Cloudflare Pages vs GitHub Pages (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 GitHub Pages if

• Fits if your site is plain files in a public repository
• Works for project pages, docs and portfolios that need no server code

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you need server-side code or a database, as Pages is static only
• Not for you if you run an online business, shop or SaaS, because GitHub's terms bar that use
• Pricey if your repository is private, as that needs a paid GitHub plan
• Watch out: sites must not handle sensitive transactions such as passwords or card numbers

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.

GitHub Pages

• Pages is static only: there is no server-side code or database.
• GitHub's terms bar using Pages as free hosting for an online business, e-commerce or SaaS site.
• Private repositories can publish Pages only on paid GitHub plans.
• Pages sites must not be used for sensitive transactions such as sending passwords or card numbers.

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.

GitHub Pages

Publish from a repository

Push files to a repository and the site updates; sites can be one per user or organization plus one per project repository.

Jekyll and custom workflows

Sites can run through a Jekyll build, or be built and published with a custom GitHub Actions workflow.

Custom domains and HTTPS

Sites live at a github.io address by default, and a custom domain can be configured with HTTPS.

Usage limits stated up front

Published sites may be no larger than 1 GB, with a soft limit of 100 GB of bandwidth and 10 builds an hour per site.

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.

GitHub Pages

• GitHub Free$0

  Pages from public repositories, one user or organization site per account and unlimited project sites.

• GitHub Team$4

  per user / month

  Pages from public and private repositories, as listed in GitHub's plans documentation.

• GitHub Enterprise$21

  per user / month

  Pages from public and private repositories on Enterprise Cloud, plus Enterprise Server.