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title: "How I Migrated My Website to Cloudflare and Saved $228"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-i-migrated-my-website-to-cloudflare-and-saved-228-jnb0ux8f6
source_url: https://milanjovanovic.tech/blog/how-i-migrated-my-website-to-cloudflare-and-saved-228-dollars
type: article
source: "Milan Jovanović"
published: 2026-07-18T00:08:07.749Z
updated: 2026-07-18T00:08:28.099Z
tags: ["github-actions", "dns"]
reading_time: 8
upvotes: 35
comments: 2
language: en
---

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# How I Migrated My Website to Cloudflare and Saved $228

**[Milan Jovanović](https://daily.dev/sources/milanjovanovic)** · 8 min read · 35 upvotes · 2 comments

## Summary

A step-by-step account of migrating a static website from Netlify to Cloudflare Pages, eliminating a $19/month hosting bill with zero downtime. The approach uses a dual-deploy CI strategy: both hosts receive the same build simultaneously, allowing the new Cloudflare Pages copy to be verified before a single DNS record flip completes the cutover. Key steps covered include inventorying DNS records before moving nameservers, handling redirects via a _redirects file, and maintaining a rollback path throughout. A bonus section covers using Cloudflare R2 for free nightly Postgres database backups with rclone, taking advantage of R2's zero egress fees.

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daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://milanjovanovic.tech/blog/how-i-migrated-my-website-to-cloudflare-and-saved-228-dollars>

## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@trevorsuna** · 0 upvotes

> Dual-deploying before the DNS flip is the smart part here. It turns the move into a boring, reversible change, and boring migrations are usually the best ones. The R2 backup tip is a nice bonus.

**@bobbyiliev** · 0 upvotes

> CloudFlare is awesome

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