Cloudflare gives you a global server network — for free
100,000 requests a day, storage, scheduled tasks, and your code runs in 300+ cities worldwide. No monthly bill.
What Cloudflare gives away
Cloudflare has a free plan that most people barely scratch the surface of. You get 100,000 requests a day — that's enough to run a real service, not just a toy project. On top of that: storage, file hosting, scheduled tasks, even a little database. All free.
Why this matters for your business
If you have a website and need a contact form, a booking system, or any little automation running behind the scenes — this handles it without paying for a server. And it's fast, because your code runs in over 300 cities around the world.
Think of it like having a tiny assistant in every country, ready to respond instantly when someone visits your site or fills in a form.
What we use it for
Small, quiet things. A form handler that saves leads and notifies us on Slack. A link shortener. A little service that checks if a website is online. Things that would be overkill to build a whole server for, but too custom for an off-the-shelf tool.
The nice part: once it's set up, it just runs. No maintenance, no bills, no servers to watch.
Try it
You need a Cloudflare account (free) and Node installed. Five minutes to a live URL.
- Scaffold a new Worker:
npm create cloudflare@latest my-app - Pick Hello World (or any starter) when the prompt asks
- Move into the folder:
cd my-app - Test locally:
npm run dev - Deploy worldwide:
npm run deploy— your code is live in 300+ cities