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Google Cloud (GCP) vs Cloudflare: Pricing and Feature Comparison

Cloudflare costs 31% less than Google Cloud for a mobile app backend in US East, and less in all 12 regions.

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Monthly free usage every account gets, such as 1 million Lambda requests or 100 GB of AWS egress. Sign-up credits and 12-month trials are not included. Turn this off if other projects already use them.
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Serverless functions

Cloud Run functions · Workers

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Wall-clock time per request, including time spent waiting on databases and APIs. Lambda, Cloud Run and Azure Functions bill this time.
ms
Memory given to each function. Lambda bills it exactly, Google Cloud adds CPU in proportion, and Azure's Consumption plan rounds up to 128 MB steps (up to 1.5 GB). Cloudflare Workers get 128 MB.
MB
Only Cloudflare Workers bill CPU time rather than duration. An API that mostly waits on a database might use 5–20 ms of CPU even if it takes 200 ms.
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NoSQL database

Firestore · Workers KV

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Estimates assume items of about 1 KB, the size most per-request prices are quoted for.
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File storage

Cloud Storage · R2

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Write-type requests: uploads, copies and list operations.
million
Read requests, one per file downloaded. Download bandwidth is priced as data transfer out, so add that too if files are downloaded.
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Data transfer out

Network egress

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Downloads, API responses, video and game traffic leaving the cloud to the internet each month. 1 TB is 1,024 GB.
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Add as many as you need, for example two server groups or several buckets.

Monthly estimate

On-demand list prices in USD for the selected region, with always-free allowances applied when that switch is on. Taxes, support plans and committed-use discounts are not included.
  1. CloudflareCheapest$113.10/mo
  2. Google Cloud$164.48/mo
  • Functions
  • Files
  • NoSQL
  • Egress

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Cost breakdown

What each service costs on each cloud, and the exact arithmetic behind every number.
Monthly cost per service and provider, in USD
ServiceGoogle CloudCloudflare
Serverless functions$61.43Cloud Run functions$19.40Workers (Standard)Limit
NoSQL database$56.31Firestore (Standard edition)$82.00Workers KV
File storage$22.86Cloud Storage Standard$11.70R2 Standard
Data transfer out$23.88Internet egress (Premium Tier)$0.00No egress fees
Total per month$164.48$113.10

How each number was calculatedEvery line uses the provider's own unit price for the selected region, so you can check it against their price list.

  • Serverless functions · Cloud Run functions

    $61.43

    • Requests: 28M billable × $0.40/million (first 2M free)$11.20
    • CPU: 2M vCPU-s (0.33 vCPU × 200 ms billed per request) × $0.000024, less $4.32 free-tier credit$43.63
    • Memory: 3M GiB-s × $0.0000025, less $0.90 free-tier credit$6.60

    Request-based billing, rounded up to 100 ms per request. Assumes one request per instance at a time; serving several at once on an instance can lower this.

  • NoSQL database · Firestore (Standard edition)

    $56.31

    • Reads: 58.48M billable × $0.06/100,000$35.09
    • Writes: 9.39M billable × $0.18/100,000$16.90
    • Storage: 24 GB billable × $0.18/GB-month$4.32

    The free quota is per day (50K reads, 20K writes); this assumes traffic spread evenly over the month.

  • File storage · Cloud Storage Standard

    $22.86

    • Storage: 245 GB billable × $0.02/GB-month (first 5 GB free)$4.90
    • Class A operations (writes, lists): 2M billable × $0.005/1,000$9.98
    • Class B operations (reads): 19.95M billable × $0.0004/1,000$7.98

    A regional bucket in the selected region.

  • Data transfer out · Internet egress (Premium Tier)

    $23.88

    • 300 GB × $0.12/GB (first 101 GB free)$23.88

    Includes Cloud Storage's 100 GB of free downloads from North America each month, on top of Compute Engine's 1 GB.

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Quick answer

Cloudflare is cheaper than Google Cloud at all three usage levels Playxoft priced. For a serverless mobile app backend (functions, NoSQL and user uploads) in US East, it costs $113.10 a month against $164.48, and it is cheaper in all 12 regions covered. The biggest difference is serverless functions: $61.43 a month on Google Cloud against $19.40 on Cloudflare. Playxoft's comparison uses official list prices checked October 14, 2026, with the always-free allowances applied.

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  • 12 regions
  • Feature comparison
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How to compare Google Cloud and Cloudflare costs

  1. 1Pick a usage level (Static site + API, Mobile app backend, Media and downloads), then change the numbers or add more items with the + buttons.
  2. 2Choose the Region where your users are. Prices differ by region.
  3. 3Adjust the numbers in each card. Every field has an i tip explaining it.
  4. 4Compare the two monthly totals, then open Cost breakdown to see exactly how Google Cloud and Cloudflare bill each line.

Which is cheaper, Google Cloud or Cloudflare?

Monthly list prices in US East with the always-free allowances applied:

Usage per monthGoogle CloudCloudflareCheaper
Static site + API: CDN-served site with a few serverless endpoints$70.59$5.15Cloudflare by $65.44
Mobile app backend: serverless API, NoSQL, user uploads$164.48$113.10Cloudflare by $51.38
Media and downloads: 5 TB of files, 10 TB downloaded a month$1,246.18$113.25Cloudflare by $1,132.93

Cloudflare is cheaper for a mobile app backend in all 12 regions the calculator covers. Cloudflare does not rent servers, so these presets use serverless, storage, NoSQL and bandwidth only. On Cloudflare, Workers KV stands in for the NoSQL database, at $5.00 per million writes after 1 million included.

What are the Google Cloud and Cloudflare unit prices?

List prices in Google Cloud us-east1 (South Carolina) and Cloudflare (one global price), read on October 14, 2026:

Price (US East, on-demand)Google CloudCloudflare
Server, 2 vCPU / 8 GB, per hour$0.097118 (n2-standard-2)No VMs
SSD disk$0.10 per GB-month (balanced)No disks
Serverless, per million requests$0.40$0.30 after 10M included
Serverless compute$0.000024 per vCPU-s + $0.0000025 per GiB-s$0.02 per million CPU ms
Object storage, per GB-month$0.02$0.015
Object writes, per million$5.00$4.50
Object reads, per million$0.40$0.36
PostgreSQL, 2 vCPU / 8 GB, per hour$0.1386D1: billed per row
Database storage, per GB-month$0.17$0.75
NoSQL, per million reads$0.60$0.50 after 10M included
NoSQL, per million writes$1.80$5.00 after 1M included
Internet egress, per GB$0.12$0
CDN, per GB$0.08$0 (no bandwidth charges)

Is Google Cloud or Cloudflare cheaper in your region?

A serverless mobile app backend (functions, NoSQL and user uploads), priced in each of the 12 regions the calculator covers:

RegionGoogle CloudCloudflareCheaper
US East$164.48$113.10Cloudflare
US West$137.76$113.10Cloudflare
Canada$174.33$113.10Cloudflare
Brazil (São Paulo)$209.60$113.10Cloudflare
Ireland$152.99$113.10Cloudflare
UK (London)$179.97$113.10Cloudflare
Germany (Frankfurt)$179.97$113.10Cloudflare
India$153.16$113.10Cloudflare
Singapore$179.02$113.10Cloudflare
Japan (Tokyo)$156.96$113.10Cloudflare
South Korea (Seoul)$201.99$113.10Cloudflare
Australia (Sydney)$200.15$113.10Cloudflare

How do Google Cloud and Cloudflare compare on features?

Google CloudCloudflare
Automatic VM discountSustained use, up to 20% on N2No VMs (Workers and Containers)
VM billingPer second after a 1-minute minimumNo VMs
Free serverless each month2M Cloud Run requests + 180,000 vCPU-s100,000 Workers requests a day
Free internet egress100 GB from Cloud Storage, 1 GB from VMs (US regions)No egress fees
New-customer credit$300 for 90 daysFree plans instead
Global footprint43 regions, 130 zones335+ cities

Facts from each provider's own documentation, checked October 14, 2026.

What are the key differences between Google Cloud and Cloudflare?

  • Egress. Google's Premium Tier charges per GB of internet egress; Cloudflare charges nothing for data sent from Workers and R2.
  • Compute. Cloud Run functions allow several GiB of memory and 60-minute HTTP requests in one region; Workers run in 335+ cities with 128 MB and 5 minutes of CPU per request.
  • Free tiers. Cloud Run includes 2 million requests a month; the Workers free plan allows 100,000 requests a day.
  • Data. Firestore offers strong consistency and rich queries; Workers KV is eventually consistent key-value storage.

Should you choose Google Cloud or Cloudflare?

Choose Google Cloud if

  • your workloads need lots of memory, long requests or containers
  • you need strongly consistent queries (Firestore) or managed PostgreSQL
  • you already use Google data services

Choose Cloudflare if

  • bandwidth is a large share of your bill
  • you want global low latency without picking regions
  • your code is short-lived and mostly waits on I/O

More comparisons: AWS vs Google Cloud · AWS vs Azure · Google Cloud vs Azure · AWS vs Cloudflare · Azure vs Cloudflare · Google Cloud Run vs Cloudflare Workers · Google Cloud Storage vs Cloudflare R2.

Where do these prices come from?

Both sides use the provider's own published price list, read on October 14, 2026, for the same region, with the always-free allowances applied.

Prices are in US dollars, on-demand, for Linux, with no commitments. Every figure on this page is generated from the same price snapshot as the calculator, and automated tests check each claim whenever the prices change. A month is 730 hours and 1 TB is 1,024 GB. Providers change prices from time to time, so for a purchase decision confirm the final figure in the provider's console.

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Frequently asked questions

Yes. In US East with the always-free allowances applied, a month: a static site with an API, $5.15 on Cloudflare and $70.59 on Google Cloud; a mobile app backend, $113.10 on Cloudflare and $164.48 on Google Cloud; a media app, $113.25 on Cloudflare and $1,246.18 on Google Cloud. Cloudflare is cheaper for a mobile app backend in all 12 regions the calculator covers. Your own usage can change the answer, so price it in the calculator on this page.
Google Cloud runs bigger serverless workloads (several GiB of memory, 60-minute requests) in a chosen region and offers Firestore and Cloud SQL, while Cloudflare runs Workers in 335+ cities, bills CPU time only and charges no egress fees.
For short, I/O-bound code, often yes. Workers run in 335+ cities and bill only CPU time, but each isolate gets 128 MB and up to 5 minutes of CPU. Cloud Run runs containers in one region with several GiB of memory and HTTP requests up to 60 minutes, so heavy or long-running jobs stay on Cloud Run.
Firestore is a strongly consistent document database with automatic indexes, rich queries and real-time listeners. Workers KV is an eventually consistent key-value store: a write can take 60 seconds or more to reach other locations, so it suits configuration and caching rather than data that must be read back at once.
Both sides use official list prices for Google Cloud us-east1 (South Carolina) and Cloudflare (one global price), read on October 14, 2026, with the always-free allowances and each provider's own billing rules applied. CloudFront is priced pay-as-you-go and Cloudflare on its Free plan. Functions handle one request per instance at a time, and API gateways in front of them are not included. Storage uses each provider's standard hot tier, and downloads are priced as internet egress. NoSQL costs assume 1 KB items, with Cosmos DB writes indexed off. Taxes, support plans and commitment discounts are not included.

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