Cloudflare Pages vs Firebase Hosting (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Cloudflare Pages if

• Fits if you run static sites or front-end apps and want no bandwidth bill
• Works for people already using Cloudflare DNS and Workers

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you want a dynamic app on the free allowance, since Functions run on Workers billing
• Tight if you push often: 500 builds a month, one at a time, with a 20-minute build limit
• Not for you if a single file is over 25 MiB
• Watch out: Cloudflare recommends Workers for new projects, so Pages may not be where the work goes

Pick Firebase Hosting if

• Fits if you ship a static site or single-page app and already use Firebase
• Works for small sites that stay under 360 MB of transfer a day

Look elsewhere if

• Not for you if you need a full-stack app, since that goes to a different product
• Tight if you get traffic: 360 MB a day on the free plan
• Skip it if you don't want a command line, as deploys use firebase deploy
• Watch out: going past Spark needs Blaze, which bills usage and needs a payment method, and the $300 credit is for eligible accounts

Cloudflare Pages

• Cloudflare's docs say Workers supports most Pages use cases and recommend starting new projects on Workers.
• The Free plan allows 500 builds a month, one at a time, with a 20-minute build timeout; Pro and Business raise this to 5,000 and 20,000.
• A single site asset can be at most 25 MiB, and a Pages account is limited to 100 projects.
• Functions usage is billed through a Workers plan, so dynamic apps are not covered by the free static allowance.

Firebase Hosting

• Data transfer is limited to 360 MB a day on the no-cost plan, which a busy site can pass quickly.
• It is aimed at static and single-page apps; full-stack web apps are pointed to App Hosting.
• Going past the Spark limits needs the Blaze plan, which bills usage and needs a payment method.
• The pricing page lists the Blaze credit of $300 only for eligible accounts.

Cloudflare Pages

Git and direct upload deploys

Each push to a connected GitHub or GitLab repository triggers a build, and sites can also be deployed by direct upload or the CLI.

Preview deployments

The limits page says projects can have an unlimited number of preview deployments active at once.

Pages Functions

Server-side code runs as Functions, with bindings to Workers KV and Durable Objects, and is billed as Workers requests.

Free static bandwidth

The pricing docs say static asset requests are free and unlimited on both free and paid plans.

Rollbacks and custom domains

The docs list rollbacks, custom domains, redirects and headers files, deploy hooks and branch deployment controls.

REST API

A REST API is documented for managing Pages projects and deployments.

Firebase Hosting

Global CDN and SSL

Files are cached at CDN edges worldwide and served as gzip or Brotli, with zero-configuration SSL certificates.

Preview channels

A change can be deployed to a temporary, shareable preview channel for review before it goes live.

One-command deploys

Sites built with frameworks such as React, Vite and Vue deploy with firebase deploy, and rollbacks use the same CLI.

GitHub Actions

A GitHub Actions integration deploys automatically on push.

Logging and analytics

Server-side analytics through Cloud Logging show visitors, response statuses and request latency.

Localized content

The product page says content can be served by country and language through the CDN.

Cloudflare Pages

• Free$0

  1 build at a time, 500 builds a month, unlimited preview deployments, and Functions within the Workers Free limit of 100,000 requests a day.

• Workers Paid$5

  per month minimum per account

  Raises the Functions allowance to 10 million requests a month, shared with Workers. Static asset requests are free either way.

Firebase Hosting

• Spark (no-cost)$0

  10 GB of storage, 360 MB a day of data transfer, custom domain and SSL, and multiple sites per project.

• Blaze (pay as you go)$0

  no base fee; usage billed beyond the Spark amounts

  Storage is free up to 10 GB, then $0.026 per GB. Data transfer is free up to 360 MB a day, then $0.15 per GB. May include $300 in free credit if eligible.