# Cloudflare vs CoreWeave

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Cloudflare

| Attribute | Cloudflare | CoreWeave |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 80.3 (72% (medium)) | 58.8 (49% (low)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | Cloudflare operates an edge network spanning 335+ cities worldwide, offering integrated services for application security, CDN performance, DDoS protection, and serverless computing. The platform enables businesses to build, secure, and scale applications without managing underlying infrastructure. | AI-native platform of technology, tools, and teams fully integrated and purpose-built to power complex AI workloads. |
| features.capabilities | `{"tier":"hyperscaler","marketplace":true,"regions_count":"335+ cities across 125+ countries","object_storage":true,"serverless_faas":true,"managed_databases":true}` | `{"tier":"hyperscaler","bare_metal":true,"free_egress":true,"block_storage":true,"gpu_instances":true,"regions_count":"Multiple regions across US and Europe","data_residency":true,"object_storage":true,"serverless_faas":true,"managed_kubernetes":true,"private_networking":true}` |
| integrations.count | 1 | 1 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"App Marketplace (developer ecosystem)"}]` | `[{"name":"Datadog"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":["US","GB","EU"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":["US","EU"],"availabilityScope":"regional","availableCountries":["US"],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Free forever","features":["Fast, Easy-to-use DNS","Unmetered DDoS Protection","CDN","Universal SSL Certificate","Free Managed Ruleset","Web Application Firewall (WAF)","Single-Sign-On (SSO) Support","Role-based Account Control"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For personal or hobby projects that aren't business-critical","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","summary":"$20/month billed annually or $25/month billed monthly","features":["All Free features","Lossless Image Optimization","Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP)","PCI DSS 4.0 Compliance","100% Uptime SLA","1x Uptime Service Credits","Network Prioritization"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"fixed","amount":25,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For professional websites that aren't business-critical","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Business","summary":"$200/month billed annually or $250/month billed monthly","features":["All Pro features","10x (Standard) or 25x (Premium) Uptime Service Credits","Professional support available"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":200,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"fixed","amount":250,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For small businesses operating online","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Contract","summary":"Custom pricing, billed annually","features":["All Business features","Network Prioritization","24/7 Phone, chat, ticket support","Professional services available"],"commitment":"annual","description":"For mission-critical applications that are core to your business","contactSales":true}],"addOns":[{"name":"Workers","components":[{"per":{"qty":"day","unit":"requests"},"kind":"fixed","amount":100000,"currency":"USD","description":"Free daily requests"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"million requests"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.3,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":"ms","unit":"request"},"kind":"fixed","amount":10,"currency":"USD","description":"Free CPU time"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"million CPU ms"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.02,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Containers","components":[{"per":{"qty":"included","unit":"GiB-hrs"},"kind":"fixed","amount":25,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GiB-second"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.0000025,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":"included","unit":"vCPU-min"},"kind":"fixed","amount":375,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"vCPU-second"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.00002,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":"included","unit":"GB-hrs"},"kind":"fixed","amount":200,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB-second"},"kind":"metered","amount":7e-8,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":"TB","unit":"included"},"kind":"fixed","amount":1,"currency":"USD","description":"Network Egress NA/EU"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.025,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Durable Objects","components":[{"per":{"qty":"day","unit":"requests"},"kind":"fixed","amount":100000,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"million requests"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.15,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":"day","unit":"GB-s"},"kind":"fixed","amount":13000,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"million GB-s"},"kind":"metered","amount":12.5,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":"day","unit":"SQL rows read"},"kind":"fixed","amount":50000000,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"million rows"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.001,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":"day","unit":"SQL rows written"},"kind":"fixed","amount":100000,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"million rows"},"kind":"metered","amount":1,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":"GB","unit":"stored"},"kind":"fixed","amount":5,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB-month"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.2,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Browser Rendering","components":[{"per":{"qty":"minutes/day","unit":"browser hours"},"kind":"fixed","amount":10,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"hour"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.09,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":"browsers","unit":"concurrent"},"kind":"fixed","amount":3,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"browser"},"kind":"metered","amount":2,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Workflows","components":[{"per":{"qty":"day","unit":"requests"},"kind":"fixed","amount":100000,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"million requests"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.3,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":"invocation","unit":"ms"},"kind":"fixed","amount":10,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"million CPU ms"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.02,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":"GB","unit":"storage"},"kind":"fixed","amount":1,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB-month"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.2,"currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"From $0 (free) to $250/month for standard plans; serverless compute metered per usage (Workers from $0.30/million requests, Containers from $0.0000025/GiB-second). Free tier available.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.cloudflare.com/plans/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T12:12:04.487Z","startingPrice":{"amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | `{"type":"usage","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"GPU Instances (A La Carte)","summary":"Custom GPU configurations: GPUs $0.24–$4.76/hr, vCPU $0.01/hr, RAM $0.005/hr","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"hour"},"kind":"metered","amount":4.25,"currency":"USD","description":"NVIDIA H100 PCIe"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"hour"},"kind":"metered","amount":2.21,"currency":"USD","description":"NVIDIA A100 80GB"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"hour"},"kind":"metered","unit":"vCPU","amount":0.01,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"hour"},"kind":"metered","unit":"GB","amount":0.005,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Flexible GPU-based compute with configurable GPU, vCPU, and RAM components","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"CPU-Only Instances (A La Carte)","summary":"$0.0125–$0.035/vCPU/hr with 4GB RAM per vCPU included","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"hour"},"kind":"metered","unit":"vCPU","amount":0.035,"currency":"USD","description":"Intel Xeon Ice Lake"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"hour"},"kind":"metered","unit":"vCPU","amount":0.03,"currency":"USD","description":"Intel Xeon Scalable"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"hour"},"kind":"metered","unit":"vCPU","amount":0.0125,"currency":"USD","description":"Intel Xeon v3"}],"description":"CPU-based compute with RAM included per vCPU","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Storage (A La Carte)","summary":"$0.03–$0.07/GB/month with no egress charges","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"month"},"kind":"metered","unit":"GB","amount":0.04,"currency":"USD","description":"File Storage HDD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"month"},"kind":"metered","unit":"GB","amount":0.07,"currency":"USD","description":"File/Block Storage NVMe"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"month"},"kind":"metered","unit":"GB","amount":0.03,"currency":"USD","description":"Object Storage"}],"description":"High-performance file, block, and object storage","contactSales":false}],"summary":"Pure usage-based pricing: GPUs $0.24–$4.76/hr, vCPU $0.0125–$0.035/hr, RAM $0.005/hr, storage $0.03–$0.07/GB/month","currency":"USD","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://wf.coreweave.com/pricing/classic","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T20:45:31.236Z","startingPrice":{"amount":0.005,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["hour","month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | no |
| pricing.model | freemium | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | mid | low |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| reliability.sla_pct | 100 | - |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.pci | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |

## Capabilities (Cloud Infrastructure)

| Capability | Cloudflare | CoreWeave |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Provider tier | Hyperscaler | Hyperscaler |
| **Reach** |  |  |
| Regions / global footprint | 335+ cities across 125+ countries | Multiple regions across US and Europe |
| **Compute** |  |  |
| Bare-metal servers | - | ✓ |
| GPU / accelerated compute | - | ✓ |
| Spot / preemptible pricing | - | - |
| **Storage** |  |  |
| Object storage | ✓ | ✓ |
| Block storage | - | ✓ |
| **Managed** |  |  |
| Managed Kubernetes | - | ✓ |
| Managed databases | ✓ | - |
| Serverless / FaaS | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Network** |  |  |
| VPC / private networking | - | ✓ |
| **Pricing** |  |  |
| Free / low egress | - | ✓ |
| **Compliance** |  |  |
| Data-residency / sovereign options | - | ✓ |
| **Ecosystem** |  |  |
| Partner marketplace | ✓ | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T16:47:46.210Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*