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# Pricing

Pipelines charges based on two dimensions:

1. **SQL transforms**: The volume of data processed by stateless SQL transformations (optional).
2. **Sinks**: The volume of data delivered to each sink destination.

Ingress into a Pipeline stream is free. Standard [R2 storage and operations](https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/pricing/) charges apply for data written to R2 buckets. [R2 Data Catalog](https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/data-catalog/platform/pricing/) charges apply when writing to Iceberg tables.

All included usage is on a monthly basis.

## Pipelines pricing

|                                            | Workers Paid  |
| ------------------------------------------ | ------------- |
| **Streams (ingress)**                      |               |
| Included                                   | Unlimited     |
| **SQL transforms** [1](#user-content-fn-1) |               |
| Included                                   | 50 GB / month |
| Additional                                 | $0.04 / GB    |
| **Sinks (egress)** [2](#user-content-fn-2) |               |
| Included                                   | 50 GB / month |
| R2 — JSON format                           | $0.03 / GB    |
| R2 — Parquet / Iceberg                     | $0.06 / GB    |

### Streams

Streams provide durable, distributed log storage that buffers incoming messages. Ingress into a stream is free regardless of volume. A single stream can be read by multiple pipelines.

### SQL transforms

SQL transforms let you filter, reshape, and compute over data before it reaches a sink. Any query that filters, renames, casts, or computes columns counts as a transform.

Pricing covers stateless transforms only (for example, filter, reshape, unnest, cast, and compute). Future stateful operations such as aggregations, joins, and windows may be priced separately.

### Sinks

Sink pricing is based on the volume of uncompressed data delivered to the destination. The rate varies by output format:

* **JSON**: $0.03 / GB — lowest compute cost, suitable for simple log forwarding.
* **Parquet / Iceberg**: $0.06 / GB — higher compute cost for columnar encoding and Iceberg table management. Best for analytics workloads.

## Billing examples

### Example 1: Simple JSON log forwarding

A pipeline ingests 200 GB of log data per month and writes it directly to an R2 bucket in JSON format with no SQL transforms.

| Dimension      | Usage  | Included  | Billable | Cost      |
| -------------- | ------ | --------- | -------- | --------- |
| Streams        | 200 GB | Unlimited | 0 GB     | $0.00     |
| SQL transforms | 0 GB   | 50 GB     | 0 GB     | $0.00     |
| Sinks (JSON)   | 200 GB | 50 GB     | 150 GB   | $4.50     |
| **Total**      |        |           |          | **$4.50** |

### Example 2: Filtered ingest to Iceberg with SQL

A pipeline ingests 500 GB of event data per month. A SQL transform filters and reshapes the data, reducing output to 300 GB written to an R2 Data Catalog Iceberg table.

| Dimension       | Usage  | Included  | Billable | Cost       |
| --------------- | ------ | --------- | -------- | ---------- |
| Streams         | 500 GB | Unlimited | 0 GB     | $0.00      |
| SQL transforms  | 500 GB | 50 GB     | 450 GB   | $18.00     |
| Sinks (Iceberg) | 300 GB | 50 GB     | 250 GB   | $15.00     |
| **Total**       |        |           |          | **$33.00** |

## Cloudflare billing policy

To learn more about how usage is billed, refer to [Cloudflare Billing Policy](https://developers.cloudflare.com/billing/understand/billing-policy/).

## Footnotes

1. Optional. Includes stateless SQL transforms only (for example, filter, reshape, unnest, cast, compute). [↩](#user-content-fnref-1)
2. Sink egress is measured on uncompressed data. [↩](#user-content-fnref-2)

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