Quick answer
Cloudflare Workers - Both ask for no credit card and let you start for nothing. Cloudflare Workers gives you a bigger daily request ceiling and a cheaper first paid tier if you pay annually. Deno Deploy publishes clearer bandwidth and memory numbers on its free plan, which matters if egress or memory is your actual bottleneck.
How the free tiers compare
Cloudflare Workers and Deno Deploy both confirm no credit card is required to sign up, and both start at $0. Cloudflare's free plan resets 100,000 requests every day; Deno's free plan gives a flat 1,000,000 requests a month alongside published egress and memory allowances. The two converge again at the next tier: both charge $20 a month for their entry paid plan, though Cloudflare's price applies only when billed annually.
Cloudflare Workers vs Deno Deploy free tier, side by side
| Cloudflare WorkersFTV 50 | Deno DeployFTV 58 | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan requestsDifferent reset cadences: Cloudflare resets daily, Deno resets monthly. | 100,000 requests per day | 1,000,000 requests per month |
| Free plan compute time | 10 ms of CPU time per invocation, no charge for duration on the Free plan | 10 hours of Active CPU time per month |
| Free plan egress bandwidth | Not published as a separate free-tier bandwidth figure | 20 GiB per month |
| Free plan memory | Not published as a fixed per-isolate memory figure on this pricing page | 150 GiB-hours per month |
| Credit card required | Not required | Not required |
| First paid plan price | Pro - $20/mo billed annually, or $25/mo billed monthly | Pro - $20/month |
After you outgrow the free tier
Both platforms charge $20 a month for their entry paid tier, though Cloudflare's Pro price applies only when billed annually; paying monthly costs $25. Deno's $20 Pro price is flat regardless of billing cadence. Beyond that first tier, Cloudflare's Business plan jumps to $200-250 a month, and Deno's Builder plan sits at exactly $200 a month for higher app and request ceilings.
Cost at real usage
| Usage | Cloudflare Workers | Deno Deploy |
|---|---|---|
| Paying month to month with no annual commitmentCloudflare's $20 Pro price requires annual billing; Deno's $20 price applies either way. | $25/mo (Pro) | $20/month (Pro) |
| Scaling to the next tier upBoth land at $200 a month if billed annually on Cloudflare's side. | $200/mo billed annually, or $250/mo billed monthly (Business) | $200/month (Builder) |
Estimates, not quotes. Usage-based rates change - verify with the vendor's pricing page before committing.
When to pick each one
Pick Cloudflare Workers when…
- You want the largest free daily request ceiling among edge platforms: 100,000 requests every day, resetting at midnight UTC.
- You want per-invocation CPU time billing with no charge for duration on the free plan.
- You want the option to bill annually for a lower Pro price ($20/mo vs $25/mo billed monthly).
- You want to build on the same account as Cloudflare's CDN, DDoS protection, and WAF.
Pick Deno Deploy when…
- You want a published monthly egress bandwidth allowance (20 GiB) on the free tier.
- You want a published free-tier memory allowance: 150 GiB-hours a month.
- You want a flat monthly request budget (1,000,000) instead of a daily reset.
- You want a runtime built specifically around modern JavaScript and TypeScript, including native Deno APIs.
Bottom line
Cloudflare Workers wins on free daily request volume and a lower annual-billed price. Deno Deploy wins on published bandwidth and memory allowances if those are your actual constraint.
Read the full listings: Cloudflare Workers and Deno Deploy. Scores use the FTV methodology at /ftv. Browse more head-to-heads on /compare, or see the top-ranked free tiers on /top.