Cloudflare: a free tier for running small sites
Cloudflare Workers runs websites and small applications on Cloudflare's network, with the D1 SQLite database and Access sign-in protection available on the same account. It gives a small project a place to run without a separate web server to maintain.
Free tier: 100,000 requests a day
How I use Cloudflare
Sideperk runs on Cloudflare Workers, with D1 storing its editorial records and Access protecting the editor area. It gives this small publication a place to run without a separate web server to maintain.
What makes it different?
Applications run on Cloudflare's network instead of a maintained web server, with Workers compute, D1 SQLite storage and Access sign-in available on one free tier.
Competitors
- Vercel: Hosting and deployment for frontend applications
- Netlify: Web hosting with build and deploy automation
Product source checked 2026-09-11.
Who it is for
Running small sites and APIs without a separate web server.
Who can claim it?
The free Workers tier is per account, with 100,000 requests a day and 10 milliseconds of CPU per invocation. A paid plan applies beyond those limits.
Limitations of the free tier
Free D1 storage is capped at 5 GB with 5 million rows read a day and 100,000 rows written. The free limits suit small projects rather than high-traffic production use, and some Cloudflare services are billed separately.
Billing and renewal
The free tier has no recurring charge; paid usage follows Cloudflare's metered plan rates.
- Tax basis
- Not applicable to the free software or plan
- Card required
- Provider’s signup terms
- Expiry
- No fixed offer end date established.
- Public research date
- 11 Sept 2026
- Source checked
- 11 Sept 2026