Quick answer
Cloudflare Workers - Cloudflare Workers needs no credit card and keeps its free tier simple around daily request volume. Vercel gives you more bundled bandwidth on both the free and paid plans, plus a flexible $20 monthly Pro price with no annual commitment required.
How the free tiers compare
Cloudflare Workers confirms no credit card is required and resets 100,000 free requests every day. Vercel's Hobby plan is restricted to personal, non-commercial use but publishes a much larger bandwidth allowance: 100 GB a month against nothing published on Cloudflare's side. The gap holds at the paid tier too, where Vercel's Pro plan includes 1 TB of bandwidth against figures Cloudflare doesn't publish on its Workers plans page.
Cloudflare Workers vs Vercel free tier, side by side
| Cloudflare WorkersFTV 50 | VercelFTV 53 | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan requests | 100,000 requests per day | 1,000,000 Edge Requests per month |
| Free plan bandwidth | Not published as a separate free-tier bandwidth figure | 100 GB Fast Data Transfer per month |
| Free plan usage restriction | No credit card required | Personal, non-commercial use only |
| First paid plan price | Pro - $20/mo billed annually, or $25/mo billed monthly | Pro - $20/mo, includes $20 usage credit |
| Edge requests on first paid plan | Usage-based beyond the free daily cap | 10,000,000 Edge Requests per month included, then $2 per 1M |
| Bandwidth on first paid plan | Not published as a separate figure on the Pro plan | 1 TB Fast Data Transfer per month included, then $0.15 per GB |
After you outgrow the free tier
Cloudflare's $20 Pro price only applies if you pay annually; month to month it's $25. Vercel's $20 Pro price is flat either way and comes with a $20 usage credit toward other metered features. Vercel's free and paid bandwidth allowances are also larger than anything published on Cloudflare's Workers plans page.
Cost at real usage
| Usage | Cloudflare Workers | Vercel |
|---|---|---|
| Paying month to month with no annual commitmentVercel's $20 price doesn't require annual billing; Cloudflare's does. | $25/mo (Pro) | $20/mo + usage credit (Pro) |
| A service pushing well past 100 GB of monthly bandwidthVercel publishes an explicit bandwidth ceiling; Cloudflare's Workers plans page does not. | Not published as a separate bandwidth allowance on the Workers Pro plan | 1 TB included on Pro, then $0.15 per GB |
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 no credit card required to start.
- You want to build inside the same account as Cloudflare's CDN, DDoS protection, and firewall.
- You want a straightforward per-request free tier that resets daily rather than monthly.
- You don't need a large bundled bandwidth allowance and mainly care about request volume.
Pick Vercel when…
- You want a bigger bundled bandwidth allowance on the free plan: 100 GB a month.
- You want the $20/month Pro price without committing to annual billing.
- You want a large included request allowance on your first paid plan: 10 million Edge Requests before overage.
- You want a $20 usage credit bundled into the Pro plan to offset other metered usage.
Bottom line
Cloudflare Workers is the simpler pick if you want no credit card and a clear daily request ceiling. Vercel gives you more bundled bandwidth and a flexible $20 monthly price with no annual commitment.
Read the full listings: Cloudflare Workers and Vercel. Scores use the FTV methodology at /ftv. Browse more head-to-heads on /compare, or see the top-ranked free tiers on /top.