Comparison

Cloudflare Workers vs Vercel Functions

On the evidence we track, Vercel Functions leads this comparison with a composite score of 92/100. 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 Workers92Vercel FunctionsLeader
Vioscale score70 / 100low · 30%92 / 100low · 49%
Options{"cloud":true}{"cloud":true}
LongCloudflare Workers are fast, elastic, and serverless functions that scale automatically from zero to millions of requests.Serverless function execution platform with usage-based billing across multiple global regions and programming language runtimes.
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","triggers":"HTTP, Cron Jobs, WebSockets","languages":"Node.js, Bun, Python, Rust, Go, Ruby, Wasm","cli_and_iac":true,"http_trigger":true,"scale_to_zero":true,"scheduled_cron":true,"edge_distributed":true,"observability_builtin":true}
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":"usage","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Hobby","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"active_cpu":"4 hours/month","invocations":"1 million/month","provisioned_memory":"360 GB-hrs/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","description":"Pay-per-use consumption beyond Hobby plan limits","contactSales":false}],"summary":"Free Hobby tier with monthly included usage; Pro tier with usage-based billing","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://vercel.com/docs/functions","retrievedAt":"2026-08-01T15:44:05.076Z","billingPeriods":["month"]}
Free tierYesYes
Modelcommercialcommercial
Price levellowlow
Starting gbp0.02-
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 Functions
Core
Execution substrateV8 isolate-
Language / runtime breadthJavaScript, TypeScript, Python, RustNode.js, Bun, Python, Rust, Go, Ruby, Wasm
Reach
Runs at global edge PoPs
Scale
Scale to zero
Performance
Cold-start profileNone (isolate)-
Limits
Max execution duration--
Integration
Event source breadthHTTP endpoints, webhooks, scheduled tasks, background jobsHTTP, Cron Jobs, WebSockets
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 Functions: an evidence-based comparison · Vioscale