Cloudflare Workers/Pages vs DigitalOcean Droplets
Pricing data as of 2026-06-09 · refreshed weekly
Cloudflare Workers/Pages (serverless) and DigitalOcean Droplets (vps) overlap on 9 stacks. The table below shows the cheapest fitting plan on each for a typical startup workload (~50,000 visits/month) — list prices, no promos.
Cloudflare Workers/Pagesserverless
| Free | $0/mo |
| Workers Paid | $5/mo |
DigitalOcean Dropletsvps
| Basic 512MB | $4/mo |
| Basic 1GB | $6/mo |
| Basic 2GB | $12/mo |
| Basic 4GB | $24/mo |
Cheapest fitting plan per stack (startup traffic)
| Stack | Cloudflare Workers/Pages | DigitalOcean Droplets | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|
| Next.js | $5+ (Workers Paid) | $4 (Basic 512MB) | DigitalOcean Droplets |
| Nuxt | $5+ (Workers Paid) | $4 (Basic 512MB) | DigitalOcean Droplets |
| Astro | $5+ (Workers Paid) | $4 (Basic 512MB) | DigitalOcean Droplets |
| SvelteKit | $5+ (Workers Paid) | $4 (Basic 512MB) | DigitalOcean Droplets |
| Remix / React Router | $5+ (Workers Paid) | $4 (Basic 512MB) | DigitalOcean Droplets |
| Node.js API | $5+ (Workers Paid) | $4 (Basic 512MB) | DigitalOcean Droplets |
| Ghost | $5+ (Workers Paid) | $6 (Basic 1GB) | Cloudflare Workers/Pages |
| Strapi | $5+ (Workers Paid) | $6 (Basic 1GB) | Cloudflare Workers/Pages |
| Static site | $0 (Free) | $4 (Basic 512MB) | Cloudflare Workers/Pages |