Cloudflare / cloudflare.com
AI-powered edge network providing Workers AI (serverless AI inference at the edge), AI Gateway, CDN, DDoS protection, and zero trust security for developers and enterprises.
Pricing
Free
Free plan
Yes
Category
Developer Tools
Platforms
3
Free plan
Yes
API access
Yes
Open source
No
Platforms
3
Cloudflare is a global edge network company — providing CDN, DDoS protection, DNS, zero trust security, and an expanding developer platform for building applications at the network edge. Workers AI is Cloudflare's AI inference platform — enabling developers to run AI models (LLaMA, Mistral, Whisper, Stable Diffusion) on Cloudflare's 300+ global edge locations without managing GPU infrastructure. AI Gateway provides a unified API layer for AI model access — routing requests to OpenAI, Anthropic, Mistral, and other providers while adding caching, rate limiting, logging, and cost management. Cloudflare Workers are serverless functions running at the network edge — JavaScript, TypeScript, Rust, and Python running globally in milliseconds without cold starts. R2 is Cloudflare's object storage compatible with S3 APIs but without egress fees — storing images, videos, and application data without bandwidth cost for retrieval. Vectorize is Cloudflare's vector database for AI applications — storing embeddings for semantic search and RAG applications running on Workers. Pages provides frontend hosting — deploying static sites and Jamstack applications on Cloudflare's edge network. Zero Trust (formerly Cloudflare for Teams) provides zero trust network access, secure web gateway, and email security. With 20% of the internet using Cloudflare for DNS and CDN, and growing developer platform adoption, Cloudflare validates as essential internet infrastructure with expanding AI capabilities.
Cloudflare AI runs as ml platform software built around text and image workflows. Users typically start with a prompt, upload, or connected data source, and the underlying model handles the heavy lifting before returning a result you can refine or export. It's available on web, cli, and api, with API access for teams that want to embed it into their own products.
The capabilities that matter most for teams evaluating Cloudflare AI.
Serverless AI inference at 300+ global edge locations — running AI models close to users without cold starts or GPU infrastructure management.
Unified AI provider API management adding caching, rate limiting, and logging — reducing AI API costs and complexity across multiple model providers.
S3-compatible object storage without egress bandwidth fees — eliminating the hidden egress costs that make AWS S3 expensive for high-traffic applications.
Free plan. Pro $20/month. Business $200/month. Enterprise custom. Publicly traded (NET).
Model
Freemium
Starting price
Free
Free trial
No
AWS CloudFront provides CDN within AWS. Fastly provides CDN and edge compute. Akamai provides enterprise CDN. Zscaler (rank 856) provides dedicated zero trust security. Netlify (rank 851) provides frontend deployment on Cloudflare-adjacent infrastructure.
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Key facts about model providers, platforms, and team support.
Model Provider
Cloudflare
Platforms
Web, CLI, API
Deployment
SaaS
Integrations
AWS S3 (R2 compatibility), GitHub, VS Code, API
Team Collaboration
No
Launch Year
2023
Compliance signals and data-handling notes as reported by the vendor.
SOC 2 Type II. ISO 27001. GDPR compliant. FedRAMP moderate. HIPAA eligible. Enterprise data handling agreements.
Network traffic and edge computing data processed on Cloudflare's 300+ global data centre network. Worker AI model inference occurs at edge locations near request origin.
Editorial Verdict
Cloudflare is the essential AI edge network for developers and enterprises wanting Workers AI inference, AI Gateway management, CDN, DDoS protection, and zero trust security on one global network.
Last verified July 24, 2026.
Free plan. Pro $20/month. Business $200/month. Enterprise custom. Publicly traded (NET).
Enterprise pricing only. Contact sales for custom quotes. Scale Donovan for government and defence is separately priced.
SOC 2 Type II. ISO 27001. GDPR compliant. FedRAMP moderate. HIPAA eligible. Enterprise data handling agreements.
SOC 2 Type II certified. Government division operates under appropriate clearance frameworks. Enterprise includes comprehensive security and compliance documentation.
Network traffic and edge computing data processed on Cloudflare's 300+ global data centre network. Worker AI model inference occurs at edge locations near request origin.
Scale AI processes potentially sensitive training data under enterprise data handling agreements. Review Scale AI's data security documentation for specific compliance requirements.
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