# Cloudflare Workers vs Vercel Edge Runtime

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Cloudflare Workers

| Attribute | Cloudflare Workers | Vercel Edge Runtime |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 69.6 (30% (low)) | 67.6 (55% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 0 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 913 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | - | 733,700 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | Cloudflare 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. |
| 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":"cloud","cold_start":"provisioned","cli_and_iac":true,"http_trigger":true,"scale_to_zero":true,"edge_distributed":true,"observability_builtin":true}` |
| integrations.count | - | 1 |
| integrations.list | - | `[{"name":"Neon"}]` |
| language.primary | - | TypeScript |
| license.spdx | - | MIT |
| market.availability | - | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| 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":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"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | low | mid |
| pricing.starting_gbp | 0.02 | 20 |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| reliability.sla_pct | - | 99.99 |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | yes |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.hipaa | - | yes |
| security.iso27001 | - | yes |
| security.pci | - | yes |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |

## Capabilities (Serverless & Edge Platforms)

| Capability | Cloudflare Workers | Vercel Edge Runtime |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **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) | Provisioned concurrency |
| **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 only |
| **Ops** |  |  |
| Built-in logs / metrics / tracing | - | ✓ |
| **Extensibility** |  |  |
| CLI + IaC / framework support | ✓ | ✓ |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-08-07T00:05:34.114Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*