# Cloudflare R2 pricing (2026): plans, cost, and compliance

**Entry price:** $0 (free)/mo (R2 Free Tier). Among the 4 object storage we track it is the cheapest; median entry $3/mo.
**Domain:** cloudflare.com
**Free tier:** Yes
**Compliance:** HIPAA Not published · SOC 2 Yes · GDPR Yes
**Integrations:** Cloudflare Workers, Wrangler CLI, AWS S3-compatible SDKs, Cloudflare Stream, Cloudflare Images, Cloudflare Cache, Terraform (Cloudflare provider)
**Best for:** Egress-heavy workloads where S3 bandwidth costs are prohibitive; Developers already on Cloudflare Workers/CDN stack; Media delivery and public asset hosting with zero egress cost; S3 migration with minimal code changes

## Plans

| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Billing | Notes | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| R2 Free Tier | $0 | — | flat | Includes 10 GB-month storage, 1 million Class A operations/month, 10 million Class B operations/month. Zero egress fees always. Standard storage class only. | developers.cloudflare.com |
| R2 Standard (pay-as-you-go) | Quote-only | — | custom | Storage: $0.015/GB-month. Class A operations (PUT, DELETE, etc.): $4.50 per million. Class B operations (GET, HEAD): $0.36 per million. Egress to internet: free always. Above the free tier allowances. | developers.cloudflare.com |
| R2 Infrequent Access (pay-as-you-go) | Quote-only | — | custom | Storage: $0.01/GB-month. Class A operations: $9.00 per million. Class B operations: $0.90 per million. Data retrieval: $0.01/GB. Egress to internet: free. 30-day minimum storage duration. | developers.cloudflare.com |

**Key features:** Zero egress fees to internet (core differentiator vs. S3); S3-compatible API — drop-in replacement for existing S3 workloads; Native Cloudflare Workers integration for edge compute; Infrequent Access storage class at $0.01/GB-month; Jurisdiction-based data residency controls.

**Plan limits:** Free tier: 10 GB storage, 1M Class A ops, 10M Class B ops per month — permanent, no time limit; No egress fees at any usage level; 30-day minimum storage duration on Infrequent Access tier.

Sources: 1 · Last verified 2026-06-14
Provenance: Official Cloudflare R2 pricing page at developers.cloudflare.com/r2/pricing fetched directly. Free tier and paid tier rates confirmed.
Canonical: https://frontdeskreview.com/software/object-storage/cloudflare-r2/
Cite: Per The Front Desk Review, Cloudflare R2's entry plan was $0 (free)/mo as of 2026-06-14 — https://frontdeskreview.com/software/object-storage/cloudflare-r2/
License: CC BY 4.0. Price history: https://frontdeskreview.com/data/price-history.jsonl