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Is Cloudflare Workers AI free?

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Open models at the edge: Llama 3.x, Qwen3, Granite 4, gpt-oss. Check how many tokens your prompt uses before you plan around the limits.

Quick answer

Yes. The free tier allows 300 requests a minute. The catch: The daily budget is in Neurons, so real capacity depends on the model and output length.

Free Checked 29 Oct 2026 against the provider's docs. Compare free LLM API limits across every provider we track.

Requests / min
300
Per day
Not confirmed
Card needed
Not confirmed
Trains on prompts
No

What you can build within the free tier

Because the exact free limits are not published as fixed numbers, treat this tier as a place to prototype and test. Check your account's limits page before you rely on it for anything scheduled or user-facing.

The catch

The daily budget is in Neurons, so real capacity depends on the model and output length.

  • Commercial use: Not confirmed
  • OpenAI-compatible API: Yes

When to pay

Workers Paid: $0.011 per 1,000 Neurons above the free 10,000 a day.

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Free alternatives

GroqFree30 RPM · 1,000/day
SambaNova CloudLimited20 RPM · 20/day
CerebrasLimited$5 credit for 30 days · 5 RPM
OpenRouterFree20 RPM · 50/day

Same kind of service, no free tier: Together AI.

Frequently asked

Is Cloudflare Workers AI free?

Yes. The free tier allows 300 requests a minute. The catch: The daily budget is in Neurons, so real capacity depends on the model and output length.

Does Cloudflare Workers AI need a credit card?

Cloudflare Workers AI's docs do not say clearly, so we list it as not confirmed.

Does Cloudflare Workers AI train on free-tier prompts?

No. Cloudflare Workers AI's docs say your data is not used for training.

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