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Basin Pipelines
Ingest real time data streams and load into R2
Pricing and limits
Pricing
As of Nov 3, 2026, from Cloudflare's docs, last updated there Oct 1, 2026. Licensed CC BY 4.0; navigation removed.
Basin Pipelines charges based on two dimensions:
- SQL transforms: The volume of data processed by stateless SQL.
- Sinks: The volume of data delivered to each sink destination.
Ingress into a Pipeline stream is free. Standard R2 storage and operations charges apply for data written to R2 buckets. Basin Catalog charges apply when writing to Iceberg tables.
All included usage is on a monthly basis.
Basin Pipelines pricing
| Workers Paid | |
|---|---|
| Streams (ingress) | |
| Included | Unlimited |
| SQL transforms | |
| Included | 50 GB / month |
| Additional | $0.04 / GB |
| Sinks (egress) 1 | |
| Included | 50 GB / month |
| R2 — JSON format | $0.03 / GB |
| R2 — Parquet / Iceberg | $0.06 / GB |
Streams
Streams provide durable, distributed log storage that buffers incoming messages. Ingress into a stream is free regardless of volume. A single stream can be read by multiple pipelines.
SQL transforms
SQL transforms let you filter, reshape, and compute over data before it reaches a sink. Any query currently counts as a transform.
Pricing covers stateless transforms (for example, filter, reshape, unnest, cast, and compute). Future stateful operations such as aggregations, joins, and windows may be priced separately.
Sinks
Sink pricing is based on the volume of uncompressed data delivered to the destination. The rate varies by output format:
- JSON: $0.03 / GB — lowest compute cost, suitable for simple log forwarding.
- Parquet / Iceberg: $0.06 / GB — higher compute cost for columnar encoding and Iceberg table management. Best for analytics workloads.
Billing examples
Example: filtered ingest to Iceberg with SQL
A pipeline ingests 500 GB of event data per month. A SQL transform filters and reshapes the data, reducing output to 300 GB written to a Basin Catalog Iceberg table.
| Dimension | Usage | Included | Billable | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Streams | 500 GB | Unlimited | 0 GB | $0.00 |
| SQL transforms | 500 GB | 50 GB | 450 GB | $18.00 |
| Sinks (Iceberg) | 300 GB | 50 GB | 250 GB | $15.00 |
| Total | $33.00 |
Cloudflare billing policy
To learn more about how usage is billed, refer to Cloudflare Billing Policy.
Footnotes
- Sink egress is measured on uncompressed data. ↩
Limits
As of Nov 3, 2026, from Cloudflare's docs, last updated there Oct 1, 2026. Licensed CC BY 4.0; navigation removed.
The following limits are currently in effect:
| Feature | Limit |
|---|---|
| Maximum streams per account | 20 |
| Maximum payload size per ingestion request | 5 MB |
| Maximum ingest rate per stream | 1 GB/s |
| Maximum sinks per account | 20 |
| Maximum pipelines per account | 20 |
Need a higher limit?
To request an adjustment to a limit, complete the Limit Increase Request Form ↗︎. If the limit can be increased, Cloudflare will contact you with next steps.
Timeline
October 2026
- Basin Pipelines ingest limit increased to 1 GB/s
Each Basin Pipelines stream can now ingest up to 1 GB/s, increased from 5 MB/s. The higher per-stream limit gives high-volume application events, telemetry, and logs more room to grow without splitting ingestion across streams solely to stay within the previous limit. For the full list of stream, sink, and pipeline limits, refer to Basin Pipelines limits.
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August 2026
- Billing is now enabled for Pipelines
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June 2026
- Pipeline binding configuration field renamed to stream
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February 2026
- Dropped event metrics, typed Pipelines bindings, and improved setup
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September 2025
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