Cloudflare Workers AI vs Nebius

Cloudflare bundles serverless inference into its developer platform. Nebius is a European AI cloud with 60+ managed models, dedicated endpoints and raw GPUs.

By The Subconscious Team · Updated September 30, 2026

Cloudflare Workers AI vs Nebius: key differences

Both serve large open catalogs behind OpenAI-compatible APIs: 50+ models on Workers AI, 60+ on Nebius Token Factory, with DeepSeek, GLM, Kimi and GPT-OSS on each. Nebius starts lower, at $0.06 per million input tokens, and Artificial Analysis has measured it among the top hosts on raw throughput. Cloudflare publishes per-token equivalents instead, like DeepSeek V4 Pro at $1.32 in and $3.96 out, and adds 10,000 free Neurons a day. Nebius asks for a $25 minimum first payment and has no free trial, so Workers AI is the easier place to start experimenting.

The split widens past shared endpoints. Nebius offers dedicated endpoints with a 99.9% SLA and EU or US placement, serves uploaded fine-tunes at token pricing, and rents H100s through GB300 racks on the same account. Workers AI has no dedicated deployment or fine-tuning for large LLMs, only a beta BYO LoRA on small models. Cloudflare wins on integration: inference runs next to Workers, storage and the Agents SDK, with AI Gateway handling caching and fallbacks. Its long context is also documented, 1M tokens on DeepSeek V4, where Nebius varies by model.

What Cloudflare Workers AI and Nebius do

Cloudflare Workers AI

Workers AI is the serverless GPU inference service of Cloudflare, which was founded in 2009. It launched in September 2023 and reached general availability in April 2024. Models run on GPUs inside Cloudflare's own network and are called from a Worker through an AI binding or over REST, including OpenAI-compatible Chat Completions and Embeddings endpoints plus a Responses endpoint for gpt-oss. The catalog lists 50+ open models. Since Kimi K2.5 arrived in March 2026 it has carried frontier-scale LLMs: Kimi K2.6 and K2.7 Code, GLM 5.2 and 5.3, DeepSeek V4 Pro and Flash, gpt-oss 120B and 20B, Qwen 3.8 27B and Llama 4 Scout. DeepSeek V4, added August 14, 2026, was the first to offer the full 1,048,576 token context.

Example models: DeepSeek V4 Pro, GLM 5.3

Full Cloudflare Workers AI profile

Nebius

Nebius is an Amsterdam-headquartered AI cloud and the strongest European alternative to the US hyperscalers. It sells raw NVIDIA GPU compute, from H100s at $2.15 an hour preemptible up to GB300 NVL72 racks, and it has begun adding Vera Rubin. Hyperscale buyers back it: a Microsoft capacity deal worth about $17.4B in September 2025, then a Meta agreement worth up to about $27B in March 2026.

Example models: DeepSeek V3, GPT-OSS

Full Nebius profile

Should you choose Cloudflare Workers AI or Nebius?

Cloudflare Workers AI

Choose Cloudflare Workers AI for

Apps already running on Cloudflare Workers
Trying frontier open models on a free daily tier
Gateway-level caching and fallbacks across providers

Nebius

Choose Nebius for

EU data residency for regulated buyers
Serving custom fine-tunes behind an SLA
Growing from tokens into GPU training

Cloudflare Workers AI vs Nebius at a glance

Attribute	Cloudflare Workers AI	Nebius
Model access	Open weights	Open weights, 60+ models
Flagship models	DeepSeek V4 Pro, GLM 5.3, Kimi K2.7 Code, gpt-oss 120B	DeepSeek, Qwen, GLM, Kimi, GPT-OSS
Speed	Unknown	Among top hosts on throughput
Price	$0.011 per 1K Neurons; 10K free daily	From $0.06 per 1M input
Customization	BYO LoRA on small models (beta)	Serve uploaded fine-tunes
Deployment	Serverless on Cloudflare network	Token Factory, dedicated, raw GPUs
Long context	1M on DeepSeek V4; 262K on Kimi	Varies by model

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between Cloudflare Workers AI and Nebius?

Cloudflare bundles serverless inference into its developer platform. Nebius is a European AI cloud with 60+ managed models, dedicated endpoints and raw GPUs.

When should I choose Cloudflare Workers AI over Nebius?

Apps already running on Cloudflare Workers; Trying frontier open models on a free daily tier; Gateway-level caching and fallbacks across providers.

When should I choose Nebius over Cloudflare Workers AI?

EU data residency for regulated buyers; Serving custom fine-tunes behind an SLA; Growing from tokens into GPU training.

Is Cloudflare Workers AI or Nebius cheaper?

Cloudflare Workers AI: $0.011 per 1K Neurons; 10K free daily. Nebius: From $0.06 per 1M input. The cheaper choice depends on the model and workload.

Which has more context, Cloudflare Workers AI or Nebius?

Cloudflare Workers AI: 1M on DeepSeek V4; 262K on Kimi. Nebius: Varies by model.

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