CLOUDFLARE-WORKERS-EDI

Cloudflare V8 isolates JS edge Workers.

Definition

Cloudflare Workers ecosystem: Workers (JS/Wasm functions), Workers KV (key-value), Workers R2 (S3-compatible object storage), Workers D1 (SQLite edge), Workers Durable Objects (stateful coordination), Workers AI (LLM inference edge). Pricing: $5/month 10M requests start. Performance: sub-1ms cold start V8 isolates (vs ~100ms AWS Lambda containers). Use cases: API gateway, A/B testing, image optimization, geo-routing, B2B integration glue.

Origin

Cloudflare Workers launched by Cloudflare September 2017 ; Workers KV December 2018 ; Workers Durable Objects 2020 ; Workers R2 launched 2022 ; Workers AI launched 2023.

Example in context

Shopify uses Cloudflare Workers for CDN-side image resizing ; each product image served from nearest Workers edge with dynamic resize from source S3 R2.

Related terms

• Fastly Compute — direct competitor.