Overall Satisfaction with Cloudflare
Cloudflare is used to manage all company domains with no exceptions. All DNS functions are set up within Cloudflare including but not limited to IPs for Web pages, mail settings (SPF, DKIM), CNAME white label services, etc.
- Instant Deployment of new IP address (ie moving a website to a new host).
- Caching (storing copies of information, images, etc to improve user experience).
- Denial of Service Attack Prevention.
- HTTPS redirects for ALL urls.
- Cloudflare is great, unbelievable value even at free level.
- Paid plans offer even more features at a very fair price point.
- Very few things to improve upon.
- The only thing that comes to mind that Cloudflare could approve upon is Domain management features could be more robust.
- Massive timesaver moving IP addresses with no downtime.
- Manage all things DNS from one central location, no data silos.
- Instant deployment of DOS (Denial of Service) attacks.
I've used Cloudflare almost since the beginning, 8+ years. I don't have any experience with other platforms as Cloudflare is simple, easy, and cost-effective. Cloudflare offers tremendous value in its free plan. The vast majority of our clients are on the free plan but for some larger clients who require more advanced features, Cloudflare is still extremely affordable for the feature sets it delivers in its advanced offerings.
Easy Peasy. Setup is actually quite painless with a relatively minor learning curve. The help section is quite extensive and almost always has the answer you are looking for.
Do you think Cloudflare delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with Cloudflare's feature set?
Yes
Did Cloudflare live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of Cloudflare go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Cloudflare again?
Yes
Evaluating Cloudflare and Competitors
Yes - DNS management at Registrar level (ie GoDaddy, NameCheap, etc). We strongly recommend an approach of not keeping all your eggs in one basket. Registrar is used for registering domains only. Cloudflare to manage DNS and mail, separate hosting, and enterprise-level mail solution like Google Workplace or Microsoft 365.
- Price
- Product Features
- Product Usability
- Product Reputation
- Prior Experience with the Product
An incredible amount of features at great price points including a great free tier.