Workers AI - Select models now require the Workers Paid plan
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- https://developers.cloudflare.com/changelog/post/2026-07-28-models-require-workers-paid/
<p>We are limiting Workers Free plan access to a few resource-intensive models so we can prioritize capacity for the broader Workers AI user base. This helps everyone get a more reliable inference experience, with fewer <code>429</code> and <code>3040</code> (Out of Capacity) errors.</p> <p>The following models now require the <a href="https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/platform/pricing/#workers">Workers Paid plan</a>:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/models/kimi-k2.6/"><code>@cf/moonshotai/kimi-k2.6</code></a></li> <li><a href="https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/models/kimi-k2.7-code/"><code>@cf/moonshotai/kimi-k2.7-code</code></a></li> <li><a href="https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/models/glm-5.2/"><code>@cf/zai-org/glm-5.2</code></a></li> </ul> <p>On the Workers Free plan, requests to these models now return a <code>403</code> HTTP error (<a href="https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/platform/errors/">internal error <code>5035</code></a>) prompting you to upgrade. The Workers Paid plan starts at $5 per month and still includes the 10,000 free Neurons per day allocation, with usage beyond that billed at each <a href="https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/platform/pricing/">model's pricing</a>.</p> <p>Many models remain available on the Workers Free plan, including:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/models/glm-4.7-flash/"><code>@cf/zai-org/glm-4.7-flash</code></a></li> <li><a href="https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/models/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it/"><code>@cf/google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it</code></a></li> <li><a href="https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/models/nemotron-3-120b-a12b/"><code>@cf/nvidia/nemotron-3-120b-a12b</code></a></li> </ul> <p>For the full list, refer to the <a href="https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/models/">Workers AI model catalog</a>.</p>
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