Comparison

Cloudflare Workers vs Deno Deploy

On the evidence we track, Deno Deploy leads this comparison with a composite score of 70/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Cloudflare Workers63
★Deno Deploy70
Score
vioscaleAI score
Cloudflare Workers63 / 100low · 14%
Deno Deploy70 / 100high · 75%
Pricing
Free tier
Cloudflare Workers✓
Deno Deploy✓
Model
Cloudflare Workersopen_source
Deno Deployfreemium
Price level
Cloudflare Workersfree
Deno Deploymid
Starting price
Cloudflare Workers–
Deno Deploy$20
Transparent
Cloudflare Workers✓
Deno Deploy✓
Integrations
Count
Cloudflare Workers–
Deno Deploy21
Security
Certifications
Cloudflare Workers–
Deno DeploySOC2 Type 1
Disclosure policy
Cloudflare Workers✓
Deno Deploy✓
Gdpr
Cloudflare Workers✓
Deno Deploy–
Iso27001
Cloudflare Workers✓
Deno Deploy–
Pci
Cloudflare Workers✓
Deno Deploy–
Scorecard
Cloudflare Workers–
Deno Deploy5.4
Soc2
Cloudflare Workers✓
Deno Deploy✓
Trust center
Reliability
Sla pct
Cloudflare Workers100
Deno Deploy99.95
Status page
Cloudflare Workers✓
Deno Deploy✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Cloudflare Workers–
Deno Deploy396
Github stars
Cloudflare Workers–
Deno Deploy108,769
Activity
Commits last 30d
Cloudflare Workers–
Deno Deploy100
Release
Cadence days
Cloudflare Workers–
Deno Deploy7
History
Cloudflare Workers–
Deno Deploy20 items
License
Spdx
Cloudflare Workers–
Deno DeployMIT
Language
Primary
Cloudflare Workers–
Deno DeployRust
Market
Content
Faq
Cloudflare Workers6 items
Deno Deploy8 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for serverless & edge platforms. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
Execution substrate
Cloudflare WorkersV8 isolate
Deno DeployV8 isolate
Language / runtime breadth
Cloudflare WorkersJavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Rust
Deno DeployJavaScript, TypeScript
Reach
Runs at global edge PoPs
Cloudflare Workers✓
Deno Deploy✓
Scale
Scale to zero
Cloudflare Workers✓
Deno Deploy✓
Performance
Cold-start profile
Cloudflare WorkersNone (isolate)
Deno DeployLow
Limits
Max execution duration
Cloudflare Workers-
Deno Deploy-
Integration
Event source breadth
Cloudflare WorkersHTTP requests, cron schedules, webhooks, message queues
Deno DeployHTTP requests, cron schedules
HTTP endpoint trigger
Cloudflare Workers✓
Deno Deploy✓
Cron / scheduled invocations
Cloudflare Workers✓
Deno Deploy✓
State
Durable state / workflow primitive
Cloudflare Workers✓
Deno Deploy✓
Flexibility
Bring-your-own runtime / container
Cloudflare Workers✓
Deno Deploy-
Deployment
Hosting
Cloudflare WorkersCloud only
Deno DeployCloud only
Ops
Built-in logs / metrics / tracing
Cloudflare Workers-
Deno Deploy✓
Extensibility
CLI + IaC / framework support
Cloudflare Workers✓
Deno Deploy✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Cloudflare Workers

A server runtime environment based on Cloudflare Workers' underlying code, designed for self-hosting applications built with JavaScript and WebAssembly. It provides web-platform standard APIs and functions as a programmable HTTP proxy.

Independently observed

Deno Deploy

Leader

A cloud platform for deploying JavaScript and TypeScript applications built on V8 isolates with fast cold starts, built-in logging and metrics, automatic scaling, and optional self-hosting.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Cloudflare Workers

from $20/moHybridFree tier

Free tier with per-request and per-CPU metering. General Cloudflare plans from free to $250/mo; Workers add-on services metered separately.

  • FreeFree
    • DNS
    • DDoS Protection
    • CDN
    • Universal SSL
    • WAF
    • +3 more
  • Pro$20/mo billed annually or $25/mo billed monthly
    • Fast DNS
    • Unmetered DDoS Protection
    • CDN
    • Universal SSL Certificate
    • Free Managed Ruleset
    • +7 more
  • Business$200/mo billed annually or $250/mo billed monthly
    • Fast DNS
    • Unmetered DDoS Protection
    • CDN
    • Universal SSL Certificate
    • Free Managed Ruleset
    • +8 more
  • ContractContact sales
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Deno Deploy

Leader
from $20/moSubscriptionFree tier

Free tier, Pro from $20/month, Builder from $200/month, Enterprise custom pricing

  • FreeFree
    • 1M requests/month
    • 20GiB egress bandwidth
    • 5 custom domains
    • 10 hr active CPU
    • 150 GiB-hr memory time
    • +7 more
  • Pro$20/month
    • 5M requests/month with overage pricing
    • 200GiB egress with overage pricing
    • 100 custom domains
    • Wildcard subdomains
    • 50 hr active CPU with overage pricing
    • +13 more
  • Builder$200/month
    • 25M requests/month
    • 2,000GiB egress bandwidth
    • Unlimited custom domains
    • 500 hr active CPU
    • 7,500 GiB-hr memory time
    • +9 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
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Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Cloudflare Workers✗
Deno Deploy✓
macOS
Cloudflare Workers✓
Deno Deploy✗
Windows
Cloudflare Workers✓
Deno Deploy✗
Linux
Cloudflare Workers✓
Deno Deploy✗
CLI
Cloudflare Workers✓
Deno Deploy✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Cloudflare Workers✗
Deno Deploy✓
Self-hosted
Cloudflare Workers✓
Deno Deploy✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Cloudflare Workers

Not documented yet.

Deno Deploy

Leader
22 total
  • Deno
  • Node.js
  • Next.js
  • React
  • Vue
  • Svelte
  • SvelteKit
  • Astro
  • Nuxt
  • Remix
  • Hono
  • Solid
  • Solid Start
  • Vite
  • Express
  • Docosaurus
  • Fresh
  • Postgres
  • Prisma
  • Deno KV
  • Terraform
  • GitHub
Independently observed
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