.00/M), 1 GB storage (+$0.50/GB-month)
Hyperdrive: Unlimited database queries
Queues: 1,000,000 operations/month included +$0.40/million operations, up to 14 days retention
Workflows: 10M requests (+$0.30/M), 30M CPU ms (+$0.02/M), 1 GB-month storage (+$0.20/GB-mo), 500k steps (+$0.80/100k steps)
D1: 25 billion rows read/mo (+$0.001/M), 50 million rows written/mo (+$1.00/M), 5 GB storage (+$0.75/GB-mo)
Durable Objects: 1M requests/mo (+$0.15/M), 400,000 GB-s/mo (+$12.50/M GB-s)
Vectorize: 50M queried dimensions/mo (+$0.01/M), 10M stored dimensions (+$0.05/100M)
Containers: 25 GiB-hours/mo, 375 vCPU-minutes/mo, 200 GB-hours/mo included

Full pricing Official Pricing

Render features & plan notes

Git deploys
Managed Postgres
Background workers
Unlimited seats & services
25 GB bandwidth included
Full-stack previews
Horizontal autoscaling
Isolated environments
OIDC authentication
AWS Private Links
Workspace audit logs

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