Cloudflare Pages
By Cloudflare
Cloudflare Pages is a platform for building and hosting static sites and full-stack web applications, with git-integrated deployments served from Cloudflare's global edge network and serverless compute via Cloudflare Workers.
Definition
Cloudflare Pages is a platform for building and hosting static sites and full-stack web applications, with git-integrated deployments served from Cloudflare's global edge network and serverless compute via Cloudflare Workers.
Overview
Cloudflare Pages is Cloudflare's answer to the JAMstack-style hosting popularized by Vercel and Netlify: connect a git repository, and every push triggers a build that gets deployed to Cloudflare's edge network, with preview deployments generated automatically for pull requests. Static assets are served from Cloudflare's points of presence around the world, which typically means low latency regardless of where a visitor is located. What differentiates Pages from a pure static-site host is its tight integration with Cloudflare Workers: dynamic functionality — API routes, server-side rendering, redirects, authentication checks — can run as edge functions alongside the static assets, letting a single project mix static and dynamic behavior without provisioning separate backend infrastructure. This makes it a common deployment target for frameworks like Next.js and other modern frontend frameworks that support edge or static rendering modes. Because it runs on the same network as Cloudflare's CDN and security products, Pages sites inherit DDoS protection, TLS, and caching by default, which is a meaningful part of its appeal compared to assembling a CDN, hosting, and edge-compute stack from separate vendors.
Key Features
- Git-integrated continuous deployment from GitHub or GitLab
- Automatic preview deployments for every pull request
- Static assets served from Cloudflare's global edge network
- Deep integration with Cloudflare Workers for dynamic/serverless logic
- Built-in TLS, DDoS protection, and caching via Cloudflare's network
- Support for popular static site generators and frontend frameworks
- Generous free tier for personal and small commercial projects
- Custom domains and automatic HTTPS certificate management