Cloudflare Pages vs Vercel (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, we pick Cloudflare Pages: it is second in our ranking of web hosts, and it grades higher too, 2.8 against 2.4.
Checked Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
Cloudflare Pages grades higher on value for money. They get the same grade on the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Cloudflare Pages
Git-based hosting for static sites and full-stack apps
Vercel
Git-based hosting for front-end and full-stack web apps
Which one is for you
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 Vercel if
- Fits if you ship Next.js or other framework apps from Git
- Works for personal projects on the free Hobby plan
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if the project earns money and you want to stay on the free plan
- Pricey if you have a team: each extra deploying seat is $20 a month
- Watch out: usage beyond the $20 credit is billed on demand
- Watch out: Enterprise pricing isn't published
How we grade them
| 2.8GPACloudflare PagesGood | 2.4GPAVercelFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | AFree with no bandwidth charge for static requests, and the paid add-on is $5 a month, under the category's cheaper quarter of $5.28. | CPro is $20 a month per deploying seat with $20 of usage credit, just inside the dearer quarter ($19). Usage past the credit is billed per resource. |
| Free plan and trial | B500 builds a month, 100 projects and unlimited preview deployments, one build at a time. One person can live on it; Functions are capped at 100,000 requests a day. | BHobby is free with CI/CD, a CDN and a firewall, plus a 14-day Pro trial. But it's limited to non-commercial, personal use. |
| Features | CGit and upload deploys, previews, Functions, rollbacks and a REST API. The gaps: docs point new projects to Workers, assets are capped at 25 MiB and dynamic apps aren't covered by the free allowance. | CGit deploys, preview URLs, CDN, firewall, analytics and spend controls. It's front-end hosting first, and SCIM, multi-region failover and the SLA are Enterprise only. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. You connect a repo, set a build command and manage domains, so there's setup work. | CNo store rating on record. You connect a Git repo and set up projects, domains and environment variables. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, but with GitHub, GitLab, Workers KV, Durable Objects, R2 and a REST API. | BWeb only, with GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps and Next.js. |
| Best for | static sites with free bandwidth | deploying front-end apps from Git |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Cloudflare Pages and Vercel. How we grade
Price against what you get
Cloudflare Pages starts at $5 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Vercel starts at $20 a month and scores 2.3.
They score the same, and Cloudflare Pages starts $15 a month lower. Of the other web hosts on the chart, 1 scores higher than Cloudflare Pages for less, and 6 score higher than Vercel for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Vercel also covers web analytics.
At a glance
| Cloudflare Pages | Vercel | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $5 per month (Workers Paid, for Pages Functions usage) | $20 per month for 1 deploying seat (Pro) |
| Free plan | Unlimited static requests and bandwidth, 500 builds a month, 20,000 files per site, 100 projects, and Functions requests counted against 100,000 a day. | Hobby plan: $0 a month, with automatic CI/CD, a global CDN, a web application firewall and DDoS mitigation. Limited to non-commercial, personal use. |
| Free trial | None listed | Pro trial: 14 days with $20 in credits. |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Cloudflare | Vercel |
| Price read from | developers.cloudflare.com | vercel.com |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Nov 12, 2026 |
Worth knowing
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.
Vercel
- The Hobby plan is limited to non-commercial, personal use under Vercel's fair use guidelines.
- Pro includes one deploying seat; each extra Owner or Member seat is $20 a month, while viewer seats are free.
- Usage beyond the $20 monthly credit is billed on demand, per resource, such as per million requests or per GB-hour.
- Enterprise pricing is not published, and SCIM, multi-region failover and the 99.99% SLA are Enterprise only.
Key features
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.
Vercel
- Git deploys and preview URLs
- Projects deploy on every push from GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket or Azure DevOps, and each branch gets its own preview URL.
- Fluid compute
- Server code is billed for actual execution time rather than idle time, according to the pricing page.
- Global CDN and firewall
- Content is served from a global delivery network with HTTPS certificates, a web application firewall and DDoS mitigation on every plan.
- Analytics and observability
- Traffic and performance insights are included, with deeper observability available as a paid add-on on Pro.
- Spend management
- Pro teams can set a spending limit and alerts, and Vercel says it will stop usage before the budget is exceeded.
- AI Gateway and SDK
- Vercel offers an AI Gateway and an open-source AI SDK for apps that call language models, alongside Sandbox for running untrusted code.
Plans
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.
Vercel
Hobby$0
Import a repo and deploy, with CI/CD, CDN, firewall and fluid compute. Restricted to non-commercial, personal use.
Pro$20
per month, includes 1 deploying seat and $20 of usage credit
Adds $20 of monthly usage credit, spend management, cold start prevention and free viewer seats. More deploying seats are $20 a month each.
EnterpriseCustom
Sold through sales: SCIM and directory sync, managed WAF rulesets, multi-region compute and failover, 99.99% SLA and advanced support.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Cloudflare Pages or Vercel?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Cloudflare Pages is cheaper to start with: $5 a month, against $20 a month for Vercel. Cloudflare Pages starts at $5 per month (Workers Paid, for Pages Functions usage), and Vercel starts at $20 per month for 1 deploying seat (Pro).
Which has a free plan, Cloudflare Pages or Vercel?
As of Nov 12, 2026, both Cloudflare Pages and Vercel have a free plan.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.