Past the daily limit, further requests fail with an error instead of billing you. Cloudflare Workers runs JavaScript and other code on Cloudflare's network without managing servers. The pricing docs list the Free plan at 100,000 requests per day, no charge for duration and 10 milliseconds of CPU time per invocation, and say that when you exceed a limit, further operations of that type fail with an error. Reddit commenters add detail: the 10 ms counts active CPU time, not time spent waiting on a response, so IO-heavy handlers fit, and 100,000 requests a day is about 3M a month if fully used. Pages Functions share the Workers quota. Practical complaints include errors at the free limits when using D1 and observability, and one commenter said the free tier of Workers AI is only for experimentation. I found no G2 or Trustpilot listing for Workers.
Free tier quotas
Requests
100,000 per day
Duration
No charge for duration
CPU time
10 milliseconds of CPU time per invocation
When a limit is exceeded
Further operations of that type fail with an error
How CPU time is counted
A commenter says time awaiting a response does not tick down the 10 ms
Shared quota
Requests to Pages Functions count toward the Workers plan quota
Paid plan
Workers Paid raises limits. Its price was not captured here
Last sniffed Oct 5, 2026. Always confirm on the official pricing page.
👍 Good boy
+100,000 requests a day is about 3M a month if fully used, per a r/sveltejs commenter, which covers many small APIs and hobby projects.
+No charge for duration on Free. Only CPU time per invocation is limited, to 10 ms.
+A r/CloudFlare commenter explained that the 10 ms is active CPU time, so while your code awaits a response the limit does not tick down. IO-heavy workloads fit within it.
+A r/CloudFlare poster who had used Workers for a while said it had been smooth, and that they kept expecting an annoying setup step or infrastructure headache that did not show up.
+A commenter building a production project on the free tier said 100k requests a day is plenty and used KV to cache data globally.
+Pages Functions and Workers share one quota, so server-side code on Pages and standalone Workers use a single allowance.
👎 Watch out
−Exceeding any free limit makes further operations of that type fail with an error, not slow down.
−10 ms of CPU per invocation rules out heavy compute. A r/CloudFlare commenter called the 10 ms the one limit they found Cloudflare actually enforces.
−A r/CloudFlare poster titled a thread about losing the battle with the Workers free plan, citing D1 limits and an observability CPU limit, and said about a handful of times per day it hits an error.
−A commenter called the Workers AI free tier useless for real work and good only for experimentation.
−Costs beyond Free are not shown on the pricing text I captured, so I cannot say what Workers Paid costs.
−I found no G2 or Trustpilot listing, so independent evidence is Reddit threads.
The catch
The free limits are 100,000 requests a day and 10 ms of CPU per invocation, with no charge for duration. When you exceed a limit, further operations of that type fail with an error until it resets.
The 10 ms is active CPU time, not wall-clock time, so a handler that mostly awaits fetches or database calls stays within it. CPU-heavy work such as large JSON transforms, image processing or crypto will not.
Other Cloudflare products used with Workers have their own free limits. A Reddit poster reported D1 and observability limits causing errors, and D1's daily limits are listed on its own pricing page. I could not confirm the signup card requirement, commercial terms or Workers Paid pricing.
What’s included
✓JavaScript and other runtimes on Cloudflare's network
✓No charge for duration on Free
✓KV for caching (per a Reddit commenter)
✓Shared quota with Pages Functions
✓Workers AI (experimental on Free, per a commenter)
✓100,000 requests a day on Free
✓10 ms of active CPU time per invocation on Free
Free tier value
Generosity
B
Estimated value
About 3M requests a month of serverless compute on Cloudflare's network
Feature parity
Workers Paid raises the request and CPU limits. Pricing is not confirmed here.
Raises the request and CPU time limits. The price and included amounts were not captured in the pricing text I read.
Pages Functions quota
Requests to Pages Functions count toward your Workers plan quota.
Common questions
How many requests does Workers Free allow?
100,000 per day.
What is the CPU limit on Free?
10 milliseconds of CPU time per invocation. A commenter says time spent waiting on a response does not count.
What happens when I exceed a limit?
Further operations of that type fail with an error.
Do I pay for duration?
Not on Free. The pricing docs list no charge for duration.
Is Workers AI free?
A commenter says the free tier is for experimentation only. Check the current limits for your use.
Change history
Checked October 22, 2026
Pricing page excerpt read. Reddit threads read as excerpts. No G2 or Trustpilot listing found. Workers Paid pricing, card requirement and commercial terms not captured.
