Cloudflare Workers vs Deno Deploy — free-tier comparison
This comparison is calculated from verified service fields. It is not presented as an editorial review and remains excluded from the index until reviewed.
At a glance
Cloudflare Workers: Cheapest paid plan
Serverless / FaaS
100,000 dynamic requests/day and 10 ms CPU per invocation
Paid from From $5/account/month plus usage beyond included allowances
- Static asset requests are free and unlimited
- Daily dynamic allowance is shared with Pages Functions
- KV, D1 and other bound products have separate quotas
- One deployment can serve files and dynamic routes
- Built-in scheduling for periodic tasks
- The free CPU allowance is small for computationally expensive handlers
Best for
- Lightweight APIs
- Webhooks
Serverless / FaaS
1M requests/month, 20 GB egress, 15 CPU hours, 350 GB-h memory and 20 active apps
Paid from $20/month
- 1M inbound HTTP requests per month
- 20 GB monthly egress bandwidth
- 15 CPU hours and 350 GB-h memory time
- First-party Deno runtime with TypeScript support and Node/npm compatibility
- Free plan includes requests, bandwidth, CPU time, memory time, apps and KV storage
- Free organizations can hit monthly usage pauses when limits are exceeded
Best for
- Deno, Fresh and Hono apps that should run close to users
- TypeScript APIs and small full-stack apps with Deno KV
The catch?
Cloudflare Workers
- Some constraints remain unconfirmed
Deno Deploy
- Credit card required
- Suspends at the limit
Detailed comparison
| Cloudflare Workers | Deno Deploy | |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier & pricing | ||
| Free tier ↑ better | Perpetual ★ | Perpetual ★ |
| Paid from ↓ better | $5/mo + usage ★ | $20/mo |
| Regions ↑ better | — | 2 regions |
FAQ
No. The dynamic allowance resets daily; paid allowances use monthly billing. Static asset requests are accounted for separately.
Not in the Workers runtime. Containers are a separate product with their own requirements and pricing.
The official pricing page lists 1M requests per month, 20 GB egress, 15 CPU hours, 350 GB-h memory time, 20 active apps, 50 custom domains and 1 GiB each of volume and KV storage.
No. It is Deno-native, but Deno's current platform also supports Node and npm-compatible JavaScript frameworks such as Hono, Fresh, Astro, SvelteKit and Express-style apps.