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Cloudflare Pages

Serverless deployment platform for static sites and full-stack web apps on the Cloudflare global edge network.

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What it is

Cloudflare Pages is a serverless frontend hosting and deployment platform on Cloudflare's global network. Teams build and deploy web apps directly from code repositories. It supports HTTP/3, QUIC, and SSL out of the box, and serves content from Cloudflare's worldwide network.

When it fits

Cloudflare Pages suits high-traffic content sites, documentation hubs, and web apps that benefit from generous bandwidth policies. The Pages product overview says all plans come with unlimited seats, requests, and bandwidth. The platform connects to version control through GitHub and GitLab, and developers can attach serverless functions powered by Cloudflare Workers for dynamic backend endpoints.

What to watch

Before committing to Pages, check the official platform limits. Individual site assets cannot exceed 25 MiB, which may block sites with large uncompressed video or binary files without external object storage. Accounts are also limited to 100 Pages projects. Cloudflare's developer documentation says Workers is the primary application platform and advises starting new projects on Workers.

Who it is for
  • JAMstack developers who want fast worldwide asset delivery and generous free bandwidth
  • Teams that need unlimited preview deployments, unlimited collaborator seats, and Git automation
  • Engineers building full-stack apps with edge compute on Cloudflare Workers
Strengths
  • All plans come with unlimited sites, seats, requests, and bandwidth.Source: www.cloudflare.com · checked Nov 2026
  • Pages allows an unlimited number of active preview deployments on each project.Source: developers.cloudflare.com · checked Nov 2026
  • Pages Functions runs code on Cloudflare Workers, so developers can build full-stack apps.Source: developers.cloudflare.com · checked Nov 2026
Tradeoffs and limits
  • The maximum file size for a single site asset is 25 MiB.Source: developers.cloudflare.com · checked Nov 2026
  • Cloudflare Pages has a limit of 100 projects per account, and this limit is not routinely increased.Source: developers.cloudflare.com · checked Nov 2026
  • Official documentation advises starting new application projects on Cloudflare Workers as the primary platform.Source: developers.cloudflare.com · checked Nov 2026
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GitHubGitLabNext.jsCloudflare Workers
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