Yes, Cloudflare D1 has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans. The free plan includes up to 5 million rows read per day, up to 100,000 rows written per day, and up to 5 GB total storage included. FreeTier.co estimates the free tier at about $5.00/mo.
About
Cloudflare D1 is a managed, serverless SQL database built on SQLite semantics for applications running on Cloudflare Workers and Pages. It is designed for horizontal scale across many smaller databases, making it well suited for per-user, per-tenant, or per-entity data isolation.
The service provides Worker and HTTP API access, built-in disaster recovery, and support for querying data directly from Cloudflare’s developer platform. It also includes Time Travel for point-in-time recovery and integrates with Cloudflare’s broader application stack.
- Managed serverless SQL database with SQLite compatibility
- Worker and HTTP API access for application integration
- Designed for many smaller databases at scale
- Built-in disaster recovery and Time Travel recovery
- Works with Workers and Pages deployments
Free Tier Value
This free tier is genuinely usable for small projects because it includes a persistent database with daily read/write allowances and 5 GB of storage, and D1 itself has no extra compute charge. Compared with the cheapest paid option at $5/month, the free offering is worth about the full entry price in practical terms, but it is still capped and the page does not indicate that a credit card is unnecessary.
What's included in the free tier
Verified
- Access to prototype and experiment with D1 for free on the Workers Free plan.
- Up to 5 million rows read per day.
- Up to 100,000 rows written per day.
- Up to 5 GB total storage included.
- Daily usage limits reset at 00:00 UTC.
- Free plan queries stop when daily read or write limits are exceeded.
- Free plan storage blocks new inserts, schema changes, and index or trigger creation when full.
See Cloudflare D1 pricing for current limits.
Paid plans
Workers Paid
- rows read
- First 25 billion / month included + $0.001 / million rows
- rows written
- First 50 million / month included + $1.00 / million rows
- storage
- First 5 GB included + $0.75 / GB-mo
- Includes D1 usage beyond the Free plan
- Removes Free plan daily read/write and storage limits
- Billed for additional reads, writes, and storage above included amounts
- Scale-to-zero compute billing for D1 itself
Pricing extracted from Cloudflare D1's pricing page. Always verify current pricing before committing.
Common questions
Is Cloudflare D1 free forever?
Yes. Cloudflare D1 has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans, though the allowance typically resets each month.
What happens when you exceed Cloudflare D1's free tier?
You move to a paid plan. Cloudflare D1's cheapest paid plan is Workers Paid at $5 / month.
What is Cloudflare D1's free tier worth?
Cloudflare D1's free tier is worth about $5.00 per month. That maps to an FTV score of 46/100. The FTV score is explained at freetier.co/ftv.
