R2 Data Catalog pricing announced
Key Points
- Pricing published for catalog ops and compaction
- Catalog ops: $9.00 / million (1M free/month)
- Compaction: $0.005/GB + $2.00/1M objects (10GB/1M free)
Summary
R2 Data Catalog (managed Apache Iceberg catalog integrated with R2 buckets) now has published pricing for catalog operations and table compaction in addition to existing R2 storage/operations charges. Billing is not yet enabled; Cloudflare will provide at least 30 days' notice before charging.
Key Points
- Catalog operations: $9.00 per million metadata operations (create/read/update table metadata). Monthly free tier: 1,000,000 operations.
- Compaction (applies only when automatic compaction is enabled for a table): $0.005 per GB processed + $2.00 per 1,000,000 objects processed. Monthly free tier: 10 GB processed and 1,000,000 compaction objects.
- Existing R2 storage and standard operation charges remain separate from these new catalog/compaction fees.
- Billing is planned but disabled today; you will receive >=30 days notice before charges start.
Practical actions for engineers
- Audit current Iceberg workloads and estimate metadata operation counts and compaction volume to model costs.
- Review and, if needed, disable automatic compaction or tune compaction settings to control compaction-related charges.
- Instrument monitoring and alerts for catalog operation rates and compaction throughput to stay within free tiers or expected budgets.
For full pricing tables and billing examples, refer to the official R2 Data Catalog pricing documentation.