# Cloudflare Workers AI vs Tencent Hy4 (slim)

> Cloudflare Workers AI scores 70.6 (BB) to Tencent Hy4's 64 (B) for llm inference. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Cloudflare Workers AI scores 70.6 (BB) on agent readiness against Tencent Hy4's 64 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Tencent Hy4 leads on agent ergonomics. Both do llm inference.

- Cloudflare Workers AI: BB 70.6, rank #287 of 1524 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cloudflare-workers-ai.min.md
- Tencent Hy4: B 64, rank #595 of 1524 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hy4.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 Reliability, 68 against 46; Schema & documentation, 80 against 73; Security & auth, 80 against 71; Payments & pricing, 63 against 45; Transparency & trust, 76 against 52. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.
- Tencent Hy4, good for Long-context agent work, coding and office or finance tasks on a 1M-token context with images, for teams already on Tencent Cloud or happy to verify an account there. Ahead on Agent ergonomics, 86 against 75. Also No incidents deducted, where Cloudflare Workers AI loses 3 points for them.

| Category | Cloudflare Workers AI | Tencent Hy4 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 68 | 46 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 80 | 73 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 75 | 86 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 80 | 71 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 63 | 45 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 72 | 73 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 76 | 52 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Cloudflare Workers AI | Tencent Hy4 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Cloudflare | Tencent (Hy team) |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/ai` | no (local only) |
| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |
| x402 | on some endpoints | 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 | Hosted model under the Tencent Cloud TokenHub terms. Tencent says weights and a system card will follow; no licence is stated yet |
| Last release | 2026-10-21 | 2026-11-04 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-09-12 | couldn't be read |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 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 | none |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (4) | none |

Why the edge:
- Transparency & trust, Cloudflare Workers AI +24: Cloudflare Workers AI 76 (Closed service under the Self-Serve Subscription Agreement and service-specific terms with a Workers AI section.); Tencent Hy4 52 (Model reading for hy4 on Tencent Cloud TokenHub.)
- Reliability, Cloudflare Workers AI +22: Cloudflare Workers AI 68 (Hosted reading.); Tencent Hy4 46 (Model reading for hy4 on Tencent Cloud TokenHub.)
- Payments & pricing, Cloudflare Workers AI +18: Cloudflare Workers AI 63 (x402 is in beta on `POST /ai/run` since 30 September 2026 for four of 69 models.); Tencent Hy4 45 (Model reading for hy4 on Tencent Cloud TokenHub.)
- Agent ergonomics, Tencent Hy4 +11: Cloudflare Workers AI 75 (Model reading of the checklist (tool use, structured output, caching, context, batch, SDKs, errors).); Tencent Hy4 86 (Model reading for hy4 on Tencent Cloud TokenHub.)
- Security & auth, Cloudflare Workers AI +9: Cloudflare Workers AI 80 (Model reading.); Tencent Hy4 71 (Model reading for hy4 on Tencent Cloud TokenHub.)
- Schema & documentation, Cloudflare Workers AI +7: Cloudflare Workers AI 80 (Model reading, scored on the API lines.); Tencent Hy4 73 (Model reading for hy4 on Tencent Cloud TokenHub.)