Commercial software intelligenceEvidence checked · 8 September 2026
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SK-2026-153 · Pricing, billing & commercial terms

Cloudflare Images binding switches to unique-transformation billing

Cloudflare changed Images binding billing on 1 July 2026 so repeat requests for the same source-image and transformation-parameter combination within a calendar month count once rather than every binding call counting as a transformation; .info() calls are no longer billed.

Unique-transformation billing active

Commercial transition

Previous stateEach Images binding call counted as a separate transformation for billing, including repeated requests using the same source image and parameters.
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New stateThe Images binding uses unique-transformation billing: repeat requests for the same source image and parameter combination within the same calendar month count once, and .info() calls are not billed.

Who is affected

Cloudflare Images customers using the Workers Images binding for transformations or .info() calls.

Action required

Update Images cost models and usage forecasts to count unique monthly source-image/parameter combinations instead of individual repeated binding calls.

Evidence boundary

This event changes billing for the Images binding transformation model. It does not state that all Cloudflare Images charges are removed or that unrelated Images products use the same billing unit.

Timeline

  1. Billing model changed

    Cloudflare changed the Images binding to billing per unique transformation and stopped billing .info() calls.

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