Commercial transition
Previous stateCloudflare had published R2 Data Catalog catalog-operation and compaction pricing while billing remained disabled.
→New stateBilling is enabled for R2 Data Catalog on non-enterprise accounts at USD 9 per million catalog operations; compaction is USD 0.005 per GB processed plus USD 2 per million objects, with Cloudflare's documented monthly free tiers.
Who is affected
Non-enterprise Cloudflare accounts using R2 Data Catalog operations and compaction.
Action required
Model catalog-operation and compaction volume against the documented monthly free tiers before scaling R2 Data Catalog workloads.
Evidence boundary
The official changelog proves billing activation for non-enterprise accounts and the published catalog-operation and compaction rates. It does not establish negotiated Enterprise pricing, taxes or account-specific discounts.
Timeline
- R2 Data Catalog pricing published
Cloudflare published R2 Data Catalog pricing while billing remained disabled.
- R2 Data Catalog billing enabled
Cloudflare enabled R2 Data Catalog billing for non-enterprise accounts under the published catalog-operation and compaction model.
Official sources
- Cloudflare publishes R2 Data Catalog pricing while billing remains disabledCloudflare · 2026-05-28 · Official commercial, product or partner-program documentation
- R2 Data Catalog billing enabledCloudflare · 2026-08-03 · Official Cloudflare commercial changelog