Knowledge Hub

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Cloudflare Pages
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Firebase
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Deno Deploy

Timings

Time to First Byte (TTFB) and Load time across different locations. Lower is better.

Location
Cloudflare Pages
TTFB
Load
Firebase
TTFB
Load
Deno Deploy
TTFB
Load
US flagus-west-1
US flagus-east-1
CA flagca-central-1
BR flagsa-east-1
DE flageu-central-1
GB flageu-west-2
FR flageu-west-3
SE flageu-north-1
IT flageu-south-1
ZA flagaf-south-1
SG flagap-southeast-1
JP flagap-northeast-1
HK flagap-east-1
AU flagap-southeast-2
KR flagap-northeast-2

Hosting & Deployment Platforms features

Compare the features of the Hosting & Deployment Platforms to help you choose the right one for your needs.

FeatureCloudflare PagesFirebaseDeno Deploy

Infrastructure

What runs under-the-hood.

Cloudflare

Google Cloud (GCP)

N/A

Continuous Integration & Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)

Continuous deployment

Imagine an automatic update system for your website. This feature automatically deploys any changes you make to your code (usually from Git) to your live website.
N/A

Automated builds from Git

An easy integration with popular Git repository hostings like Github, GitLab and Bitbucket.
Need to use additional CI/CD service

Instant rollbacks to any version

Easy way to promote any previous build to production without the need to revert commits or data changes.

Site previews for every push

New build with a unique URL for every commit and pull request.

Compatible with all Static Site Generators

Notifications

Events triggered on successful, canceled, or failed build.
Emails, pagerDuty, webhooks
Email

Team Management

Create team account and invite your teammates to the project.

Custom domains

Bring your own domain and connect to the project.

Automatic HTTPS

SSL certificate generated automatically.

Rewrites & Redirects

HTTP 301 or 302 redirects from one URL to another. Rewrites work similar to reverse proxy and allow to send user to different URL without modifying the original URL.

Password Protection

An easy way to restrict access to the website for users who don't have password. Useful if you work on a new site and want to keep it in secret.

Skew Protection

Skew Protection ensures client and server versions stay synchronized during deployments, preventing compatibility issues.

Free Tier

Websites

Number of projects you can have in Free Tier on one account.

Unlimited

Unlimited

N/A

Build Minutes

The amount of time your build scripts can run per month.

500 builds* /month

*not minutes
N/AN/A

Concurrent builds

How many builds can be run at the same time?

1

N/AN/A

Bandwidth

The amount of data that is transferred to or from the CDN.

Unlimited

360 MB /day

100GB /month

Team Members

The number of users (team members) that can be added to the CMS.

5

Unlimited
N/A

Build Time Per Deployment

Build have to finish within the limited time. If not it will fail due to timeout.

20 minutes

N/AN/A

Build Memory Limit (in MiB)

The amount of memory that is allocated by system to build process. Some operations like image processing are expensive and might require more memory. For Node.js it is max-old-space-size setting.
N/AN/AN/A

Paid Plans

Max team members before switch to custom pricing

Unlimited

Unlimited

7

Git contributors have to be Team Members

In order to triger build, Git contributor has to be a paid team member.

Serverless

Serverless Functions (API)

Small pieces of code that run on-demand without managing servers, typically used for API endpoints.
JavaScript
JavaScript
Deno runtime

Edge Functions

Serverless functions that run closer to the user, reducing latency and improving performance.
Cloudflare Workers
Uses deno runtime

Background Functions

Code that runs in the background on the platform to perform tasks that don't require immediate user interaction.
run up to 15 minutes

CRON Jobs

Schedule tasks to run automatically at specific times or intervals. Useful for automating repetitive website maintenance tasks.
Schedule functions

Developer Experience

CLI

Command Line Interface tools that allow developers to perform tasks and manage the tool via the command line.
wrangler
firebase-tools
deno deploy

Extensions

Additional plugins or add-ons that can enhance the functionality of the platform.
Integrations

Environment Variables

Secret configuration settings for your website that change based on where it's deployed (dev, staging, production).
N/AN/AN/A

Build Logs

Track the progress and results of website builds for troubleshooting

Build Canceling

Ability to stop a build process that is currently running. This frees up resources and lets you make changes to your website faster by stopping builds you don't need anymore.
Web UI

Platform Built-in Products

Analytics

Tools for tracking and analyzing website traffic.
CDN-side and client-side
Integration with Google Analytics
Basic analytics built-in, potential for external integrations

Authentication

Services for managing user logins and authentication.
Zero trust
Firebase Authentication

Database

Managed database services.
Cloudflare D1
Firestore & Realtime
N/A

Asset Optimizations

Tools for optimizing images, CSS, JS, etc.
bundling, minifying, compressing images

A/B Testing

Lets you test different versions of your site by directing traffic to each variant, helping you optimize user experience based on performance metrics.

Form Handling

Services for managing form submissions.

Data Storage

Solutions for storing and managing data.
Cloudflare R2
Built-in KV (key-value) storage for simple data persistence

Push Notifications

This allows your website to send real-time alerts or updates to visitors who have opted-in.

Machine Learning

Security & Compliance Offerings

Two-factor authentication

Adds an extra layer of security when logging in.

Team Logs

Tracks user activity within the platform for better accountability.

SOC2

Service Organization Control 2 compliance for managing customer data.
SOC2 Type 1

ISO27001

International standard for information security management.

GDPR

Compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation for handling personal data.

Sustainability

Carbon Neutral

Carbon-free Energy

Not clear policy

Integrations

Integrations

Connecting your deployment platform with external services like headless content, commerce, databases, and more.

Custom build-system integrations

Allows you to connect your own build tools and processes with the deployment platform.
N/A

Support with self-hosted instances of git

N/A

API mesh

API Mesh allows you to combine multiple APIs into a single unified API, simplifying data fetching and integration across different services and backends.
N/AN/A

Deploy Preview feedback integrations

Enables team members and stakeholders to comment directly on preview deployments.
N/AN/A
Extensive integrations

Edge Functions integrations

Specific to platform features

High Performance Build Memory and CPU

N/AN/A

Variable, depends on plan / provider

Native Build Plugins

N/AN/A