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Put two or three platforms side by side

Pick the ones you are actually choosing between. The same questions get asked of each, the answers come off the company's own pages, and every figure carries the day we read it.

Places that pay youThings you build on

Eight questions about what it costs and who owns the result, asked of each one.

2 PLATFORMS · 8 QUESTIONS · 6 ANSWERED BY ALL

Cloudflare
WordPress.com

What it costs you

What it really costs to startAll in, not the first-year promotional price.
CloudflareFree plan, then from $20/monthFree plan costs nothing; paid website plans advertised from $20 a month.source · checked 2026-09-07
WordPress.comFree tier limits and entry priceFree plan is capped at 1 GB storage on a WordPress.com subdomain with WordPress.com ads shown to visitors; paid plans start at $4 a month billed yearly.source · checked 2026-09-07
What it costs to keep alivePer year, once the introductory pricing is over.
Cloudflare$25/month per domain on ProPro is billed per domain at $25/month month-to-month, so the bill scales with the number of sites, not traffic.source · checked 2026-09-07
WordPress.comFirst year free, then list priceFirst-year domain registration is free with any annual or multi-year plan; the discount does not repeat at renewal.source · checked 2026-09-07

The gate before the first cent

The gate before it pays anythingThe traffic, sales or balance you must reach before a single cent moves.
CloudflareWe have not checked this one yet
WordPress.comPlan requirement before adsRunning ads at all requires a Premium plan or higher, so the site pays before it earns.source · checked 2026-09-07
How long before the first paymentThe gap you have to fund out of your own pocket.
CloudflareWe have not checked this one yet
WordPress.comWordAds payment scheduleAd earnings settle at the end of the month following the month they were earned, so January revenue arrives by end of February.source · checked 2026-09-07

Is it yours or theirs

Who owns what you buildYours, or a room you are allowed to sit in until the rules change?
CloudflareCustomer keeps title to contentThe customer keeps all right, title and interest in the data, content and code sent through the services.source · checked 2026-09-07
WordPress.comLicence granted to AutomatticOwnership is retained, but the user grants Automattic a worldwide, transferable and sub-licensable licence to use, modify and publish the content.source · checked 2026-09-07
Can you take it with youThe domain, the list, the content. What actually leaves with you.
CloudflareDomain leaves with an auth codeA registered domain can be moved to any other registrar using an auth code Cloudflare generates in the dashboard.source · checked 2026-09-07
WordPress.comEmail list exportThe subscriber list can be downloaded as a CSV from the Jetpack Newsletter screen and imported elsewhere.source · checked 2026-09-07
Can it be soldIs there a resale market, and what does it pay?
CloudflareNo account transfer without consentThe account cannot be sold or assigned to a buyer without Cloudflare's prior written consent.source · checked 2026-09-07
WordPress.comAssignment needs written consentThe terms bar assigning the agreement without Automattic's prior written consent, while Automattic may assign its own rights freely.source · checked 2026-09-07
What takes it all awayThe single rule, ban or dependency that ends it overnight.
CloudflareTermination at sole discretionCloudflare may terminate or suspend the account at any time, with or without notice, for any reason or no reason at all.source · checked 2026-09-07
WordPress.comTermination at sole discretionAutomattic may cut off access to any part of the service at any time, with or without cause or notice, effective immediately.source · checked 2026-09-07

There is no winner at the bottom of this table

Nothing here gets added up. A score would have to decide that these questions weigh the same for everyone, and they do not. A lower cash-out bar is better if you need the money this month and worse if it arrives as a gift card you cannot spend on rent. One payout method is fine right up until it is the one that does not work where you live.

The rows worth your attention are usually the ones where the columns disagree about whether to answer at all. A platform that publishes its fee and a platform that does not are not two platforms with different fees. One of them has told you, and you can hold them to it.

Rows marked as not checked are about us, not about them. They mean nobody here has gone looking yet, and they stay visible for that reason. Found a figure that has moved? Tell us, and it gets a new source and a new date rather than a quiet edit.

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