Cloudflare Workers
Deploy serverless code instantly across the globe to give it exceptional performance, reliability, and scale.
Overview
Cloudflare Workers is a serverless platform that allows developers to run JavaScript, Rust, C, and C++ code on Cloudflare's global edge network. It intercepts and modifies HTTP requests and responses, enabling developers to build applications with low latency and high performance by executing code closer to the end-user.
✨ Key Features
- Serverless compute at the edge
- Support for JavaScript, Rust, C, and C++ via WebAssembly
- Low latency, globally distributed
- Workers KV, a global, low-latency, key-value data store
- Durable Objects for stateful coordination
- Cron Triggers for scheduled tasks
- Automatic scaling
🎯 Key Differentiators
- V8 Isolates technology for faster cold starts
- Extensive global network
- Developer-friendly tooling and ecosystem
Unique Value: Build ultra-fast, globally distributed applications by running code at the edge, closer to users, without managing infrastructure.
🎯 Use Cases (6)
✅ Best For
- Redirecting users based on geography
- Serving personalized content
- Validating authentication tokens at the edge
💡 Check With Vendor
Verify these considerations match your specific requirements:
- Long-running, general-purpose compute tasks
- Applications requiring a traditional relational database
🏆 Alternatives
Offers significantly lower latency and faster cold starts compared to traditional centralized serverless platforms like AWS Lambda.
💻 Platforms
🔌 Integrations
🛟 Support Options
- ✓ Email Support
- ✓ Live Chat
- ✓ Phone Support
- ✓ Dedicated Support (Enterprise tier)
🔒 Compliance & Security
💰 Pricing
Free tier: 100,000 requests per day, 10ms CPU time per request
🔄 Similar Tools in Distributed Edge
AWS IoT Greengrass
An open-source edge runtime and cloud service for building, deploying, and managing device software....
Microsoft Azure IoT Edge
A fully managed service that allows you to deploy cloud-native workloads to run on your IoT devices....
Google Distributed Cloud Edge
A fully managed product that brings Google Cloud infrastructure and services closer to where data is...
Scale Computing Platform
An all-in-one platform that integrates servers, storage, and virtualization into a single, easy-to-u...
ClearBlade
An Edge Computing software company enabling enterprises to rapidly engineer and run secure, real-tim...
Alef Edge
A global Edge API Platform that enables enterprises to create, customize, and control their own priv...