AWS vs. Cloudflare: 2026 Serverless, Edge Compute & Egress Cost Comparison
Cloudflare eliminates outbound egress fees entirely with R2 object storage and provides ultra-fast global edge compute via Workers, whereas AWS charges complex multi-layered bandwidth fees across CloudFront and S3.
Up to 70% Cheaper on Edge Workers
Standard on-demand list pricing comparison for general purpose memory and vCPU tiers.
Zero Egress Fees on Cloudflare R2
PostgreSQL and MySQL database clusters with high availability and automated daily backups.
Cloudflare Generous Free Pools
Cloudflare charges $0.00 for outbound data egress across all storage and edge tiers. AWS charges $0.085–$0.09/GB for S3 and EC2 egress.
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Monthly prices based on 730 hours/month on-demand consumption.
| Workload Profile | AWS SKU & Rate | Cloudflare SKU & Rate | Cost Advantage |
|---|---|---|---|
Serverless Functions (10M Invocations) 10 Million Invocations • 128 MB RAM | AWS Lambda ($0.20/1M + duration) $4.10/mo | Cloudflare Workers Standard ($0.50/1M) $5.00/mo | Cloudflare saves 18% |
Object Storage (10 TB Capacity) 10,000 GB Capacity Storage | Amazon S3 Standard ($0.023/GB) $230.00/mo | Cloudflare R2 ($0.015/GB) $150.00/mo | Cloudflare saves 35% |
Outbound Egress Bandwidth (10 TB) 10,000 GB Outbound to Internet | AWS S3 Data Transfer ($0.09/GB) $900.00/mo | Cloudflare R2 / CDN Egress ($0.00/GB) $0.00/mo | Cloudflare saves 100% |
Edge Key-Value Storage (10M Reads) 10M Read Operations • 1 GB Data | AWS DynamoDB On-Demand $2.50/mo | Cloudflare Workers KV (Included in Paid) $0.50/mo | Cloudflare saves 80% |
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