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What Cloudflare AI Gateway really costs, from its own pricing page, and what that means for your LLM bill.
Core features are free. Credits bought through Unified Billing carry a 5% fee, and provider rates are passed through without markup.
What Cloudflare AI Gateway charges
Core features are free. Credits bought through Unified Billing carry a 5% fee, and provider rates are passed through without markup.
A gateway for analytics, logging, caching, rate limiting, retries and model fallbacks.
What Cloudflare AI Gateway costs at your spend
| Monthly LLM spend | Cloudflare AI Gateway fee (5% on Unified Billing credits) | apicuts: guaranteed lower cost |
|---|---|---|
| $10,000 | $500 | $2,000 or more |
| $50,000 | $2,500 | $10,000 or more |
| $100,000 | $5,000 | $20,000 or more |
The Cloudflare AI Gateway column assumes all spend goes through the fee. apicuts guarantees your all-in cost falls at least 20% after its 10% fee, or you pay nothing.
What the price doesn't include
- The tokens themselves, at your providers' prices.
- The engineering time to set up caching, routing, batching and limits, and to keep them working.
- Any guarantee that your total bill goes down.
Cloudflare AI Gateway vs apicuts on cost
Cloudflare AI Gateway is priced for teams on Cloudflare that want free visibility and control. apicuts is priced on results: 10% of the savings we verify, and if your all-in bill isn't at least 20% lower after that fee, you pay nothing. See apicuts pricing or APIcuts vs Cloudflare AI Gateway.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Cloudflare AI Gateway cost?
Core features are free. Credits bought through Unified Billing carry a 5% fee, and provider rates are passed through without markup.
Does Cloudflare AI Gateway mark up model prices?
No. Provider rates are passed through; a 5% fee applies to credits bought through Unified Billing.
Sources: Cloudflare AI Gateway's pricing page. Checked October 30, 2026.
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