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Should I Use Cloudflare?

Edge network, CDN, DNS, and growing developer platform

Go for it
Score
9/10

Yes — Cloudflare is quietly becoming the best developer platform, not just a CDN.

▲ Pros
  • +Workers run at the edge in 300+ cities with sub-10ms cold starts
  • +Free tier is absurdly generous — DNS, CDN, DDoS protection, 100K Worker requests/day
  • +R2 storage is S3-compatible with zero egress fees — a pricing revolution
  • +D1 (SQLite at the edge), KV, and Durable Objects cover most data needs
▼ Cons
  • Workers runtime isn't Node.js — some npm packages won't work without polyfills
  • D1 database is still maturing — not ready for high-write transactional workloads
  • Debugging Workers is harder than debugging a traditional server
  • Ecosystem and community are smaller than AWS or Vercel

◉ Expert Perspectives

Performance EngineerGo for it

Cloudflare Workers at the edge with R2 storage and zero egress fees — this is the stack AWS should be terrified of.

Full-Stack DeveloperGo for it

Free DNS, free CDN, free SSL, free DDoS protection, and 100K free Worker requests per day. The free tier is unbeatable.

Backend EngineerProceed with caution

The Workers runtime is not Node.js. If your app depends on fs, net, or child_process, you're in for a painful rewrite.

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