Workflows - Workflows pricing adds per-step billing. Step and storage billing to start no earlier than August 10, 2026.

<p><a href="https://developers.cloudflare.com/workflows/">Workflows</a> pricing now includes per-step billing. Requests and CPU time billing have been enabled since the initial public beta and is not changing.</p> <div tabindex="-1" class="heading-wrapper level-h4"><h4 id="workflows-adds-step-billing">Workflows adds step billing</h4><a class="anchor-link" href="#workflows-adds-step-billing"><span aria-hidden="true" class="anchor-icon"><svg width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path fill="currentcolor" d="m12.11 15.39-3.88 3.88a2.52 2.52 0 0 1-3.5 0 2.47 2.47 0 0 1 0-3.5l3.88-3.88a1 1 0 0 0-1.42-1.42l-3.88 3.89a4.48 4.48 0 0 0 6.33 6.33l3.89-3.88a1 1 0 1 0-1.42-1.42Zm8.58-12.08a4.49 4.49 0 0 0-6.33 0l-3.89 3.88a1 1 0 0 0 1.42 1.42l3.88-3.88a2.52 2.52 0 0 1 3.5 0 2.47 2.47 0 0 1 0 3.5l-3.88 3.88a1 1 0 1 0 1.42 1.42l3.88-3.89a4.49 4.49 0 0 0 0-6.33ZM8.83 15.17a1 1 0 0 0 1.1.22 1 1 0 0 0 .32-.22l4.92-4.92a1 1 0 0 0-1.42-1.42l-4.92 4.92a1 1 0 0 0 0 1.42Z"></path></svg></span></a></div> <p>A step is each unit of work executed by a Workflow, including step operations such as <a href="https://developers.cloudflare.com/workflows/build/sleeping-and-retrying/">sleeping</a> or <a href="https://developers.cloudflare.com/workflows/build/events-and-parameters/">waiting for events</a>.</p> <p>You can query Workflows analytics, including <code>stepCount</code> for a Workflow instance, with the <a href="https://developers.cloudflare.com/workflows/observability/metrics-analytics/#query-via-the-graphql-api">GraphQL Analytics API</a>.</p> <div tabindex="-1" class="heading-wrapper level-h4"><h4 id="steps-and-storage-billing-to-take-effect-august-10th-2026">Steps and storage billing to take effect August 10th, 2026</h4><a class="anchor-link" href="#steps-and-storage-billing-to-take-effect-august-10th-2026"><span aria-hidden="true" class="anchor-icon"><svg width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path fill="currentcolor" d="m12.11 15.39-3.88 3.88a2.52 2.52 0 0 1-3.5 0 2.47 2.47 0 0 1 0-3.5l3.88-3.88a1 1 0 0 0-1.42-1.42l-3.88 3.89a4.48 4.48 0 0 0 6.33 6.33l3.89-3.88a1 1 0 1 0-1.42-1.42Zm8.58-12.08a4.49 4.49 0 0 0-6.33 0l-3.89 3.88a1 1 0 0 0 1.42 1.42l3.88-3.88a2.52 2.52 0 0 1 3.5 0 2.47 2.47 0 0 1 0 3.5l-3.88 3.88a1 1 0 1 0 1.42 1.42l3.88-3.89a4.49 4.49 0 0 0 0-6.33ZM8.83 15.17a1 1 0 0 0 1.1.22 1 1 0 0 0 .32-.22l4.92-4.92a1 1 0 0 0-1.42-1.42l-4.92 4.92a1 1 0 0 0 0 1.42Z"></path></svg></span></a></div> <p>Starting no earlier than August 10th, 2026, Cloudflare will begin billing for step and storage usage on Workers Paid plans.</p> <p>Storage pricing has been published since Workflows became generally available and is not changing. Storage is measured as persisted Workflow state in GB-months.</p> <div class="table-scroll" tabindex="0" role="region" aria-label="Table"><table> <thead> <tr> <th>Dimension</th> <th>Workers Free</th> <th>Workers Paid</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Steps</td> <td>3,000 included per day</td> <td>500,000 included per month, then $0.80 per additional 100,000 steps</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Storage</td> <td>1 GB-month included</td> <td>1 GB-month included, then $0.20 per additional GB-month</td> </tr> </tbody> </table></div> <p>Developers on the Workers Free plan will not be charged for steps or storage beyond the included amounts.</p> <p>Cloudflare will not bill step and storage usage before August 10, 2026.</p> <p>You can review Workflows usage in the <a href="https://dash.cloudflare.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cloudflare dashboard<span class="external-link"> ↗︎</span></a> before this change takes effect. To reduce costs, consider reducing the number of steps per Workflow or improving the memory efficiency of your stored state.</p> <p>Refer to the <a href="https://developers.cloudflare.com/workflows/reference/pricing/">Workflows pricing</a> page for full details.</p>