Cloudflare vs Replicate

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What's good about them
Price comparison
Services offered
Company details
Alternatives to consider

What's good about...

Cloudflare

Consolidates many edge services under one platform: DNS, Load Balancing, caching, image optimization, serverless functions
Massive edge network that can handle large DDoS attacks
Very generous free tier, affordable paid plans

Replicate

Run AI/ML models without having to manage the infrastructure
Excellent web UI to explore and try out models without code
Train and deploy custom models using Cog

Price comparison

How do Cloudflare's prices compare against Replicate?

Example configuration	Cloudflare	Replicate
Object Storage	$19.86 / mo 1 TB	--
Serverless 25M Executions	$82.50 / mo 25M invocations, 150 ms duration	--
1 TB of egress beyond allowance	Free for most services	--

Replicate uses a metered billing model. You only pay as long as your code is running, billed by the second based on the hardware selected.

Replicate offers GPUs in the following configurations:

Name	GPUs	VRAM	vCPUs	RAM	Price/h
Nvidia T4	1x T4	16GB	4	16GB	$0.81	Source
Nvidia A40 (Small)	1x A40	48GB	4	16GB	$2.07	Source
Nvidia A40 (Large)	1x A40	48GB	10	72GB	$2.61	Source
Nvidia A100 (40GB)	1x A100	40GB	10	72GB	$4.14	Source
Nvidia A100 (80GB)	1x A100	80GB	10	144GB	$5.04	Source
2x Nvidia A40 (Large)	2x A40	96GB	20	144GB	$5.22	Source
2x Nvidia A100 (40GB)	2x A100	80GB	20	144GB	$8.28	Source
2x Nvidia A100 (80GB)	2x A100	160GB	20	288GB	$10.08	Source
4x Nvidia A40 (Large)	4x A40	192GB	40	288GB	$10.44	Source
4x Nvidia A100 (40GB)	4x A100	160GB	40	288GB	$16.56	Source
4x Nvidia A100 (80GB)	4x A100	320GB	40	576GB	$20.16	Source
8x Nvidia A40 (Large)	8x A40	384GB	48	680GB	$20.88	Source
8x Nvidia A100 (80GB)	8x A100	640GB	80	960GB	$40.32	Source

Note: Our pricing examples are based on several assumptions. Your actual costs may differ. Always check the cloud provider's website for the most up-to-date pricing.

Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that Cloudflare and Replicate offer:

Service	Cloudflare	Replicate
Content Delivery Network (CDN)		--
GPU-powered Servers	--
Load Balancer		--
Object Storage		--
Serverless Cron Jobs		--
Serverless Functions		--
Static Sites		--

Company details

	Cloudflare	Replicate
Website	cloudflare.com	replicate.com
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2009	2019
Data Center Locations	285	--
Example Customers	Polestar, Carrefour, DHL, Hemnet, Shopify	BuzzFeed, PhotoAI, Magnific, Unsplash, HeadshotPro

	Cloudflare
Website	cloudflare.com
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2009
Data Center Locations	285
Example Customers	Polestar, Carrefour, DHL, Hemnet, Shopify

	Replicate
Website	replicate.com
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2019
Data Center Locations	--
Example Customers	BuzzFeed, PhotoAI, Magnific, Unsplash, HeadshotPro