Cloudflare Drop - Drop your folder in browser & deploy instantly on Cloudflare
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Drop a folder or zip. See your site live on Cloudflare's global network in seconds. No account needed. Deployment is active for 60 minutes, then expires unless you claim it.
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How does the pricing actually scale for smaller sites compared to big enterprise customers, and are there any hidden caps on traffic or requests on the free tier that might catch you off guard?
@emilholsvik I'm not technichal so please excuse the simple question, but what can you not do on Cloudflare that you can do on Vercel, and why won't you fully move?
@footer Mostly just time tbh — the smaller projects run fine on Vercel's free tier so there's no rush to move them. Vercel is a bit more plug-and-play (especially for Next.js), Cloudflare needs a little more setup but handles my bigger projects better and cheaper. So I split them based on size.
@emilholsvik Thanks!
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Yeah Rohan! I consider myself as one of the Cloudflare's biggest fan and deploying just by dropping a folder is amazing. 60 minutes sound like too short but I'm sure it's more than enough. Thanks for hunting it
This looks incredibly frictionless! With no account required and an instant live link, how is the team mitigating the risk of abuse, like rapid-fire phishing campaigns or malicious hosting? Are there automated security scans happening on the .zip files before the 60-minute URL goes live?
The drag-a-folder-and-it's-live flow is exactly the friction I want gone for tiny side projects. What happens when there's a build step though, does it serve the files as-is or will it run a build if it sees a package.json? Most of my throwaway projects need one npm build before they're actually deployable, and that's usually where "instant" stops being instant.
how does the pricing actually scale for a small site that's starting to get more traffic?
Dropping a folder and having it live in seconds with no account needed is exactly the kind of friction that should be gone for quick projects or demos. My real question is the same one raised in the comments: if the site has a build step (package.json), does it actually run the build, or just serve the files as-is? That's what decides whether this is truly "instant" or only for simple static sites. The 60-minute lifespan also feels short, though I get it's there to prevent abuse.
Been using Cloudflare for a while now and the DNS speed bump alone was noticeable right away. Also love that the free tier covers way more than I expected for a small project.
Finally tried Cloudflare for my small site and the setup was surprisingly painless. The dashboard makes it easy to toggle on the basic security and performance features without digging through docs.
Cloudflare has so many products bundled in now, where do you even start as someone just trying to speed up a small WordPress site and add basic DDoS protection without getting buried in enterprise features?
@kymetwpmb I'd probably use AI to guide me step by step. As it can indeed be confusing and overwhelming.
@kymetwpmb First thing I'd do is move off of WordPress.
How does the free tier hold up under a sudden traffic spike, and at what point does it nudge you toward a paid plan?