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Spacefast vs Cloudflare Workers

Cloudflare Workers gives you building blocks: a Wrangler config, compatibility flags, framework adapters and runtime limits to design around. Spacefast takes your project as it is, builds it and puts it online, with access control and a database already set up.

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Starting point
Cloudflare Workers
Drag static files onto Cloudflare Drop, or install Node.js, scaffold a project with C3 and deploy with Wrangler.
Spacefast
Ask your AI to publish it, drag the files in, push a repo, or use the CLI or API.
Without an account
Cloudflare Workers
Cloudflare Drop and wrangler deploy --temporary work without an account. Drop takes static files only, and either one is deleted after 60 minutes unless you claim it.
Spacefast
Publish without an account and you get a live link plus a private claim link. It stays live for about 33 hours, and each publish that changes files restarts the clock, up to 30 days.
- No account to start
Setup
Cloudflare Workers
A wrangler.jsonc file, a compatibility date and compatibility flags decide which runtime features your Worker gets.
Spacefast
Nothing to configure. Spacefast detects your framework and builds it. Already have a wrangler.toml? Spacefast reads it.
- Git builds
Frameworks
Cloudflare Workers
Many frameworks need an adapter. Next.js runs through vinext, which is in beta, or OpenNext. Workers supports only part of Node.js, so some npm packages fail when called.
Spacefast
Next.js, Astro, TanStack Start and PHP apps run with their backend. Static output from many other frameworks publishes as is.
- Full-stack apps
Database
Cloudflare Workers
D1, a SQLite database you create and bind to your Worker.
Spacefast
Every Space has a MySQL-compatible database. Workers that use D1 can move over.
- Built-in database
Who can see it
Cloudflare Workers
workers.dev URLs are public. Cloudflare Access, set up separately, can require sign-in.
Spacefast
Spaces start private. Invite people, create a share link, or make it public.
- Private by default
- Share links

Source for the Cloudflare Workers column: Cloudflare Workers documentation.

Which one?

Choose Cloudflare Workers when

You want to build on Cloudflare’s platform directly.

You need Workers’ lower-level pieces, like routes on your own Cloudflare zone, Durable Objects or Queues, and you’re happy to manage Wrangler config and framework adapters yourself.

Choose Spacefast when

You want control over who sees it.

You want your app online without learning a platform first: no config files, no runtime flags, and no rush to sign up. Already on Workers with D1? Spacefast reads your Wrangler config and publishes it with a MySQL-compatible database.