Workers Paid + Queues
Message queues, with the math.
Successful deliveries without retries.
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Your workload
Monthly usage. Adjust the assumptions to match your product.
One successfully delivered message generates three Cloudflare operations.
Maximum 1,000,000,000 per monthHighest daily message count. Growth charts keep this fixed.
Maximum 1,000,000,000 messages / dayTransfer billed by QStash; Cloudflare queue egress is free.
Maximum 1,000,000 GB / month| Decision guideOne shared workload. Different trade-offs. | |
|---|---|
| Monthly equivalentUSD · before tax | $5.80Lowest in your shortlistWorkers Paid + Queues |
| Payment commitment | Monthly |
| Fits this workload? | Within modeled limits |
| What to know | Three operations per successful delivery: write, read and delete. Payload including metadata stays below 64 KB. No retries or fan-out. Includes the required $5 Workers subscription; share it only within the same account. |
| Outside the estimate | Taxes, promotions, prorations, negotiated contracts and optional add-ons. Producer/consumer compute, retries, larger payloads, schedules and dead letters. |
| Evidence | Official pricing ↗Checked 2026-10-06 |
Look ahead, before you commit.
Vary monthly messages. Keep all other inputs fixed.
View exact values and assumptions
Each point follows your selected plan. Automatic choices use the lowest eligible supported plan per product. Missing values mean no supported plan fits. This varies one input, not all costs with customer count.
| Monthly messages | Cloudflare Queues |
|---|---|
| 250,000 per month | $5.00 |
| 500,000 per month | $5.20 |
| 1,000,000 per month | $5.80 |
| 2,000,000 per month | $7.00 |
| 5,000,000 per month | $10.60 |
| 10,000,000 per month | $16.60 |
Your monthly comparison
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Prices reflect dated, supported plans. Matching a category does not mean matching features. How estimates work