This evaluation demonstrates how Cloudflare's developer platform — Stream, Images, R2, Workers, Pages, Workers AI, Durable Objects, and Browser Run — can power every layer of Multi Media LLC's infrastructure: from video delivery and asset storage to stateful AI agents and automated client deliverables.
Cloudflare Developer Platform
Eight tightly integrated products — no third-party stitching required. Each one maps directly to a core operational need.
Serverless live and on-demand video — upload, encode, and deliver through a single API. No infrastructure to provision. Stream handles adaptive bitrate encoding (360p–1080p), signed URLs for access control, per-creator analytics, and direct upload so your users can push content without routing through your servers.
const response = await fetch(
'https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{id}/stream',
{
method: 'POST',
headers: { 'Authorization': 'Bearer TOKEN' },
body: videoFile
}
);
S3-compatible object storage with zero egress fees. Store raw footage, rendered exports, audio files, project archives, and podcast episodes without worrying about bandwidth bills. Works natively with Workers bindings and integrates with Stream and Images.
Dynamically resize, optimize, crop, and convert images at the edge — no manual variant generation. Serve WebP or AVIF to supported browsers automatically. Bring your own R2 bucket or use fully managed hosted storage.
// Resize + convert to WebP in one URL
/cdn-cgi/image/width=1200,format=webp
/r2/shoots/campaign-hero.jpg
Serverless JavaScript/TypeScript runtime deployed across 330+ cities in milliseconds. Write API logic, authentication handlers, webhook processors, and background jobs — with native bindings to R2, D1, KV, Stream, and Workers AI. No servers, no ops, pay only for what you use.
export default {
async fetch(req, env) {
// Verify token, then stream from R2
const asset = await env.MEDIA_BUCKET
.get('footage/raw/shoot-42.mp4');
return new Response(asset.body);
}
};
Git-connected full-stack deployment on Cloudflare's CDN. Push to GitHub, get a global deployment in seconds. Pages Functions let you run server-side logic alongside your frontend with the same Workers runtime — so your Next.js or SvelteKit app has one unified deployment target.
Run 50+ open-source ML models on serverless GPUs — no GPU provisioning, no model hosting overhead. Generate transcripts, auto-caption videos, classify content, generate image descriptions, or build an AI-powered search index for your media library. Pay per inference, not per hour.
const transcript = await env.AI.run(
'@cf/openai/whisper',
{ audio: audioBuffer }
);
// Store to D1, surface in your UI
await env.DB.prepare(
'INSERT INTO transcripts VALUES (?,?)'
).bind(videoId, transcript.text).run();
Each Durable Object is a globally-unique, named unit of compute with strongly consistent storage co-located alongside it. Unlike regular Workers, they maintain in-memory state between requests and coordinate across multiple clients — making them the backbone of AI agents, real-time collaboration, live notifications, and review workflows that span sessions.
export class ReviewAgent {
constructor(state, env) {
this.state = state; // persistent SQLite
}
async fetch(req) {
const { action, note } = await req.json();
await this.state.storage.put('status', action);
// Notify all connected clients via WS
this.broadcast({ action, note });
}
}
Run headless Chrome on Cloudflare's global network — no browser infrastructure to manage. Capture screenshots, generate PDFs, scrape structured data, and run full Puppeteer or Playwright scripts from inside a Worker. Pair with Durable Objects to persist sessions across requests and cut cold-start time. Supports AI-powered browsing via Playwright MCP and Stagehand.
// One HTTP request — no browser to manage
const pdf = await fetch(
'https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts'
+ '/{id}/browser-run/pdf',
{
method: 'POST',
body: JSON.stringify({ url: proofPageUrl }),
headers: { 'Authorization': 'Bearer TOKEN' }
}
);
Reference Architecture
A complete media delivery pipeline — from creator upload to end-user playback — built entirely on Cloudflare's developer platform.
Applied to Multi Media LLC
Concrete workflows mapped to your operations — with the Cloudflare products that power each one.
Broadcast live events, concerts, or conferences directly through Stream. Adaptive bitrate delivery via Cloudflare's global network means buffering-free playback for viewers anywhere. Signed URLs gate access for ticket holders — no extra auth service required.
Move your raw footage, audio masters, and project exports to R2. Access them from Workers or serve them through Stream without paying per-GB egress charges that stack up fast on AWS S3 or GCS. Keep your data in the region that makes sense for your team.
Every video uploaded to Stream can trigger a Worker that calls Workers AI's Whisper model. The resulting transcript is stored in D1, making your entire video library full-text searchable. Generate closed captions for accessibility compliance without a separate transcription service.
Deploy a client-facing portal where your customers review deliverables, approve cuts, and download final assets — all served from Cloudflare Pages with Pages Functions handling auth and access logic. Git-connected deploys mean your team ships features without a DevOps bottleneck.
Spin up one Durable Object per client project. Each object maintains the full review history — approval status, timestamped comments, version thread, and active WebSocket connections to every stakeholder viewing the cut simultaneously. When a client posts a note, all connected viewers see it in real time without polling. The Cloudflare AI Agents SDK is built on top of Durable Objects, so you can layer an LLM-powered agent that answers questions about the project, surfaces revision history, or drafts responses to feedback.
When a new video cut or storyboard is uploaded, a Worker triggers Browser Run to load the hosted preview page and capture a pixel-perfect PDF proof and a thumbnail screenshot — automatically. These are stored in R2 and attached to the project's Durable Object. Clients receive a polished PDF packet without anyone on your team manually exporting from design tools. Use Playwright or Stagehand to go further: run QA checks on the client portal, verify playback, or generate compliance screenshots for archive.