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What is Cloudflare?

Cloudflare’s connectivity cloud is a unified platform of cloud-native services designed to help enterprises regain control over their IT environments. Powered by an intelligent, programmable global cloud network, it is built to offer security, performance, visibility, and reliability.

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Honest analysis of Cloudflare

Rating: 10 out of 10
April 15, 2025
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Today, my organization mainly uses Cloudflare's WAF, with the benefits of the Enterprise plan. We actually use almost the entire product portfolio, such as DNS, Pages, Workers...
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Verified user
Analyst
Cloudflare3 years of experience

Works well for DNS record management

Rating: 9 out of 10
March 10, 2025
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We use Cloudflare to only manage our DNS records. This includes DNS records related to email, websites, etc.
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Brandon Schmidt
Employee - Information Technology
Infrastructure Engineer
Crown College
Cloudflare2 years of experience

Great product with many useful features

Rating: 10 out of 10
January 9, 2025
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Cloudflare is an invaluable product in our company which we recommend to all our clients when we onboard them unless they already use it. We make use of a variety of the serv...
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Employee
Cloudflare10 years of experience

Great product for your Security and Compliance needs.

Rating: 8 out of 10
November 27, 2024
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We use multiple Cloudflare products including DNS, WAF, Advanced Analytics, and more. My primary need is for the WAF to maintain security as well as PageShield for our securit...
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Verified user
Director
Cloudflare10 years of experience

Cloudflare, the only cloud worth using.

Rating: 8 out of 10
October 17, 2024
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We use Cloudflare for DNS, security, performance improvements, and load balancing for most of the web applications that our organization hosts for public use. It is the first ...
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Chris Saenz
Engineer - Information Technology
Lead System Engineer
Azusa Pacific University
Cloudflare7 years of experience
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Pricing

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$20

Cloud
per month

Business

$200

Cloud
per month

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Free

Cloud

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Product Details

What is Cloudflare?

Cloudflare’s connectivity cloud is a unified platform of cloud-native services designed to help enterprises regain control over their IT environments. Powered by an intelligent, programmable global cloud network, it is built to offer security, performance, visibility, and reliability.

Cloudflare’s connectivity cloud empowers organizations to do the following:

  • Simplify secure access for employees, contractors, and developers across web, private, and multi cloud environments, while protecting against threats, securing cloud data, and simplifying operations.
  • Accelerate applications, secure APIs and infrastructures to deliver applications with the reliability, security and performance required by both end users, and the business.
  • Implement agile developer services to code and build new products with the resources needed for scale, performance, security and reliability.


Cloudflare use cases:
Securing websites & APIs, mitigating DDoS attacks, stopping malicious bot abuse, accelerating internet applications, securing corporate applications and web browsing, protecting against email attacks, and cloud-based networking.


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Cloudflare Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

Cloudflare’s connectivity cloud is a unified platform of cloud-native services designed to help enterprises regain control over their IT environments. Powered by an intelligent, programmable global cloud network, it is built to offer security, performance, visibility, and reliability.

Cloudbric are common alternatives for Cloudflare.

Reviewers rate Usability highest, with a score of 8.5.

The most common users of Cloudflare are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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Reviews From Top Reviewers

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Cloudflare Tunnels Lowered our Firewall Hits!

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
October 24, 2023
CD
Chris Denny
Owner
Smiling Dog (Photography, 1-10 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Cloudflare
1 year of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Cloudflare has eliminated so many hits on our firewall since moving to their tunnels. We can access our servers remotely without exposing them to the outside world. This has saved us so many headaches knowing our data, network, and servers are safe behind our firewall. I highly recommend Cloudflare for small businesses.
Pros
  • Cloudflare routes web traffic intelligently and dynamically across its network, avoiding congestion and outages. We have never had any issues with outages since moving to Cloudflare.
  • Cloudflare isolates browser sessions from users' devices, preventing malware, phishing, and zero-day exploits. This is vital in today's world.
  • Cloudflare secures our web traffic with SSL encryption, preventing hackers from intercepting or modifying any data in transit.
Cons
  • Cloudflare offers various security features, such as SSL, DDoS protection, web application firewall (WAF), and browser isolation, but some of these are only available on the higher-tier plans. These may not be affordable to all users.
  • Setting up some of the services is not always easy. I have an IT background, and I found myself reading through the steps and looking for outside help on some items.
Likelihood to Recommend
From our usage, the tunnels are well suited for many cases. We have three tunnels running so we can access three separate services on our servers, and they operate very well in our scenarios. Running media through tunnels is forbidden, and rightly so, this is not really a good scenario for tunnels.

excellent protection and peace of mind

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
May 30, 2022
KG
Kenneth Gourlay
Marketing Consultant
Art & Element (Arts & Crafts, 1-10 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Cloudflare
2 years of experience
View profile
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I consult with a number of small businesses that have a web presence. I encourage the use of Cloudflare to prevent malicious web traffic from disrupting their business operations.
Pros
  • I no longer have to worry about DDOS attacks.
  • Prevents bots from accessing areas they shouldn't, like login screens.
  • International CDN provides peace of mind when traffic might spike.
Cons
  • I am eager to see what they might be able to offer for email security.
  • Some settings appear to be redundant, or the distinction is confusing, such as with firewall rules and page rules.
Likelihood to Recommend
For CDN, firewalls, and threat management on websites, this is a fantastic tool. It may or may not be appropriate for some web applications (e.g. eCommerce may require special configurations), but for basic websites, Cloudflare is a no-brainer to mitigate threats and offer peace of mind.

Does some things really well, and others not!

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
November 07, 2019
Verified User
Executive in Information Technology
Religious Institutions Company, 11-50 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
Cloudflare
3 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use CloudFlare to protect our website and hope that it speeds things up. The protection has been good, though over-eager (which has caused its own issues), but I'm not convinced that the speed is much improvement, at least in the USA.
Pros
  • Site protection.
Cons
  • "Always Online" doesn't mean always.
  • Admin users are blocked from doing routine tasks.
Likelihood to Recommend
Our site was running outdated software for a while, and CloudFlare protected us while we went through the process of upgrading everything. This was a huge help! But the firewall rules prevent admin users from doing simple things like saving blog posts which contain links, and the User Challenge screens don't work properly. We've wasted a lot of time figuring out the exact set of whitelisting rules necessary for various users at various locations, and then every once in a while it all breaks and we need to start over! And when it does, the support staff is zero help.

Flair

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
February 28, 2024
Verified User
Consultant in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 5001-10,000 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
Cloudflare
2 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
In our organization, Cloudflare plays a pivotal role in addressing critical business challenges. Specifically, we employ Cloudflare's Web Application Firewall (WAF) to enhance web application security. This solution effectively protects against cyber threats like DDoS attacks, SQL injection, and cross-site scripting. By customizing security rules and utilizing real-time threat intelligence, Cloudflare's WAF ensures a proactive defense for our web applications, aligning with our overarching goal of fortifying our online presence.
Pros
  • Simplifying AI.
  • Helping Customers build fast, private, and scalable AI apps in the cloud.
  • Web Application Firewall.
  • Integration with popular AI frameworks and APIs.
Cons
  • Edge computing capabilities and scaling of AI usage.
  • Developer friendly platform for AI Capabilities adoption.
  • Complex Privacy rule adoption.
Likelihood to Recommend
Cloudflare Simplifying AI. Helping Customers build fast, private, and scalable AI apps in the cloud.

Cloudflare is easy to use and inexpensive to start

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
September 06, 2021
Verified User
Engineer in Research & Development
Computer Software Company, 51-200 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
Cloudflare
3 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Cloudflare takes away lots of the headaches associated with firewalls, DDOS, and network management. Having everything available online in a relatively easy-to-use interface allows for us to make changes quickly and return to building our core product.
Pros
  • DDOS protection.
  • DNS management.
  • Firewall protection.
Cons
  • Firewall management rules interface is wonky/hard to use.
  • Custom alerts management.
Likelihood to Recommend
Small companies with relatively simple setups are an ideal match for Cloudflare. The price point is low enough that you get a ton of basic protections for minimal expense.
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