Cloudflare

It is well suited to high-traffic e-commerce websites and they also receive payments, so it provides added security. It also works well for websites that get traffic from all over the world. It serves content to global users using its CDN. On the other hand, it is less suitable for websites with a lot of customization as it often breaks them.

Many times it happened that we ran into very complex problems which were new to us. We contacted the support but they didn't help much. They just kept on giving us generic instructions. And many times their response came too late. They also do not have a good knowledge base where I can find solutions to my problems.

It took roughly 7 seconds to load the PHP-based site. The site had been hosted on a shared server in Sydney while using CloudFlare. In our experience building the @TuffTruck website, we discovered that DigitalOcean was incredibly quick—so fast that Australian users experienced a 2-second speed boost despite the company's international location. We discovered that several WordPress plugins were significantly increasing the TTFB; disabling all plugins resulted in a 1.5-second reduction in the time it took WordPress to reply. Using an "on/off" method, we narrowed it down to two plugins by Ontraport (a customer relationship management tool used to fill out parts of the forms). We ditched it in favor of a custom WordPress plugin that only sends data to Ontraport when necessary. Now that we have a workable time for the first byte (TTFB), we can focus on reducing the total page load time. By activating Cloudflare's HTML/CSS/JS minifications and Rocket Loader, we could get our collection of test pages, including the homepage, to load [in full] in a little more than 2 seconds.

In a nutshell, Cloudflare is a renowned content delivery network (CDN) that provides dependable services that can assist in making your website perform more smoothly. They have a wide variety of possibilities, so there is a good chance that one of them will suit your needs. I enjoy the responsive service I get.

If you need a web application firewall you can use Cloudflare.
If you need fine tuned access control for your services when you have remote distributed workforce you can use ZTNA.
If you need to share local application with someone you can use cloudflared.
If you need DNS you can use Cloudflare.
If you need CDN you can use Cloudflare.
If you need DDOS protection you can use Cloudflare.
If you need to ensure traffic encryption for you website or your workforce you can use cloudflare.

Never used support.

Cloudflare is an industry leader in its field. They are one of the best solutions for us to maintain our site loading quickly so that our users have a positive experience. It also saves money by minimising bot traffic and providing our visitors with the greatest possible experience with our website's features.

They provide prompt assistance through a variety of methods, including email and phone calls. They provide support via chat platforms as well, and they are always there when we require assistance.

Best Presentation includes a live demo of the application too, and therefore, we may discuss at length for the use of Cloudflare at our State Data Centre for data security and API data leaks prevention process.

Hope excellent support will be extended for discussion and POC & Further implementation. That's why a rating of 9 is given at present.

If a website has many users or is an active target, Cloudflare's DDoS protection and load balancing will save the day. They are easily the best in the business when it comes to this level of protection.

Support could be better for the business package as it can be quite slow at times.

Cloudflare helps to lower our bandwidth load on our hosting provider by providing our web apps at more consistent and respectable load times to those remote from the main server. The nearest data center servicing a visitor of your website using geographical advantage is the best thing that can happen to the performance of your website, especially when a standard shared hosting is present.

Cloudflare support has been excellent, with highly helpful team members always ready to assist with any issue. They have a dedicated team for us to assist us personally. They are also reachable by email and phone.

It is very useful in cases such as getting an SSL certificate for your applications, protecting from DDoS attacks, analyzing your traffic.If your site doesn't have a custom caching method, Cloudflare can do it for you. It optimizes the size of your images and provides you with a CDN service. It provides a service focused on security, performance and continuity to your site.It will solve your problem if your site is getting hacked and your site is loading late. It is also cost-effective, as it does these over DNS instead of a server.

We've never contacted Cloudflare support directly, but that doesn't mean we haven't had any issues. We solved our problem ourselves, as their technical documentation was quite successful. The community also helped us a lot with solutions that we could not find in the documents.

Cloudflare is best for most usage scenarios, but the beauty is that you can start free. So it can start when day 1 of our corporate / personal internet business and scale from there. Cloudflare ensure that your website can be found and the implementation really easy. After that you can aim for more internet security and a bunch of other features with a great pre-defined setup by upgrading your subscription.

first of all, the platform is so easy that many are easy enough to understand. but when you need to call for support, the are very supportive and willing to help. they are quite informative and quickly understand our concerns. however some support are limited depending on your subscription level which is as it should be. So you might want to check whether your current tier is the right one for you

Without Cloudflare we didn't get TTFB response very well so we integrated Cloudflare for first response and stored all images, video and content and other assets to store and load data.

Always got good support and provided very technical support to debug problem with resolutions.

The product is well suited for organization of any size as Cloudflare has various usecases which it solves well. It can handle all the DNS requirements, protect you against bad actors via its WAF and DDOS protection services. Overall it is a solution which any website should ideally place in front without thinking twice.

Have not taken help ever.

With PAAS exposing databases direct to users by default, adding an API gateway is an important path to a more secure and scalable system. Cloudflare can provide this without significant development overheads.

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I have a side website, a forum where techy people meets and from time to time there's a DDOS attack. Peak request per second: 800 k/thousand Average request per second: 100 k/thousand Still, our website is working without any problem. Cloudflare is a must.

I have never contacted support for this product.

The load balancer allows us to split our traffic across multiple servers, if a server goes down our customer are routed to a different server, which has helped up provide a near 100% uptime, which is critical to our service.

I'm not sure, we have never used their customer support.

New beginner and Startup companies can highly be Suited platforms for Web security for PRO and Business plans. In this corona pandemic situation we are comeback in market the help of Cloudflare.

I have contacted the support team twice in the year. For us only available chat and Mail. we are unable to faster the Support team, But we got the solution for our issue within 12Hrs

If you already have a solution that manages the infrastructure, then you won't be able to utilize this tool at all if your website is one of the smaller ones that doesn't require it. If you find yourself in a position to make use of it, I urge you to register for the service's free trial; I have no doubt that you will come to adore it and want to include it into your daily life.

Setup and configuration are made easier thanks to their responsive and helpful customer support team. Once you've made the investment in the program, you won't feel abandoned. You'll have access to plenty of help from the company's customer service team.

I found Cloudflare to be well suited for website owners who want to protect their website from malicious attacks, defend against DDoS threats, and improve website performance. Cloudflare's content delivery network (CDN) and distributed denial of service (DDoS) protection are especially useful for websites that rely on high traffic and need to remain accessible during heavy traffic periods.
But, on the other hand, Cloudflare is somehow less appropriate for sites that host sensitive information and require a high level of security. Cloudflare does not offer the same level of security as a dedicated server, and can be vulnerable to certain types of attacks.

I would rate the overall support for Cloudflare as a 8 out of 10. The Cloudflare team is always quick to respond to any questions or concerns, and they are very knowledgeable and helpful. They are always willing to take the time to explain things in detail, and they have a great help centre with plenty of resources to help us troubleshoot any issues.

Cloudflare is suited for startups that need reliable DNS and DDoS protection for their Internet exposed assets. That is because startups usually don't have a lot of cash for more expensive services and Cloudflare is free to start. As an added bonus, Cloudflare provides free CDN services if you route traffic through Cloudflare's network (configurable at the DNS level). Cloudflare is less suited for large enterprises that need to integrate many different services with serverless functions. As I'm writing this review, Cloudflare only offers R2 (AWS S3 alternative) and Workers (AWS Lambda alternative). Cloudflare is developing more serverless products but I'm curious if they will do well if they move away too far from what they're good at (DNS and CDN).

I have never had to contact support for Cloudflare. Cloudflare has well-written documentation that allows me to configure and use Cloudflare without needing additional help. The DNS management console is very intuitive and easy to use. However, some figuring out is required if you want to configure your own web application firewall rules.

Great to manage DNS with an easy-to-use interface and useful features. The security features provide peace of mind, but the caching and CDN needs some work to take real advantage of what it offers.

Some support queries were handled well, some were here is a help document, and please work it out yourself.

For some smaller websites, this tool my not be needed or if your solution already handles the infraestructure then you woudnt be able to use it at all.
If you are able to use it, my recomendation is go to the website and sign in for the free solution, most likely you will end up loving it and adopting it.

Never contacted support, altough the knowledge base is good.

1. Using Cloudfare DNS record propagation after we make changes to DNS records is completed in less than a minute. It is quite fast.
2. The user interface is beautiful. CDN in Cloudfare ensures faster downloads of websites , Content and Videos.
3. It integrates with major Hosting Providers seamlessly.
4. Also a big advantage is the base version of Cloudfare is free.

They have a very active Customer Support that helps you with configuration and setup. You will not feel you are on your own once you purchase the software. You will have adequate customer support to assist you with various steps.

I have run a web hosting company since 2005. One of those customers has high volume (~5 million monthly visits) and needs fast response time. I used to use Akamai and then Verizon/EdgeCast.

Cloudflare cold-called us and won our business with an enterprise account (which was still significantly lower cost and higher features than either of the previous two). I later switched down to the business account because the performance and support was still better, and I reduced the cost from $5,000 month to $200/month, and have better speed and features.

In short, Cloudflare has been amazing and they are always adding features to make it better. I now have other customers who use the $20 and free accounts, which are quite good as well, and enable me to use a single server for the origination.

The main feature I use is the page rules, where I have customized the rules over the years to be very performant. The automatic firewall rules are handy, and do some blocking without me even having to think about it.

I don't know of any downsides of using their free account, and have debated about moving all of my customers to use their free account and gain those benefits.

I've contacted cloudflare a few times over the years, and support wasn't great, but was ok. Fortunately, their product is so good that most of the time I never have to contact them at all.

I think Cloudflare is perfect for speeding up websites, monitoring website uptime and keeping it online, routing traffic through SSL, and blocking malicious traffic (bots). If your web provider already uses Cloudflare (like Kinsta), then you probably don't need to sign up yourself. Additionally, you might not need it if your current host already has these features.

Cloudflare works great for any DNS you need to manage and whose website and hosting is managed by you directly; specially if you need to show static data, public information and you are waiting for a lot of traffic.

If your site is hosted in a service such as Cpanel, it is better to check if the provider allows to connect with Cloudflare. Else, it may be tricky to make them work and you may lose some features when removing the DNS from Cpanel service.

During our time working with cloudflare, there are few times we have required to contact their support. The UI is clear, the system works fine and smooth so it is rare the occasion where we need to contact them. The few times we have done it, They answered quickly and helped us with our issues

We mainly use it for DNS management in Cloud Services such as Digital Ocean. We also benefit from malware attacks, high spikes in traffic and overall performance. On the other hand, Cloudflare may not be the most suitable solution for small websites with little traffic or those that don’t need many advanced features. The platform may be too complex to set up and use without significant technical knowledge or experience and there may be no real benefit to using it on simpler sites.

We have never used the customer support since we use the documentation and knowledge base. We were also able to easily configure our DNS settings through Cloudflare's intuitive dashboard. This allowed us to customize our domain name servers and set up redirects quickly and efficiently. We use the documentation for DNS records such as A/AAAA records, CNAME records, MX records, TXT records, SPF records, SRV records.