Cloudflare
vs
Fal.ai
What's good about each
- 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
- Optimized for fast inference, especially for generative media
- Cost-effective, pay-as-you-go pricing model
- Offers both serverless GPU instances
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Cloudflare | Fal.ai | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Object storage | $15.81 /mo 1 TB (R2 Standard) | -- Not listed | |
| Serverless | $82.50 /mo 25M invocations, 150 ms CPU time | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | Free for most services | -- Not listed |
Heads up: Figures take each provider's closest plan to a common setup, and vary by region and usage. Hover a service for the reference configuration. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
GPUs
Fal.ai offers 5 GPU models. We track no GPU listings from Cloudflare. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Cloudflare | Fal.ai | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
2 configs
|
-- | $1.89 /GPU/hr Custom | Fal.ai only |
|
B300
2 configs
|
-- | $4.49 /GPU/hr Custom | Fal.ai only |
|
B200
2 configs
|
-- | $3.49 /GPU/hr Custom | Fal.ai only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
2 configs
|
-- | $1.10 /GPU/hr Custom | Fal.ai only |
|
H200
2 configs
|
-- | $2.10 /GPU/hr Custom | Fal.ai only |
Fal.ai bills on-demand and custom. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Cloudflare | Fal.ai |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | -- |
| HIPAA | Enterprise only | -- |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | Level 1, some products | -- |
| FedRAMP | High, Cloudflare for Government | -- |
Heads up: Each entry links to the provider's own statement. An attestation can cover one tier, one region or the platform alone rather than every service. Verify the scope before you rely on it. A dash means we found nothing to link to, not that the provider lacks it.
Company details
| Fact | Cloudflare | Fal.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2009 | 2021 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 312 | -- |
| Example customers | Shopify, DoorDash, Discord, Intercom, Zendesk | PlayAI, Quora Poe, Genspark, Hedra |
| Website | cloudflare.com | fal.ai |
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Our data for Cloudflare was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Fal.ai on Sept. 18, 2026.