# Cloudflare Workers vs Serverless Framework

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Cloudflare Workers

| Attribute | Cloudflare Workers | Serverless Framework |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 69.6 (30% (low)) | 67.7 (50% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 84 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 46,916 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | - | 1,509,715 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | Cloudflare Workers are fast, elastic, and serverless functions that scale automatically from zero to millions of requests. | Open source serverless framework for building and deploying applications on AWS Lambda with built-in development, debugging, and collaboration tools. |
| features.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":"both","cli_and_iac":true,"http_trigger":true,"scheduled_cron":true,"observability_builtin":true}` |
| language.primary | - | JavaScript |
| platform.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":false,"name":"Pay-As-You-Go","summary":"$4 per Credit","commitment":"monthly","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"credit"},"kind":"metered","amount":4,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Pay for credits monthly as you use them","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Reserved Credits","summary":"From $1 per Credit with annual commitment","features":["Up to 74% off with 1 year commitment","Up to 77% off with 2 year commitment","Up to 80% off with 3 year commitment","Additional 10% off if pay upfront","Additional 35% off for small business (<$5M revenue, <30 employees, <$5M raised)"],"commitment":"annual","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"credit"},"kind":"metered","amount":1,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Reserve monthly credits through annual contracts for discounts","contactSales":false}],"summary":"Free for individuals and small teams. Pay-as-you-go at $4/credit or reserved annual plans from $1/credit.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.serverless.com/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-01T15:41:05.833Z","startingPrice":{"amount":1,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.starting_gbp | 0.02 | 1 |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | - | 13 |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | yes |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |

## Capabilities (Serverless & Edge Platforms)

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

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-08-07T00:04:53.829Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*