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What is Cloudflare?

Cloudflare is a global cloud platform designed to enhance website security, performance, and reliability through its integrated suite of products. It offers services like a content delivery network (CDN), DDoS attack protection, and secure web application firewalls to protect and accelerate any internet application. Additionally, Cloudflare provides services for internet routing, DNS resolution, and distributed network intelligence to optimize user experience and ensure high availability.

Company Cloudflare
Year founded 2009
Company size 1001-5000 employees
Headquarters San Francisco, California
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Managed by:
Axel Grubba
Founder
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Last updated: November 23, 2024
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455 Cloudflare Reviews
4.6 out of 5
Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jul 15, 2022
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
Bhakti C. avatar
Bhakti C.
Software Engineer
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"Captchas that no bot can break"
What do you like best about Cloudflare?

I really like how antibots mechanism triggers some really tough catches if it flags an IP. They are unbreakable for any bot

What do you dislike about Cloudflare?

There are no downsides of cloud flare antibot

What problems is Cloudflare solving and how is that benefiting you?

It stops all external attacks on our website

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Jul 15, 2022
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
WT
Whowants T.
Mts
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"Unbreakable antibot shield"
What do you like best about Cloudflare?

Cloudflare has easy integration for your web servers to enable anti bot protections. Reports and dashboard have informative views

What do you dislike about Cloudflare?

No one could possibly dislike anything about cloudflare

What problems is Cloudflare solving and how is that benefiting you?

It helps me protect my servers from external attacks and scraping bots

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Jul 14, 2022
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
Mohit C. avatar
Mohit C.
Member Of Technical Staff
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"An anti bot mechanism that really works"
What do you like best about Cloudflare?

Cloudflare bot management has extensive methods to identify all kinds of bots. It identifies both scripted and macro bots

What do you dislike about Cloudflare?

There's nothing I dislike about really..

What problems is Cloudflare solving and how is that benefiting you?

It helps me protect my website from bots continously trying to scrape my data

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jun 25, 2022
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
Animesh R. avatar
Animesh R.
Founder
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"Review for Cloudflare Bot Management : Anir0y"
What do you like best about Cloudflare?

easy to configure on host machine, simple documentations and most probably the best part is all API functions are listed and described properly.

What do you dislike about Cloudflare?

nothing so far, I do not use that frequently to answer if there is something missing

What problems is Cloudflare solving and how is that benefiting you?

it just helps us to reduce the "internet's bad noises". I guess they're just designed to work. once implemented I never have to revisit to re-configure the settings.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jun 15, 2022
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
Jad M. avatar
Jad M.
Independent Consultant
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"The most reliable CDN network on planet earth"
What do you like best about Cloudflare?

Ease of use. Just point your domain to Cloudflare CDN and you are well covered by their network.

What do you dislike about Cloudflare?

Nothing at all. Technically, there is nothing to dislike about such excellent service

What problems is Cloudflare solving and how is that benefiting you?

It provides a distributed network for my content and the robust system provides serious protection which allows further productivity and higher performance.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jun 03, 2022
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
Syed Adeel H. avatar
Syed Adeel H.
Infrastructure Manager
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"Cloudfare is a name of trust"
What do you like best about Cloudflare?

It is an AI-based tool that required less effort. it can identify good and bad bot efficiently. It also helps to reduce the risk of spam netting

What do you dislike about Cloudflare?

None as it is doing its efficiently for me there is nothing to dislike for me. but the new upgraded dashboard become slow for me

What problems is Cloudflare solving and how is that benefiting you?

To identify bad bots which can harm e-commerce website

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
May 11, 2022
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
Warren C. avatar
Warren C.
It Support & Operations Specialist
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"Value For Money without compromise"
What do you like best about Cloudflare?

theoverall package, and community support is excellent, and well documented in generall the added support and tie in to wordpress makes it a game changer

What do you dislike about Cloudflare?

can't say, haven't found anything that has really stopped me from doing what i need to

What problems is Cloudflare solving and how is that benefiting you?

delivering our webapps at a more reliable and decent load times to those far from the main server, it also helps to reduce our bandwith load on our hosting provider

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
May 02, 2022
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
Devendra P. avatar
Devendra P.
Dba
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"Cloudflares Secure Access Service Edge"
What do you like best about Cloudflare?

Cloudflare we provided to Zero base naas service for network-related along with security. it is a good product for cloud technology with networking. Now you can manage good and bad bots in real-time with speed and accuracy by harnessing the data from the millions of Internet properties on Cloudflare.

What do you dislike about Cloudflare?

Nothing dislike is there, all good service and products, As I would suggest improvements to product quality at networking security level. you can't manage larger Internet properties on Cloudflare.

What problems is Cloudflare solving and how is that benefiting you?

Browser isolation faced the issue, I find the solution and tool support of Cloudflare with your identity providers and endpoint protection platforms to enforce default-deny, Zero Trust rules that limit access to corporate applications, private IP spaces and hostnames.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Mar 01, 2022
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
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Sai N.
Designer
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"Best in the Online Market"
What do you like best about Cloudflare?

I have been using Cloudflare for quite some time now, and my experience with their services is great. Easy and friendly UI, great support, multiple features with the easy addition of DNS records.

What do you dislike about Cloudflare?

I have found nothing, I regularly use Cloudflare but I did not find anything that makes me dislike this website. Their services are completely great and easy to implement

What problems is Cloudflare solving and how is that benefiting you?

Features and benefits like free Email routing, SSL certificates, DNS records management, Easy redirections, App integrations, and many more. The UI is simple that anyone can understand in one go.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Feb 22, 2022
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Overall Rating:
5.0
MR
Mario R.
Entrepreneur
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"Even free tier is very useful"
What do you like best about Cloudflare?

It is easy to configure and start using; it fits perfectly with my projects.

What do you dislike about Cloudflare?

Actually, with my level of requirements and use, there is nothing I could say I dislike.

What problems is Cloudflare solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am using Cloudflare DNS to centralize registry management and SSL protection of my domains and my client´s domains.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Feb 17, 2022
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
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Akshay D.
Web Developer
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"My choice for all DNS needs"
What do you like best about Cloudflare?

I use CloudFlare with every single website I host online. It provides everything I need; protection for my source IP (so it is not exposed), free HTTPS support for my domains and subdomains, and also fast caching that gives users a better experience overall. I am able to set up page rules which allow me to control the behavior of links and pages on my website.

What do you dislike about Cloudflare?

I do not dislike anything; I use the free plan and it provides everything I need to manage my website DNS.

What problems is Cloudflare solving and how is that benefiting you?

CloudFlare DNS provides me DDoS protection, protects our server IP addresses, and allows all staff members to access the DNS settings. This is something no other solution provides, especially free ones.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jan 25, 2022
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Overall Rating:
5.0
NB
Nicolas B.
Founder & Ceo
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"It is a very good protection"
What do you like best about Cloudflare?

I find that CloudFlare is one of the best AntiDDOS for the price, the tools provided, DNS, Protection, Mail, Errors, are very simple to install and configure.

What do you dislike about Cloudflare?

CloudFlare is one of the best, I have nothing to say.

What problems is Cloudflare solving and how is that benefiting you?

With CloudFlare, I was able to protect my website against the DDOS attacks I was regularly receiving.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jan 25, 2022
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
KW
Kathleen W.
Publisher/Writer/Owner
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"Cloudflare as an analytic"
What do you like best about Cloudflare?

That I can see the statistics for my website. Cloudflrare is simple and shows my unique visitors and my requests. Also shows which countries are viewing my site. I have tried to use Google Analytics and do not like it.

What do you dislike about Cloudflare?

Just that they use the term requests not pages,

What problems is Cloudflare solving and how is that benefiting you?

I know how many people are seeing what I write.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jan 25, 2022
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
Lucas H. avatar
Lucas H.
Project Manager
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"The gold standard for managing DNS"
What do you like best about Cloudflare?

Cloudflare makes the entire process of managing DNS straightforward and clear--and changes propagate very rapidly.

What do you dislike about Cloudflare?

Some folks say that because of their popularity Cloudflare has become slower. I haven't seen this personally. There's really nothing to dislike about Cloudflare's DNS solution except the fact that, if your domain is hosted somewhere else, you have to point to those nameservers and manage DNS and domain in two different places. The speed optimizations that Cloudflare also offers are good for most sites but can break functionality, so use them advisedly.

What problems is Cloudflare solving and how is that benefiting you?

With Cloudflare, we can add any DNS records needed in a straightforward way. I currently use Cloudflare DNS for more than a dozen domains. Although most of those domains are also now thorugh Cloudflare, they were originally purchased from several different registrars. Using only Cloudflare as the DNS provider centralizes and standardizes the management process.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Dec 28, 2021
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
Igal M. avatar
Igal M.
Software Engineer
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"Probably best CDN for self-hosted sites"
What do you like best about Cloudflare?

The ease of setup and the price are excellent. Cloudflare incapsulates such features as DNS, Caching, SSL verification, firewall, built-in apps, and DDOS protection. They are all easy to use, and there are no complicated forms.

What do you dislike about Cloudflare?

Initial engagement is pretty lengthy, and it takes a while to get everything verified. Once you onboard a domain, setting up subdomains is fast and convenient. Buying domains is not available, though. There is no specialized dynamic DNS client.

What problems is Cloudflare solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use Cloudflare to host my DNS, cache my static files, protect my website from bots and visitors from other countries. Cloudflare hides my actual IP address and allows quick change of the IP behind a website. Proxying traffic through Cloudflare is one of the best features since I do not need to pay for a static IP address, and it saves a lot of money.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Dec 28, 2021
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
AA
Aditya A.
Software Engineer
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"Where Performance & Reliability meet Cost Effectiveness"
What do you like best about Cloudflare?

Cloudflare CDN is amazing. Cloudflare cleverly built tools for small as well as big businesses. The CDN allows faster performance and efficiency on smaller sites as well as larger sites. It is most useful for sites using servers located at 1 location, but serving content for the entire world. Besides, Cloudflare is also useful for larger sites, as the security features and caching can save you a lot of money, and reduce a lot of hassle. Their free plan offers more features than paid plans of many of their competitors. It offers way to many features even in free plan, if you own a small server, you would be amazed by the performance and security benefits, and if you own powerful servers, the performance jump might not be very noticeable, but some of there features like GZip compression, Caching, HTTP/2 serving and many more will really improve your efficiency and security

What do you dislike about Cloudflare?

I don't like cloudflare's overly crowded UI that promotes there paid plans. Often times when you open any settings, you would be greeted with half the features that are only for paid customers. The free features are plenty, and are very useful, but so many labels of paid features make it crowded and not a pleasant experience. There different price plans aren't very intuitive either.

What problems is Cloudflare solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am saving a lot of money from Cloudflare. I am able to run my servers at far cheaper price, because Cloudflare takes a lot of burden of my server, Cloudflare helps in caching, compression, security and more. meaning that often users are served directly from Cloudflare so that my server has to do less work. Cloudflare's features like Always Online, allow me to make changes to my site in production and ensuring that incase of error, customers would be served the cached version, and won't know that site is actually down.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Dec 01, 2021
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
Chukwudi I. avatar
Chukwudi I.
Webmaster
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"Stellar DNS, Cheap Registry"
What do you like best about Cloudflare?

Completely free DNS and DDoS protection draws you into a world of paid products that are gratefully fairly priced and competitive, especially the brand new Cloudflare Registry (new as in it only allowed transfers before and now allows registrations). As I'm sure many other people will say, Cloudflare is perfect and if you're in tech and you're not using it, that's on you and it's kind of embarassing. Cloudflare is a stellar product and free in most use cases.

What do you dislike about Cloudflare?

Nothing. I literally dislike nothing about this product, even the customer support is decent for a free product.

What problems is Cloudflare solving and how is that benefiting you?

Originally, it was simply centralized DNS across multiple registrars. Now it's cheaper domain names.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Nov 30, 2021
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
JZ
Jim Z.
Owner
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"Easily enable SSL, firewall, proxy, and more for your websites"
What do you like best about Cloudflare?

Changes to Cloudflare DNS and settings are almost instant. The ability to enable SSL for free for my websites is much appreciated when other vendors want to charge a LOT. Cloudflare firewall rules even on free accounts are very helpful. My e-commerce sites are only for select countries, so it is nice to block other countries or continents to reduce exposure to hackers.

What do you dislike about Cloudflare?

They recently changed the interface and there are some quirks that make it more difficult to navigate between multiple sites. It was easier with the previous interface. I'm sure they'll work it out soon though.

What problems is Cloudflare solving and how is that benefiting you?

All my websites were easily SSL enabled. Using country and continent block with firewall rules. Quick DNS updates.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Nov 30, 2021
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
Joshua F. avatar
Joshua F.
Seo
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"Excellent Service"
What do you like best about Cloudflare?

This service has an easy to use and follow user interface as well as easy to understand directions as to what to do with the program and the ability to import settings from your current service provider.

What do you dislike about Cloudflare?

As easy as it is to use it can sometimes require a higher knowledge level than an average user may have and can make it harder to understand what each setting does or can do.

What problems is Cloudflare solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use Cloudflare to help grant an extra level of security toy DNS as it also has easy to understand setup for DNSSEC. Also their easy to use interface makes it easier to ensure that I have all my settings as they need to be in relation to adding services that require the addition or modification of DNS settings to be functional.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Nov 28, 2021
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
Koushik P. avatar
Koushik P.
Code Soc Coordinator
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"Best DNS Management services"
What do you like best about Cloudflare?

The most helpful and upsides of Cloudflare DNS is it is easy to handle the DNS of the domain very quickly and safely. And it will have page rules that help us to make the redirect subdomains.

What do you dislike about Cloudflare?

The least helpful and downside of Cloudflare DNS is it cost so much high-level money. It gives 3-page rules, and to get extra, it will cost so much money that the not profit Developers not only this there so many things that cost much.

What problems is Cloudflare solving and how is that benefiting you?

The benefits and advantages I got using Cloudflare DNS are free and the best SSL security, which helps my customer to believe in my website. And it will provide page rules which cost jog but so worthwhile.