Cloudflare Aigateway credits now require credit card payment only
What happened
Between the Nov 2, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026 captures of Cloudflare's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: New note: AI Gateway credits can only be purchased by credit card; other payment methods such as PayPal are not supported. Pulse files it as a product change (feature change) with a neutral direction. The current page lists AI Gateway at $0.05 per $1 of AI inference credit purchased via Unified Billing (5% fee).
This is the first pricing-page change Pulse has recorded for Cloudflare. Cloudflare has been tracked since 2023-11-14.
In the same window Aws, Zscaler, Fastly and Akamai Technologies also changed their Cloud & DevOps pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- AI Gateway · FeatureFeature change
New note: AI Gateway credits can only be purchased by credit card; other payment methods such as PayPal are not supported.
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI Gateway | Feature | New note: AI Gateway credits can only be purchased by credit card; other payment methods such as PayPal are not supported. | Feature change | |
Values as written on Cloudflare's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Cloudflare's pricing page (cloudflare.com) from Nov 2, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026; the change is marked around the middle of the page.
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Across Cloud & DevOps in the same window
All Cloud & DevOps changes- AwsNov 9Aws Mwaa adds per-second billing for Customer Managed Tasks in Serverless
- ZscalerOct 26Zscaler adds bulk GraphQL data extraction to ZDX Advanced Plus
- FastlyOct 26Fastly launches managed Secondary DNS, with pricing by sales contact only
- Akamai TechnologiesOct 12Akamai Technologies reorganizes pricing by product and adds $100/month Managed Service
Questions about this change
Did Cloudflare raise prices in November 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Nov 2, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a product change: feature change.
What changed on Cloudflare's pricing page between Nov 2, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026?
New note: AI Gateway credits can only be purchased by credit card; other payment methods such as PayPal are not supported. Pulse compared the captures it took on Nov 2, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Cloudflare change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 0 other pricing-page changes for Cloudflare in the 90 days before this one; Cloudflare has been tracked since 2023-11-14.