Cloudflare launches Data Platform with bland 'Basin' branding, promise of fewer fees
Serverless data management without egress fees, sort of
Cloudflare has unveiled its new Data Platform under the bland name Basin, marking it as generally available. The platform integrates Cloudflare Pipelines, R2 Data Catalog, and R2 SQL, rebranded as Basin Pipelines, Basin Catalog, and Basin SQL respectively. The shift to a serverless model aims to simplify data observation without the need for managing clusters, minimizing data movement, and preserving customer control over their data using open standards like Apache Iceberg.
This approach eliminates lock-in and egress fees, allowing data to move freely across cloud regions. Customers can store data in R2 Data Catalog and process it using Basin SQL or external query engines such as DuckDB, PyIceberg, Snowflake, Spark, StarRocks, or Trino. Cloudflare highlights the absence of transfer fees for querying data from various clouds, platforms, or regions. However, charges may apply when using other metered services connected to R2 buckets.
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