Containers are available in public beta for simple, global, and programmable compute

We’re excited to announce that Cloudflare Containers are now available in beta for all users on paid plans.

You can now run new kinds of applications alongside your Workers. From media and data processing at the edge, to backend services in any language, to CLI tools in batch workloads — Containers open up a world of possibilities.

Containers are tightly integrated with Workers and the rest of the developer platform, which means that:

• Your workflow stays simple: just define a Container in a few lines of code, and run wrangler deploy, just like you would with a Worker.

• Containers are global: as with Workers, you just deploy to Region:Earth. No need to manage configs across 5 different regions for a global app.

• You can use the right tool for the job: routing requests between Workers and Containers is easy. Use a Worker when you need to be ultra light-weight and scalable. Use a Container when you need more power and flexibility.

• Containers are programmable: container instances are spun up on-demand and controlled by Workers code. If you need custom logic, just write some JavaScript instead of spending time chaining together API calls or writing Kubernetes operators.

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