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Cloudflare R2 pricing
Cloudflare R2 publishes 3 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 31 August 2026, Cloudflare R2 pricing is free, then $0.015/month across 3 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- Free, then $0.015/month
- Model
- Per gigabyte stored per month
- Tiers
- 3
- Free tier
- Yes
Cloudflare R2 plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free tier | Free | 4 | Entry tier |
| Infrequent Access | $0.01/month | 4 | +$0.01/month, 3 more features |
| Standard | $0.015/month | 4 | +$0.004999999999999999/month, 2 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Free tier
FreeThe entry tier. It covers 10 gb stored per month, 1 million class a operations, 10 million class b operations, no egress charges.
Infrequent Access
$0.01/monthOver Free tier, this tier adds:
- Per gigabyte stored per month
- Per gigabyte data retrieval fee
- Thirty day minimum storage duration
Standard
$0.015/monthOver Infrequent Access, this tier adds:
- 4.50 USD per million Class A operations
- 0.36 USD per million Class B operations
Where Cloudflare R2 stops being free
Free tier, Free
- 10 GB stored per month
- 1 million Class A operations
- 10 million Class B operations
- No egress charges
Infrequent Access, $0.01/month
The first thing you pay for:
- Per gigabyte stored per month
- Per gigabyte data retrieval fee
- Thirty day minimum storage duration
What the product covers
The full Cloudflare R2 feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- Zero egress billing
- S3 API compatibility
- Worker binding
- Jurisdictional restriction
- Infrequent Access tier
- Custom domain serving
People bring Cloudflare R2 in for serving a large media or asset library to the public where transfer out, not storage, is the dominant cost, hosting a container or artefact registry that thousands of ci runners pull from every day, distributing model weights or open datasets that are downloaded far more often than they are updated, moving off s3 specifically to stop paying data transfer charges on a read heavy bucket. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Cloudflare R2 are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in File Storage
Across the 3 file storage tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $4/month. Cloudflare R2 starts at $0.015/month, which puts it below the middle of its category.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare R2 (this page) | Free, then $0.015/month | Per gigabyte stored per month | - | |
| Cloudian | On request | quote | - | vs Cloudflare R2 |
| Panzura | On request | quote | - | vs Cloudflare R2 |
| VAST Data | On request | quote | - | vs Cloudflare R2 |
| Scality RING | On request | quote | - | vs Cloudflare R2 |
| LucidLink | $7/month | Per member per month plus storage | - | vs Cloudflare R2 |
| Google Drive | Free | Free tier plus paid storage add-on | - | vs Cloudflare R2 |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Cloudflare R2 badges page.
Before you pay for Cloudflare R2
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 3 tiers between Free and $0.015/month, with the jump itemised above. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Cloudflare R2 runs on web, api, and is published by Cloudflare of San Francisco, California, United States. The full record is on the Cloudflare R2 review, and the rest of the category is under best file storage tools.
Cloudflare R2 pricing questions
- How much does Cloudflare R2 cost?
- Cloudflare R2 publishes 3 tiers, from Free for Free tier up to $0.015/month for Standard. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does Cloudflare R2 have a free plan?
- Yes. The Free tier tier costs nothing and covers 10 gb stored per month, 1 million class a operations, 10 million class b operations. Paying starts at $0.01/month for Infrequent Access.
- What is the difference between Free tier and Infrequent Access on Cloudflare R2?
- Infrequent Access costs $0.01/month against Free, and adds per gigabyte stored per month, per gigabyte data retrieval fee, thirty day minimum storage duration.
- Is the Standard plan on Cloudflare R2 worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is 4.50 usd per million class a operations, 0.36 usd per million class b operations. It costs $0.015/month against $0.01/month for Infrequent Access. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Is Cloudflare R2 expensive for a file storage tool?
- It starts below the middle of its category. Across the 3 file storage tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $4/month; Cloudflare R2 starts at $0.015/month.
- Which file storage tools can I use without paying?
- 3 of the 8 file storage tools listed alongside Cloudflare R2 have a free tier: Google Drive, Storj, IDrive e2.
- What am I actually paying for with Cloudflare R2?
- The record lists 6 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for serving a large media or asset library to the public where transfer out, not storage, is the dominant cost, hosting a container or artefact registry that thousands of ci runners pull from every day, distributing model weights or open datasets that are downloaded far more often than they are updated.
- Does Cloudflare R2 charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 3 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Cloudflare R2 prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Cloudflare R2 against before paying?
- The closest file storage tools in this directory are Cloudian, Panzura, VAST Data, Scality RING. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Cloudflare R2 covering price, platforms and features.