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AWS vs Cloudflare

AWS spans compute, databases and machine learning across its own regions, while Cloudflare runs edge compute and object storage with no egress fees.

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What's good about...

Amazon Web Services logo AWS

  • Extensive range of managed services, from serverless to databases to queues to video streaming
  • Generous free tier and savings plan available to lock-in discounts
  • 30+ datacenter locations around the world

Cloudflare logo Cloudflare

  • Every service runs in every datacenter, 300+ cities
  • No egress fees on R2 object storage or Workers
  • Free tier covers CDN, DNS, WAF and DDoS mitigation
  • One platform for serverless compute, storage, SQL and vector search

Price comparison

How do AWS's prices compare against Cloudflare?

VM Small

Amazon Web Services AWS
$7.49 / mo 2 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (t3.micro)
Cloudflare Cloudflare
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VM Medium

Amazon Web Services AWS
$119.80 / mo 4 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (t3.xlarge)
Cloudflare Cloudflare
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VM Large

Amazon Web Services AWS
$248.20 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (c5.2xlarge)
Cloudflare Cloudflare
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Block Storage

Amazon Web Services AWS
$8.00 / mo 100 GB
Cloudflare Cloudflare
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Object Storage

Amazon Web Services AWS
$24.63 / mo 1 TB
Cloudflare Cloudflare
$15.81 / mo 1 TB (R2 Standard)

Load Balancer

Amazon Web Services AWS
$22.57 / mo Network Load Balancer
Cloudflare Cloudflare
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Managed PostgreSQL

Amazon Web Services AWS
$57.59 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (db.t3.medium)
Cloudflare Cloudflare
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Managed Redis®*

Amazon Web Services AWS
$24.82 / mo 1 vCPU, 1.55 GiB RAM (cache.t2.small)
Cloudflare Cloudflare
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Serverless 25M Executions

Amazon Web Services AWS
$36.26 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration
Cloudflare Cloudflare
$82.50 / mo 25M invocations, 150 ms CPU time

Free egress allowance

Amazon Web Services AWS
100 GB / mo
Cloudflare Cloudflare
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1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Amazon Web Services AWS
$90.00 $0.09 / GB (North America)
Cloudflare Cloudflare
Free for most services

GPU Fleet Overview

Billing Options

Amazon Web Services AWS
On-DemandReserved (12mo)Reserved (36mo)
Cloudflare Cloudflare
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Available Models

AWS offers 18 GPU models.

Amazon Web Services AWS
H100(6) H200(1) RTX PRO 6000(6) A100(6) L40S(24) B200(1) B300(1) V100(6) L4(30) T4(21)
View all 18 GPUs →
Cloudflare Cloudflare
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Heads up: A provider's own page may quote a different figure, for example on tax, region or a promotion. A monthly-only plan shows a derived hourly rate. Plan figures take each provider's closest match to a common setup. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.

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Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that AWS and Cloudflare offer:

Service AWS Cloudflare
Analytics
App Testing
Block Storage
Content Delivery Network (CDN)
Container Registry
Crash Reporting
GPU-powered Servers
Load Balancer
Managed Containers
Managed Databases
Managed Kubernetes
Managed MySQL
Managed PostgreSQL
Managed Redis®*
NoSQL Databases
Object Storage
Performance Monitoring
Push Notifications
Realtime Databases
Remote Config
Serverless Cron Jobs
Serverless Functions
Static Sites
User Authentication
Vector Databases
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

Website
Amazon Web Services AWS
aws.amazon.com
Cloudflare Cloudflare
cloudflare.com
Headquarters
Amazon Web Services AWS
United States of America US flag
Cloudflare Cloudflare
United States of America US flag
Founded
Amazon Web Services AWS
2006
Cloudflare Cloudflare
2009
Data Center Locations
Amazon Web Services AWS
31
Cloudflare Cloudflare
312
Example Customers
Amazon Web Services AWS
Vanguard, Disney, Samsung, Zocdoc, GoPro
Cloudflare Cloudflare
Shopify, DoorDash, Discord, Intercom, Zendesk

Alternatives to consider

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Our data for AWS was last updated on Sept. 11, 2026, and for Cloudflare on Sept. 1, 2026.