Static hosting

Cloudflare Pages vs Netlify

Choose Cloudflare Pages when bandwidth on a static site is the concern and you can stay inside the free build cap. Choose Netlify when pull-request previews, forms, and redirects are the features you will use, and you can live with the free-tier caps.

Cloudflare Pages

Static hosting with unlimited bandwidth on the free plan

Free for static sites

Strengths

  • Static requests are not metered on the free plan
  • Custom domains and HTTPS are included

Limits

  • Builds per month are capped on the free plan
  • Dynamic work moves onto Workers

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Netlify

Static sites with built-in builds and previews

Free tier, then paid

Strengths

  • Preview deploys on pull requests
  • Forms and redirects are built in

Limits

  • Bandwidth and build minutes are capped on the free tier
  • Commercial features sit on paid plans

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