Global edge deploy for agent gateways
Low-latency thin agent gateways and tool endpoints worldwide.
At a glance — Oct 2026
Updated 2026-10-27 · forward this page: /jtbds/edge-deploy#briefScores as of 2026-09-14 (43 days old; Depot marks scores stale after 30 days). The pick is still Depot's current editorial pick; it has not been re-reviewed since. Prices below carry their own dates.
- Depot Pick
- Cloudflare Workers · 8.53/10 for this job (curated estimate, high confidence)
reliability + pricePerf + global regions.
- Runner-up
- Fly.io · 8.28/10
Scores higher than the pick on: Capability fit, Developer & agent DX, Lock-in risk (higher = worse).
- When not to use the pick
- Heavy CPU/GPU in request path — Modal/Fly Machines.
- Lock-in / migration
- Runner-up Fly.io has lower stored lock-in risk (3.5 vs 5.5, 0–10, higher = more lock-in).
- Sourced price (no comparable unit)
Pick: no sourced price in this job's unit (no_matching_sourced_price).
No cheapest SKU (no_comparable_unit_for_job). No price was invented.
- Free option
- No free resource lists this job. A cheap paid SKU is not a free option.
- Failure modes to watch
- Hallucinated tool arguments: Reject a call that fails the current schema or names an unknown id, and do that before the tool runs a side effect.
Cite: Agent Provider Depot, Depot Pick for edge-deploy: cloudflare-workers, scores as of 2026-09-14. Agents: GET /api/decide?jtbd=edge-deploy
Cloudflare Workers
reliability + pricePerf + global regions.
Pricing (directional): Request-based Workers + Durable Objects + R2 + Queues; generous free tier; CPU time limits.
Lock-in risk: higher = more lock-in (worse). Overall already inverts this dimension.
Best edge runtime for lightweight agent gateways and tools. Heavy LLM loops still belong on Modal/Fly/GPU hosts.
Quote for Global edge deploy for agent gateways
Depot Pick stays Cloudflare Workers. Prices below are sourced SKU rows only (as of 2026-10-27). Input and output are not blended. GET /api/quote?jtbd=edge-deploy
Nothing was compared. no comparable sourced unit for this job; chat input $/1M and other units were not borrowed pickIsPriceWinner is null.
- D1 rows read (Workers Paid) usd_per_million_rows_read $0.001 source as of 2026-10-21
- D1 rows written (Workers Paid) usd_per_million_rows_written $1 source as of 2026-10-21
- D1 storage (Workers Paid) usd_per_gb_month $0.75 source as of 2026-10-21
3 of 7 candidates have no sourced price row. 7 are excluded from the Matching price comparison (none). no comparable sourced unit for this job; chat input $/1M and other units were not borrowed
Runners-up
Fly.io
Excellent for globally distributed agent sidecars and Machines-based sandboxes. Prefer Railway/Render if you…
Vercel
Ship the agent UI and thin API routes here. Put long-running agent workers on Modal/Fly/Railway.
Deno Deploy
Nice for TS edge tools. Don't confuse isolate deploy with E2B-class untrusted code sandboxes.
When NOT to use the top pick
Heavy CPU/GPU in request path — Modal/Fly Machines.
Full ranking (score table)
Ranked with this JTBD's weights. Scores are curated estimates unless marked otherwise. Agents: prefer /api/decide then this table for tie-breaks.
| # | Provider | Overall | Fit | $/perf | Latency | DX | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cloudflare WorkersDepot Pick | 8.5 | 8.6 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 8.5 | 2026-09-14 |
| 2 | Fly.io | 8.3 | 8.8 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 8.8 | 2026-09-14 |
| 3 | Fly Machines | 8.2 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 2026-09-14 |
| 4 | Deno Deploy | 8.1 | 7.8 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 9.0 | 2026-09-14 |
| 5 | Vercel | 8.1 | 8.4 | 7.0 | 9.0 | 9.6 | 2026-09-14 |
| 6 | Gcore | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.8 | 8.2 | 7.2 | 2026-09-14 |
| 7 | Cloudflare Workers AI | 7.7 | 6.8 | 8.5 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 2026-09-14 |
Score methodology for this job
reliability + pricePerf + global regions.
capabilityFit: 25%pricePerformance: 18%latencyReliability: 15%developerDx: 15%privacyPosture: 10%lockInRisk: 7%maturity: 10%