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
Global edge compute execution versus centralized regional serverless functions.
Zero Egress Fees on Cloudflare R2
S3-compatible object storage capacity rates without vendor lock-in.
Zero Outbound Egress Bandwidth
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 | AWSSKU & Rate | CloudflareSKU & 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) $0.000/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) $0.500/mo | Cloudflare saves 80% |
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