# Cloudflare Workers vs Deno Deploy

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Deno Deploy

| Attribute | Cloudflare Workers | Deno Deploy |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 63.1 (14% (low)) | 69.9 (75% (high)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 396 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 108,769 |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"Cloudflare Workers is a server runtime that allows you to run JavaScript and WebAssembly code in response to HTTP requests, either through Cloudflare's cloud platform or by self-hosting the runtime. It is indexed under Serverless & Edge Platforms.","source":"https://workers.cloudflare.com/","question":"What is Cloudflare Workers?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Cloudflare Workers offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $20 per year. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.cloudflare.com/plans","question":"Is Cloudflare Workers free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Cloudflare Workers supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://www.cloudflare.com/plans","question":"What platforms does Cloudflare Workers support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Cloudflare Workers can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://workers.cloudflare.com/","question":"Can Cloudflare Workers be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001 and GDPR for Cloudflare Workers. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Cloudflare Workers not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://workers.cloudflare.com/trust-hub/","question":"What security certifications does Cloudflare Workers have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Cloudflare Workers is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in the United States.","source":"https://www.cloudflare.com/plans","question":"Where is Cloudflare Workers available?","confidence":0.75}]` | `[{"answer":"Deno Deploy is a cloud deployment service that runs JavaScript and TypeScript code at the edge, providing serverless execution with integrated databases, observability, and framework support. It is indexed under Serverless & Edge Platforms.","source":"https://deno.com/deploy/pricing","question":"What is Deno Deploy?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Deno Deploy is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the MIT licence. A commercial or hosted edition starts at $20 per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://deno.com/deploy/pricing","question":"Is Deno Deploy free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Deno Deploy supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://deno.com/deploy/pricing","question":"What platforms does Deno Deploy support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Deno Deploy, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://deno.com/deploy/pricing","question":"Can Deno Deploy be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 18 integrations for Deno Deploy, including Deno, Node.js, Next.js, React, Vue, Svelte, Astro and Nuxt, plus 10 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://deno.com/deploy/pricing","question":"What does Deno Deploy integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2 for Deno Deploy. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Deno Deploy not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://deno.com/deploy/pricing","question":"What security certifications does Deno Deploy have?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Deno Deploy is published under the MIT licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/denoland/deno","question":"Is Deno Deploy open source?","confidence":0.95},{"answer":"Deno Deploy is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States.","source":"https://deno.com/deploy/pricing","question":"Where is Deno Deploy available?","confidence":0.5}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | 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. |
| features.capabilities | `{"hosting":"cloud","triggers":"HTTP requests, cron schedules, webhooks, message queues","languages":"JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Rust","cold_start":"none","cli_and_iac":true,"http_trigger":true,"durable_state":true,"scale_to_zero":true,"custom_runtime":true,"scheduled_cron":true,"edge_distributed":true,"runtime_substrate":"isolate"}` | `{"hosting":"cloud","triggers":"HTTP requests, cron schedules","languages":"JavaScript, TypeScript","cold_start":"low","cli_and_iac":true,"http_trigger":true,"durable_state":true,"scale_to_zero":true,"scheduled_cron":true,"edge_distributed":true,"runtime_substrate":"isolate","observability_builtin":true}` |
| integrations.count | - | 21 |
| integrations.list | - | `[{"name":"Deno"},{"name":"Node.js"},{"name":"Next.js"},{"name":"React"},{"name":"Vue"},{"name":"Svelte"},{"name":"SvelteKit"},{"name":"Astro"},{"name":"Nuxt"},{"name":"Remix"},{"name":"Hono"},{"name":"Solid"},{"name":"Solid Start"},{"name":"Vite"},{"name":"Express"},{"name":"Docosaurus"},{"name":"Fresh"},{"name":"Postgres"},{"name":"Prisma"},{"name":"Deno KV"},{"name":"Terraform"},{"name":"GitHub","native":true,"category":"development","direction":"inbound"}]` |
| language.primary | - | Rust |
| license.spdx | - | MIT |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"mac":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Free tier for hobby projects","features":["DNS","DDoS Protection","CDN","Universal SSL","WAF","Free Managed Ruleset","SSO Support","Role-based Account Control"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For personal or hobby projects","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"containers_cpu":"375 vCPU-min","containers_disk":"200 GB-hrs","workers_cpu_time":"10ms/request","workers_requests":"100k/day","browser_rendering":"10 min/day","containers_memory":"25 GiB-hrs","workflows_storage":"1 GB","browser_concurrent":"3 browsers","workflows_cpu_time":"10ms/invocation","workflows_requests":"100k/day","containers_egress_na_eu":"1 TB","durable_objects_duration":"13k GB-s/day","durable_objects_requests":"100k/day","durable_objects_kv_storage":"1 GB","durable_objects_sql_storage":"5 GB","durable_objects_sql_rows_read":"50M/day","durable_objects_sql_rows_written":"100k/day"}},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","summary":"$20/mo billed annually or $25/mo billed monthly","features":["Fast DNS","Unmetered DDoS Protection","CDN","Universal SSL Certificate","Free Managed Ruleset","Web Application Firewall","Lossless Image Optimization","Accelerated Mobile Pages","100% Uptime SLA","1x Uptime Service Credits","Single-Sign-On Support","Role-based Account Control"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":25,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"fixed","amount":20,"period":"year","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For professional websites","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Business","summary":"$200/mo billed annually or $250/mo billed monthly","features":["Fast DNS","Unmetered DDoS Protection","CDN","Universal SSL Certificate","Free Managed Ruleset","Web Application Firewall","Lossless Image Optimization","Accelerated Mobile Pages","PCI DSS 4.0 Compliance","10x or 25x Uptime Service Credits","Single-Sign-On Support","Role-based Account Control","Network Prioritization"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":250,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"fixed","amount":200,"period":"year","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For small businesses operating online","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Contract","summary":"Custom pricing, billed annually","commitment":"annual","description":"For mission-critical applications","contactSales":true}],"addOns":[{"name":"Workers (metered)","components":[{"per":{"qty":1000000,"unit":"requests"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.3,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1000000,"unit":"CPU ms"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.02,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Containers (metered)","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GiB-second"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.0000025,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"vCPU-second"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.00002,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB-second"},"kind":"metered","amount":7e-8,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.025,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Durable Objects (metered)","components":[{"per":{"qty":1000000,"unit":"requests"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.15,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1000000,"unit":"GB-s"},"kind":"metered","amount":12.5,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1000000,"unit":"SQL rows read"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.001,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1000000,"unit":"SQL rows written"},"kind":"metered","amount":1,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB-month"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.2,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Browser Rendering (metered)","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"hour"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.09,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"browser"},"kind":"metered","amount":2,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Workflows (metered)","components":[{"per":{"qty":1000000,"unit":"requests"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.3,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1000000,"unit":"CPU ms"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.02,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB-month"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.2,"currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"Free tier with per-request and per-CPU metering. General Cloudflare plans from free to $250/mo; Workers add-on services metered separately.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.cloudflare.com/plans","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T16:41:04.189Z","startingPrice":{"amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Free","features":["1M requests/month","20GiB egress bandwidth","5 custom domains","10 hr active CPU","150 GiB-hr memory time","10 GiB revision storage","10 active apps","1 concurrent build","15 builds per hour","1 GiB KV storage","Community support via Discord","99.95% SLA"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For personal use and smaller projects","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"apps":"10","active_cpu":"10 hr","kv_storage":"1 GiB","memory_time":"150 GiB-hr","team_members":"25","kv_read_units":"1M","custom_domains":"5","kv_write_units":"500k","logs_retention":"1 day","builds_per_hour":"15","egress_bandwidth":"20GiB","revision_storage":"10 GiB","concurrent_builds":"1","requests_per_month":"1M","app_metrics_history":"1 month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","summary":"$20/month","features":["5M requests/month with overage pricing","200GiB egress with overage pricing","100 custom domains","Wildcard subdomains","50 hr active CPU with overage pricing","750 GiB-hr memory time","50 GiB revision storage","50 active apps","3 concurrent builds","60 builds per hour","5 GiB sandbox volume storage","5M KV read units with overage pricing","2.5M KV write units with overage pricing","1 week logs retention","3 months app metrics history","Email support","SOC2 Type 1","99.95% SLA"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For team collaboration with advanced features","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"dpa":"True","apps":"50","active_cpu":"50 hr (then $0.10/hr)","kv_storage":"1 GiB (then $0.75/GiB)","memory_time":"750 GiB-hr (then $0.025/GiB-hr)","soc2_type_1":"True","team_members":"25","kv_read_units":"5M (then $1/M)","custom_domains":"100","kv_write_units":"2.5M (then $2.50/M)","logs_retention":"1 week","builds_per_hour":"60","egress_bandwidth":"200GiB (then $0.20/GiB)","revision_storage":"50 GiB (then $0.08/GiB-mo)","concurrent_builds":"3","requests_per_month":"5M (then $2/M)","app_metrics_history":"3 months","wildcard_subdomains":"True"}},{"free":false,"name":"Builder","summary":"$200/month","features":["25M requests/month","2,000GiB egress bandwidth","Unlimited custom domains","500 hr active CPU","7,500 GiB-hr memory time","500 GiB revision storage","10,000 active apps","250 builds per hour","25M KV read units","12.5M KV write units","Sandbox volume storage","Onboarding support from engineers","SOC2 Type 1","99.95% SLA"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":200,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For Subhosting users and growing platforms","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"dpa":"True","apps":"10,000","active_cpu":"500 hr","memory_time":"7,500 GiB-hr","soc2_type_1":"True","kv_read_units":"25M","custom_domains":"Unlimited","kv_write_units":"12.5M","builds_per_hour":"250","egress_bandwidth":"2,000GiB","revision_storage":"500 GiB","concurrent_builds":"Unlimited","onboarding_support":"True","requests_per_month":"25M"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing","description":"Maximum support, security, and performance","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free tier, Pro from $20/month, Builder from $200/month, Enterprise custom pricing","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://deno.com/deploy/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-10-13T15:16:35.886Z","startingPrice":{"amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | open_source | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | free | mid |
| pricing.starting_price | - | `{"amount":20,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | - | 7 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/denoland/deno/releases/tag/v2.9.7","date":"2026-09-17T09:04:55Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.9.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/denoland/deno/releases/tag/v2.9.6","date":"2026-08-27T17:29:30Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.9.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/denoland/deno/releases/tag/v2.9.5","date":"2026-08-06T15:05:43Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.9.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/denoland/deno/releases/tag/v2.9.4","date":"2026-07-23T16:59:31Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.9.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/denoland/deno/releases/tag/v2.9.3","date":"2026-07-15T15:35:06Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.9.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/denoland/deno/releases/tag/v2.9.2","date":"2026-07-08T14:36:21Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.9.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/denoland/deno/releases/tag/v2.9.1","date":"2026-07-01T16:31:16Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.9.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/denoland/deno/releases/tag/v2.9.0","date":"2026-06-25T15:00:40Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.9.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/denoland/deno/releases/tag/v2.8.3","date":"2026-06-11T15:57:47Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.8.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/denoland/deno/releases/tag/v2.8.2","date":"2026-06-03T13:41:42Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.8.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/denoland/deno/releases/tag/v2.8.1","date":"2026-05-27T12:56:27Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.8.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/denoland/deno/releases/tag/v2.8.0","date":"2026-05-22T10:51:19Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.8.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/denoland/deno/releases/tag/v2.7.14","date":"2026-04-28T16:49:55Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.7.14"},{"url":"https://github.com/denoland/deno/releases/tag/v2.7.13","date":"2026-04-22T13:26:47Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.7.13"},{"url":"https://github.com/denoland/deno/releases/tag/v2.7.12","date":"2026-04-09T20:35:29Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.7.12"},{"url":"https://github.com/denoland/deno/releases/tag/v2.7.11","date":"2026-04-01T12:45:08Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.7.11"},{"url":"https://github.com/denoland/deno/releases/tag/v2.7.10","date":"2026-03-31T15:09:24Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.7.10"},{"url":"https://github.com/denoland/deno/releases/tag/v2.7.9","date":"2026-03-27T12:54:54Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.7.9"},{"url":"https://github.com/denoland/deno/releases/tag/v2.7.8","date":"2026-03-25T16:11:12Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.7.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/denoland/deno/releases/tag/v2.7.7","date":"2026-03-19T13:52:21Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.7.7"}]` |
| reliability.sla_pct | 100 | 99.95 |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.certifications | - | `[{"name":"SOC2 Type 1","level":"Type 1","status":"active"}]` |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.pci | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | - | 5.4 |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |
| security.trust_center | https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/security/account-takeover | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=cargo&package_name=deno_core&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Serverless & Edge Platforms)

| Capability | Cloudflare Workers | Deno Deploy |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Execution substrate | V8 isolate | V8 isolate |
| Language / runtime breadth | JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Rust | JavaScript, TypeScript |
| **Reach** |  |  |
| Runs at global edge PoPs | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Scale** |  |  |
| Scale to zero | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Performance** |  |  |
| Cold-start profile | None (isolate) | Low |
| **Limits** |  |  |
| Max execution duration | - | - |
| **Integration** |  |  |
| Event source breadth | HTTP requests, cron schedules, webhooks, message queues | HTTP requests, cron schedules |
| HTTP endpoint trigger | ✓ | ✓ |
| Cron / scheduled invocations | ✓ | ✓ |
| **State** |  |  |
| Durable state / workflow primitive | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Flexibility** |  |  |
| Bring-your-own runtime / container | ✓ | - |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Hosting | Cloud only | Cloud only |
| **Ops** |  |  |
| Built-in logs / metrics / tracing | - | ✓ |
| **Extensibility** |  |  |
| CLI + IaC / framework support | ✓ | ✓ |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T06:46:53.414Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*