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Cloudflare Workers vs Vercel Edge Runtime

On the evidence we track, Cloudflare Workers 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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Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute70Cloudflare WorkersLeader68Vercel Edge Runtime
Vioscale score70 / 100low · 30%68 / 100medium · 55%
Commits last 30d-0
Github stars-913
Package downloads weekly-733,700
Options{"cloud":true}{"cloud":true}
LongCloudflare Workers are fast, elastic, and serverless functions that scale automatically from zero to millions of requests.Global CDN and edge platform optimized for dynamic and static content delivery with built-in security, performance optimization, and framework-aware caching.
Capabilities{"hosting":"cloud","triggers":"HTTP endpoints, webhooks, scheduled tasks, background jobs","languages":"JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Rust","cold_start":"none","cli_and_iac":true,"http_trigger":true,"durable_state":true,"scale_to_zero":true,"scheduled_cron":true,"edge_distributed":true,"runtime_substrate":"isolate"}{"hosting":"cloud","cold_start":"provisioned","cli_and_iac":true,"http_trigger":true,"scale_to_zero":true,"edge_distributed":true,"observability_builtin":true}
Count-1
List-[{"name":"Neon"}]
Primary-TypeScript
Spdx-MIT
Availability-{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}
Support{"cli":true,"web":true}{"cli":true,"web":true}
Pricing{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","features":["100k requests/day","10ms CPU time per request","Durable Objects: 100k requests/day, 13k GB-s/day","Durable Objects SQL: 50M rows read/day, 100k written/day, 5GB stored","Containers: 25 GiB-hrs, 375 vCPU-min, 200 GB-hrs, 1TB egress (NA/EU)"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"cpu_time":"10ms/request","requests":"100k/day","containers_cpu":"375 vCPU-min","containers_disk":"200 GB-hrs","containers_memory":"25 GiB-hrs","containers_egress_na_eu":"1TB","durable_objects_duration":"13k GB-s/day","durable_objects_requests":"100k/day","durable_objects_sql_stored":"5GB","durable_objects_sql_rows_read":"50M/day"}},{"free":false,"name":"Pay-as-you-go","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":1000000,"unit":"Durable Objects requests"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.15,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1000000,"unit":"Durable Objects GB-seconds"},"kind":"metered","amount":12.5,"currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false}],"summary":"Free tier with 100k requests/day. Pay-as-you-go at $0.30/million requests and $0.02/million CPU ms.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://workers.cloudflare.com/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-01T15:34:57.349Z","startingPrice":{"amount":0.02,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}}{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Hobby","summary":"$0/month","features":["Automatic CI/CD","Web Application Firewall","Global, automated CDN","Fluid compute","DDoS Mitigation","Traffic & performance insights"],"description":"The perfect starting place for your web app or personal project","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"isr_reads":"1M/month","active_cpu":"4 hours/month","isr_writes":"200k/month","invocations":"1M/month","ip_blocking":"3","blob_storage":"1GB/month","data_transfer":"100GB/month","edge_requests":"1M/month","rate_limiting":"1M allowed requests/month","firewall_rules":"3","edge_config_reads":"100k/month","image_cache_reads":"300k/month","blob_data_transfer":"10GB/month","edge_config_writes":"100/month","image_cache_writes":"100k/month","provisioned_memory":"360 GB-hrs/month","image_transformations":"5k/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","summary":"$20/month with $20 included usage credit","features":["All Hobby features","$20 of included usage credit","Advanced spend management","Team collaboration & free viewer seats","Faster builds + no queues","Cold start prevention"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Everything you need to build and scale your app","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"ip_blocking":"100","data_transfer":"1TB/month","edge_requests":"10M/month","firewall_rules":"40"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing with 99.99% SLA","features":["All Pro features","Guest & Team access controls","SCIM & Directory Sync","Managed WAF Rulesets","Multi-region compute & failover","99.99% SLA","Advanced Support"],"description":"Critical security, performance, observability, platform SLAs, and support","contactSales":true}],"addOns":[{"name":"Advanced Deployment Protection","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":150,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"Free (Hobby). Pro $20/month + $20 credit. Usage-based: $2/1M edge requests, $0.15/GB data transfer, $0.128/hr compute. Enterprise custom with 99.99% SLA.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://vercel.com/features/edge-functions","retrievedAt":"2026-08-05T13:09:47.082Z","startingPrice":{"amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}
Free tierYesYes
Modelcommercialcommercial
Price levellowmid
Starting gbp0.0220
TransparentYesYes
Sla pct-99.99
Status pageYesYes
Disclosure policyYesYes
Gdpr-Yes
Hipaa-Yes
Iso27001-Yes
Pci-Yes
Soc2-Yes

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Serverless & Edge Platforms
CapabilityCloudflare WorkersVercel Edge Runtime
Core
Execution substrateV8 isolate-
Language / runtime breadthJavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Rust-
Reach
Runs at global edge PoPs✓✓
Scale
Scale to zero✓✓
Performance
Cold-start profileNone (isolate)Provisioned concurrency
Limits
Max execution duration--
Integration
Event source breadthHTTP endpoints, webhooks, scheduled tasks, background jobs-
HTTP endpoint trigger✓✓
Cron / scheduled invocations✓-
State
Durable state / workflow primitive✓-
Flexibility
Bring-your-own runtime / container--
Deployment
HostingCloud onlyCloud only
Ops
Built-in logs / metrics / tracing-✓
Extensibility
CLI + IaC / framework support✓✓

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Cloudflare Workers vs Vercel Edge Runtime: an evidence-based comparison · Vioscale