Building a production-grade proxy service based on a free architecture
While traditional AI gateways require dedicated servers and operations teams, AI Proxy Worker achieves enterprise-grade functionality with Cloudflare free credits:
- Cost structure:Free 100,000 requests per day ($0.5/million requests in excess)
- Corporate Functions:Built-in rate limiting (configured via wrangler.toml), error alerting (bound to Cloudflare alerting rules)
- Extended program:Multi-Geo Deployment + Load Balancing (need to upgrade to $5/month Workers paid plan)
Building a road map:
- Basic Edition: Deploy Agent Worker only (completely free)
- Standard Edition: Add PROXY_KEY Access Control + Basic Monitoring
- Enterprise Edition: Configure D1 database record call logs + SSL certificates for custom domains
Key configuration items:
- Set usage_model = "bundled" in wrangler.toml to prevent surprise charges
- Distinguish between development and production environments by using env variables.
- Setting daily call volume alert thresholds via Triggers
Real-world example: a startup used this solution to support an average of 30,000 API calls per day, with a cumulative cost of $0 for 6 months.
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