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Cloudflare AI Gateway

Edge-hosted AI gateway; core features free, with spend limits by provider, model or custom metadata.

GatewayVendor: CloudflareLast checked 2026-10-20Not vendor-verified
Hard budgets (team / key / user) (scored)yes
USD spend limits scoped by provider, model and custom metadata (e.g. per user/key), fixed or sliding windows; block or fall back
Rate & spend limits (scored)yes
Rate limiting is a free core feature
Cost attribution / chargeback tags (scored)yes
Custom metadata per request
FOCUS export (scored)no
No FOCUS export documented; logs via Logpush (billed)
EU data residency option (scored)unknown
No EU-only processing option documented; a community thread asks for it: https://community.cloudflare.com/t/ai-gateway-any-roadmap-for-data-residency-regional-processing-regional-services/933015
Public pricing (scored)yes
Open sourceno
Managed Cloudflare service
HostingSaaS
Supported providers / models23
Provider-native endpoints listed in docs
Cachingyes
Exact-match caching of identical requests
Pricing modelFree core + paid logs / billing fee
Public price pointsCore features free on all plans; logs follow Workers Logs pricing (accounts created after 24 Sep 2026); Unified Billing adds 5% on credits; no markup on inference

Not verified yet: EU data residency option. "unknown" means we could not confirm it in public sources. Vendors can send evidence to update a cell; see get verified. Verification never changes the scoring rules.