Edge vs Cloudflare Pages

Edge9.4Visit Cloudflare Pages8.6Visit

Higher score Edge #1 in Edge Hosting 9.4/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Edge

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Cloudflare Pages #6 in Edge Hosting 8.6/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 1 of 4 features Visit Pages

• Edge fits best

  Broad, full-stack edge infrastructure

• Cloudflare Pages fits best

  Free static and frontend hosting

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Side by side

Feature	Edge 9.4/10 Visit ↗	Cloudflare Pages 8.6/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.4	8.6
Ranking	#1 in Edge Hosting	#6 in Edge Hosting
Best for	Broad, full-stack edge infrastructure	Free static and frontend hosting
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	$9.62/mo	—
Free plan	✓	✓
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud, Browser extension	Cloud
Platforms	Web, Windows, macOS, Linux	Web
Support	Email, Docs	Community, Docs
Integrations	5 integrations	4 integrations
Built for	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Edge 4/4 · Cloudflare Pages 1/4
Container support	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Persistent storage	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Custom domains	✓	✓
Edge database	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Specs
Edge locations	1016 locations	Not checked yet
Included bandwidth	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	CDN, VMs, Docker, databases, storage, and DNS in one platform Free tiers cover DNS, CDN, storage, Shield, and Assist Docker root access, REST API, CLI, MCP, and S3-compatible API	Free plan includes unlimited sites, requests, and bandwidth GitHub and GitLab deployments with branch and pull request previews Pages Functions, rollbacks, monorepos, and custom domains
Cons	Paid compute starts at $9.62 per month and scales sharply to Enterprise CDN, storage, and other services use usage-based pricing beyond free tiers A broad platform may exceed the needs of teams seeking only CDN delivery	Free plan allows only 1 build at a time Higher tiers raise build and domain limits rather than adding new plan names Workers is recommended for new projects covering most Pages use cases
Our verdict	Edge is a distributed cloud hosting platform for developers, startups, agencies, and enterprises. It brings content delivery, virtual machines, Docker workloads, object storage, anycast DNS, databases, bot protection, and AI website… Read the review →	Cloudflare Pages is a serverless platform for developers, designers, and product teams building, testing, collaborating on, and deploying websites and full-stack applications. It connects to GitHub and GitLab for automatic deployments,… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Edge — where it wins

  • CDN, VMs, Docker, databases, storage, and DNS in one platform
  • Free tiers cover DNS, CDN, storage, Shield, and Assist
  • Docker root access, REST API, CLI, MCP, and S3-compatible API

  Where it doesn't

  • Paid compute starts at $9.62 per month and scales sharply to Enterprise
  • CDN, storage, and other services use usage-based pricing beyond free tiers
  • A broad platform may exceed the needs of teams seeking only CDN delivery

• Cloudflare Pages — where it wins

  • Free plan includes unlimited sites, requests, and bandwidth
  • GitHub and GitLab deployments with branch and pull request previews
  • Pages Functions, rollbacks, monorepos, and custom domains

  Where it doesn't

  • Free plan allows only 1 build at a time
  • Higher tiers raise build and domain limits rather than adding new plan names
  • Workers is recommended for new projects covering most Pages use cases

• Edge9.4/10 · Free plan

  A broad edge stack for teams that want delivery, compute, storage, and databases together.

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• Cloudflare Pages8.6/10 · Free plan

  A flexible free tier for Git-based static sites, previews, and edge-hosted functions.

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