Cloudflare Workers AI

Run serverless open-source AI models on Cloudflare's global GPU network.

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Websitecloudflare.com
CategoryAI & machine learning
PricingFreemium
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ABOUT

What is Cloudflare Workers AI?

Cloudflare Workers AI lets you run inference directly at the edge, inside a Cloudflare Worker, without managing any GPU infrastructure. Models run on Cloudflare's global network, which means latency is low for geographically distributed users. It supports text generation, embeddings, speech-to-text, image classification and more.

BEFORE YOU SIGN UP

What you should know

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Zero infrastructure to manageInference runs inside your existing Worker. No GPU servers, containers or model hosting required , just an API call.
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Edge-native latencyModels execute on the Cloudflare PoP closest to the user, reducing round-trip times for globally distributed applications.
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Neurons are hard to budgetThe Neurons unit abstracts compute cost but makes it difficult to predict spend before running actual workloads.
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Curated catalog with plan-gated modelsCloudflare controls the available catalog, and some newer resource-intensive models require a Workers Paid plan even though eligible models share the daily free Neuron allocation.

COMMUNITY

From the forums

Reception on r/CloudFlare and r/webdev is generally positive for the concept. Developers appreciate the zero-infrastructure model and the tight integration with Workers, Pages and D1. Recurring complaints center on the limited model selection, inconsistent cold-start behavior and the Neurons pricing unit being difficult to estimate in advance.

— Community sentiment

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FAQ

Questions, answered.

What is a Neuron in Cloudflare Workers AI?＋

A Neuron is Cloudflare's unit of AI compute. Different models consume different numbers of Neurons per request. The free tier includes 10,000 Neurons per day.

Can I run custom fine-tuned models?＋

Workers AI supports LoRA adapters for fine-tuning on top of supported base models, but you cannot upload arbitrary model weights.