The essentials
Cloudflare Workers dominates in network footprint (200+ points of presence versus ~28 for Deno Deploy) and pricing. Deno Deploy compensates with built-in TypeScript tooling. Both remain JavaScript/V8 isolates. Aurabase takes a distinct path: its Edge Functions in WASM mode directly execute Rust compiled via Wasmtime, sandboxed module by module, in aura-functions — not just another JS isolate, a native runtime integrated into the heart of the backend.
200+ presence points versus around 28
Cloudflare Workers relies on more than 200 points of presence around the world, compared to around 28 for Deno Deploy according to available 2026 comparisons – a difference in scale which directly affects the latency perceived by a user far from a Deno datacenter.
Deno Deploy compensates with stricter web standards compliance and integrated tooling (deployment previews, cron, cache, telemetry) that developers used to the TypeScript ecosystem find more consistent.
Allocated CPU time differs greatly depending on the plan
Cloudflare Workers caps CPU time at 50 ms on the free plan, compared to 30 seconds on the paid plans — a gap of two orders of magnitude that directly determines what your edge function can actually do without timing out.
On the edge storage side, Cloudflare offers a complete stack — D1 (SQLite), R2 (S3 compatible object), KV (optionally consistent), Durable Objects (strongly consistent) — while Deno Deploy relies on native Deno KV, simpler but less segmented by use case.
Why Aurabase runs Wasmtime, not a JS isolate
Both Cloudflare Workers and Deno Deploy sandbox via JavaScript/V8 isolates. Aurabase takes a different route for its WASM mode: your code (Rust, or any language compilable to WebAssembly) is executed directly by Wasmtime, without depending on a third-party JavaScript runtime hosted elsewhere.
Concretely: your edge function and your dedicated Postgres database live in the same platform, with the same authentication, the same accessible RLS policies, without an additional network gateway to a separate edge provider to configure and secure independently.
Read the full comparison: Edge Functions Rust/WASM versus Cloudflare Workers and Vercel Edge
What Cloudflare and Deno Deploy do better today
If your priority is maximum global network footprint regardless of your data backend, Cloudflare maintains a real lead in points of presence. If you want integrated TypeScript tooling without a Postgres backend to manage, Deno Deploy is still relevant.
The trade-off changes as soon as your edge function must directly query your database with the same RLS policies as the rest of your backend, without a third-party network to cross — this is exactly the terrain where Aurabase's native integration takes the advantage.