Cloudflare Stream vs SMTP Zen Email Forwarding

Cloudflare Stream plans

• Minutes stored$5 a month
• Minutes delivered$1 a month
• Cloudflare Stream$5 a month

SMTP Zen Email Forwarding plans

• Roll your own$1.20 a month
• Starter SMTP$2.99 a month
• Freelancer SMTP$5.99 a month
• Pro SMTP$11.99 a month

Pick Cloudflare Stream if…

Cloudflare Stream suits video publishers who need to manage live or on-demand delivery across web and native apps. Its listed use cases include e-learning, user-generated content, live events, AI-generated media workflows, and multi-platform distribution.

Pick SMTP Zen Email Forwarding if…

It suits developers sending application mail, small teams, freelancers managing client domains, and domain investors. It is useful when inbound custom-domain mail should reach existing inboxes, with hosted mail available when sending is needed.