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Comparison

Amazon CloudFront Functions vs Cloudflare Workers

Compare categories, runtimes, pricing, regions, infrastructure, and platform trade-offs.

Comparison space

Updated

Comparison facts

Platform

Hosting model
Managed
Supported
Managed
Supported
Services
CDN
Supported
CDN
Not supported
Edge Functions
Supported
Edge Functions
Supported
Key-Value Store
Supported
Key-Value Store
Supported
Managed Databases
Not supported
Managed Databases
Supported
Object Storage
Not supported
Object Storage
Supported
Queues
Not supported
Queues
Supported
Workflows
Not supported
Workflows
Supported
Workloads
AI Inference
Not supported
AI Inference
Supported
APIs
Not supported
APIs
Supported
Backend Services
Not supported
Backend Services
Supported
Background Workers
Not supported
Background Workers
Supported
Edge Request Processing
Supported
Edge Request Processing
Supported
Real-Time Applications
Not supported
Real-Time Applications
Supported
Scheduled Jobs
Not supported
Scheduled Jobs
Supported
Static Sites
Not supported
Static Sites
Supported
Web Applications
Not supported
Web Applications
Supported
Capabilities
Compute Autoscaling
Supported
Compute Autoscaling
Supported
Deployment Rollbacks
Not recorded
Deployment Rollbacks
Supported
Deployment Traffic Splitting
Not recorded
Deployment Traffic Splitting
Supported
Preview Environments
Not recorded
Preview Environments
Supported

Development & Execution

Runtimes
Python Runtime
Not recorded
Python Runtime
Supported
V8 Isolates
Supported
V8 Isolates
Supported
Languages
C
Not supported
C
Supported
C++
Not supported
C++
Supported
JavaScript
Supported
JavaScript
Supported
Python
Not supported
Python
Supported
Rust
Not supported
Rust
Supported
TypeScript
Not supported
TypeScript
Supported
Triggers
Database Events
Not supported
Database Events
Supported
Direct Invocation
Not supported
Direct Invocation
Supported
Edge Events
Supported
Edge Events
Supported
HTTP Requests
Supported
HTTP Requests
Supported
Queue Messages
Not supported
Queue Messages
Supported
Scheduled Invocation
Not supported
Scheduled Invocation
Supported
Storage Events
Not supported
Storage Events
Supported

Pricing

Free entry / commitment
Recurring free allowances
Recurring free allowances

Infrastructure & Availability

Execution & locality
  • Execution: Edge
  • Scope: Global
  • Execution: Edge
  • Scope: Global
Provider / network
  • Amazon Web Services
  • Own Network
Availability footprint
  • 750+ PoPs
  • 348 Locations

Security & Compliance

Access & identity
Access Control
AWS IAM for function management
Workers Platform Admin and read-only roles Cloudflare account
Audit Logging
CloudTrail management events and CloudWatch function logs Edge request logs are best effort
Unknown
Encryption & secrets
Encryption
Function code, configuration, and key-value data at rest and in transit CloudFront Functions and KVS
Unknown
Secrets Management
Unknown
Encrypted Worker secrets and Secrets Store bindings
Network isolation & protection
Network Isolation
Dedicated process and CPU; data cleared between executions Per edge location
V8 isolates with process sandbox and trust cordons Workers runtime
Assurances & programs
SOC Reports
SOC 1, SOC 2, SOC 3 Amazon CloudFront service scope
SOC 2 Type II Workers in scope; all plans
HIPAA
HIPAA-eligible service AWS BAA and customer controls required
Unknown
PCI DSS
Unknown
PCI DSS v4.0 Level 1 Workers in scope