Item: Cloudflare
Rating: 10
Author: Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Cloudflare

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

From the very first website that we put out in production to the websites we build to this day, Cloudflare has been the backbone that we have been able to build on and scale. We have been able to use the service to secure our customers' websites while also providing them extremely quick load times that often result in better conversion. The services we most use are their DNS, the firewall and the ARGO tunnel.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Provides an extremely robust DNS service
A great caching CDN in the non-traditional sense
A powerful and effective firewall that keeps all bad actors at bay

Cons

The company could lower onboarding prices
A more modern UI (in line with Android's Material Design) would help
Simpler interface instead of never ending menus

Return on Investment

We are able to save at least 10x the amount we would otherwise spend on other services
It saves us from having a dedicated team to regularly update/upgrade our security systems
On average, the ROI is at least 20-25x on a monthly basis

Alternatives Considered

Bunny CDN, Bunny, Bunny Stream and Bunny Storage

I use Bunny concurrently with Cloudflare. Both services are unique to each other while offering similar services.
What Cloudflare has over Bunny is their numerous PoPs spread all over the world. Bunny still doesn't have a configurable WAF offering for the general public as of writing this review - their beta version is out and it is far from what Cloudflare offers and it considerably more expensive.

Onboarding

On-boarding our company's products onto Cloudflare was quick and easy. We did not have any difficult in moving our DNS to Cloudflare's infrastructure. Once the initial setup was done, it has been a breeze turning on and off features that we require or not for the general functioning of our services.

Key Insights

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

Other Software Used

Bunny CDN, Nextcloud, Uptime.com

Likelihood to Recommend

I started using the free plan with Cloudflare about 9 years ago. Over the years I have hosted multiple websites and upgraded to the paid plan on quite a few of those websites because of their robust network that blocks/eliminates all spam. Never has it been easier to just plug in and let a great service do the work for you.Cloudflare also provides a great many sets of rules that we can use to customize and shape our traffic for increased protection from malicious traffic that always eats up precious bandwidth. With Cloudflare spreading out defense all over the world, we do not have to worry about our servers going doing in case of an attack. In testing, it increases our traffic capability by 102x while only spending 1.2x the cost, which for us is a game-changer; not having to worry about increasing costs while maintaining optimum performance.

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