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toran vs Cloudflare Workers (DIY proxy)
Cloudflare Workers can be used to build a custom forward proxy by writing code that receives HTTP requests, forwards them upstream, and logs or inspects requests along the way. Many teams consider this as a DIY approach when they need visibility into outbound API calls.
What a Workers-based proxy is good at
- ✓Full control over request handling, logging, and transformation
- ✓Running at the edge close to users or services
- ✓Integrating custom logic, authentication, or routing rules
Where the DIY approach falls short
- △Requires writing, deploying, and maintaining custom proxy code
- △Easy to introduce subtle bugs that alter or drop requests
- △Operational overhead for logging, retention, privacy, and security controls
- △Harder to guarantee reversibility once embedded into production flows
How toran is different
- →toran provides a ready-made forward proxy with no code required
- →Activation is reversible by swapping a base URL
- →Read-only by design: toran does not retry, cache, or mutate requests
- →Built-in safety defaults for logging, redaction, and storage
- →Designed specifically for inspecting third-party API consumption
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Quick decision rule
Use Cloudflare Workers if you want full control and are comfortable building and operating a custom proxy. Use toran if you want immediate, reversible visibility into outbound API requests without writing or maintaining proxy code.
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