# Cloudflare Workers AI vs Fireworks AI Inference (slim)

> Fireworks AI Inference scores 73.5 (BB) to Cloudflare Workers AI's 68.3 (B) for llm inference. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Fireworks AI Inference scores 73.5 (BB) on agent readiness against Cloudflare Workers AI's 68.3 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Cloudflare Workers AI leads on payments & pricing, maintenance & community and transparency & trust. Both do llm inference.

- Cloudflare Workers AI: B 68.3, rank #239 of 1171 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cloudflare-workers-ai.min.md
- Fireworks AI Inference: BB 73.5, rank #93 of 1171 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fireworks-inference.min.md
- Cloudflare Workers AI, good for Agents that already run on Cloudflare Workers, or that want open-weight chat, embedding, reranking, speech and image models behind one token with a free daily allowance. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 52 against 40; Maintenance & community, 72 against 65; Transparency & trust, 76 against 66.
- Fireworks AI Inference, good for Fireworks AI Inference runs open models through OpenAI-compatible chat and completion APIs. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 93 against 80; Agent ergonomics, 80 against 75; Security & auth, 85 against 77. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 4.3 against 3.0 out of 5; No incidents deducted, where Cloudflare Workers AI loses 3 points for them.

| Category | Cloudflare Workers AI | Fireworks AI Inference |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 66 | 70 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 80 | 93 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 75 | 80 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 77 | 85 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 52 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 72 | 65 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 76 | 66 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Cloudflare Workers AI | Fireworks AI Inference |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Model API | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Cloudflare, Inc. | Fireworks.ai, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/ai` | `https://api.fireworks.ai/inference/v1` |
| x402 | payer tooling only | no |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Cloudflare's Self-Serve Subscription Agreement. Each hosted model carries its own open-weight licence, linked from its model page. The `cloudflare` SDKs are Apache-2.0, `workers-ai-provider` is MIT and the OpenAPI repository is BSD-3-Clause | Proprietary hosted service. The official Python SDK is Apache-2.0; served models retain their own licences. |
| Last release | 2026-10-01 | 2026-10-18 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-09-12 | couldn't be read |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | couldn't be read |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | couldn't be read |
| Popularity | 380k npm/wk | 10 stars |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (4) | 4.3/5 (4) |