Free AI from Cloudflare

Cloudflare for Startups · $350,000

Cloudflare for Startups gives early-stage companies up to $350,000 in platform credits across three funding-based tiers ($10k, $100k, $350k), valid for one year or until consumed.

The catch: A valid payment method must be on file; overages and usage after credits expire are billed automatically; AI Gateway is not covered.

• Credits valid one year or until fully consumed, whichever comes first
• Payment method must be uploaded to your Cloudflare account
• R2 Object Storage capped at $10,000 in credits
• Workers AI capped at $2,500 (Tier 3), $10,000 (Tier 2), or $50,000 (Tier 1)
• AI Gateway temporarily not covered by credits
• Founded within the last 10 years; funded up to Series B within the last 12 months
• First-time applicants only; one-time opportunity per startup

Cloudflare Vectorize Free Tier · Free tier

Vectorize on the Workers Free plan includes 30 million queried vector dimensions and 5 million stored vector dimensions per month, with up to 100 indexes per account and up to 1,536 dimensions per vector.

The catch: 5 million stored dimensions is about 6,500 vectors at 768 dimensions; free accounts get 100 indexes and 1,000 namespaces per index.

• 30 million queried vector dimensions per month
• 5 million stored vector dimensions
• 100 indexes per account (Free)
• 1,000 namespaces per index (Free)
• Max 1,536 dimensions per vector (float32)
• 10 KiB metadata per vector
• topK max 50 with values/metadata, 100 without

Cloudflare Workers Free Plan · 100,000 requests/day

The Workers Free plan runs serverless code on Cloudflare's network with 100,000 requests per day and 10 ms of CPU time per invocation; requests to static assets are free and unlimited. Free plan also includes limited Workers KV, D1, Hyperdrive, Durable Objects and Vectorize.

The catch: 10 ms CPU time per invocation and 100,000 requests a day; over the limit, further requests fail until the daily reset at 00:00 UTC.

• 100,000 Worker requests per day
• 10 ms CPU time per invocation
• Static asset requests free and unlimited
• Limited Workers KV, D1, Hyperdrive usage (reset daily 00:00 UTC)
• Only SQLite-backed Durable Objects
• Free limits reset daily at 00:00 UTC

Cloudflare for Startups

• Credit card required.
• Needs an account sign-up.
• For-profit tech startups founded within 10 years, funded up to Series B within the last 12 months, with a public website and business email.
• Available worldwide.
• Founded within the last 10 years.
• Funded up to Series B, with funding received within the last 12 months.
• Building a technology product with a valid, publicly accessible website.
• For-profit business with a business email matching the company domain.
• Active on LinkedIn, X, or GitHub.
• Has not previously been approved into the program.
• Company age: Founded within the last 10 years.
• Funding stage: Funded up to Series B, with funding received within the last 12 months.
• Other: For-profit business with a business email matching the company domain.
• Other: Has not previously been approved into the program.

Cloudflare Vectorize Free Tier

• No credit card needed.
• Needs an account sign-up.

Cloudflare Workers Free Plan

• No credit card needed.
• Needs an account sign-up.