Cloudflare Python Workers
Shares rank 3 of 6 serverless platforms by recommenders
People welcome finally getting Python support on Cloudflare Workers, with no extra charge unlike SnapStart. Caveat: strict library limits and architecture concerns recur.
People welcome finally getting Python support on Cloudflare Workers, with no extra charge unlike SnapStart. Caveat: strict library limits and architecture concerns recur.
10 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 4
- approval share
- 60%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 1.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Architectural concerns still unresolved
“some of the main architectural concerns I raised at the time are still present”
Comment from 21 Sep 2026 in “Python Workers are now generally available” “I believe you'll see some architectural issues from this design.”
Comment from 21 Sep 2026 in “Python Workers are now generally available”
Other serverless platforms people recommend
The four most recommended other serverless platforms, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare Workers | 190 | 77 | 71% | 13 | 5 yrs10 owners | Approved |
| AWS Lambda | 84 | 61 | 58% | 12 | 6 yrs5 owners | — |
| Cloudflare Python WorkersThis page | 6 | 4 | 60% | 2 | — | — |
| Cloudflare Pages and Workers | 6 | 2 | 75% | 5 | — | — |
| Deno Deploy | 5 | 8 | 38% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
9 of the 12 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Pyodide and Cloudflare don't use the real network stack for http requests”
“I believe you'll see some architectural issues from this design.”
“some of the main architectural concerns I raised at the time are still present”
“Still a welcome move that they finally added support from Python.”
“your linked benchmark page shows that Lambda is not only much faster but also much more consistent”
“after 4 years of "beta" Python support on CF workers - it's still ugly”
“the default global deployment model raises questions about compliance when you need specific regions”
“unlike SnapStart we don't charge extra for it”
“the limitation on the libraries you can use is very strong”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.