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CloudFlare

Cloudflare

Composite Score

8.8 /10

CX Score

9.2 /10

66 Reviews Write a Review

What is Cloudflare?

Cloudflare is a global network designed to make everything you connect to the Internet secure, private, fast, and reliable. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare have all traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with each new site added. As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks.

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Awards & Recognition

Cloudflare won the following awards in the Secure Access Service Edge category

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2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

Latest Award, 2024

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Product Impact
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

Latest Award, 2024

2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2024

2 Top Rated Capabilities

3 Top Rated Features

2024

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Service Experience
Contract Negotiation

2023

2 Top Rated Capabilities

5 Top Rated Features

2023

Cloudflare Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

92 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

97 Plan to Renew

1
Since last award

86 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+95 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Cloudflare?

3% Negative

4% Neutral

93% Positive

Pros

Trustworthy
Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Effective Service

Feature Ratings

Average 80

Enablement for Security Teams

Firewall as a Service (FWaaS)

Network Sandboxes

Web Application and API Protection (WAAP)

Secure Web Gateway (SWG)

Zero Trust

Remote Browser Isolation (RBI)

SD-WAN

Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB)

Viable Alternative VS Traditional MPLS

Data Analytics / BI / AI

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 80

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Quality of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Data Integration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

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Cloudflare Reviews

Jackline C.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2024

It protects your websites and is pricey

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Cloudflare from other similar products?

Cloudflare has more features that are more useful to any website and they do not charge per feature but per month, However, the subscription type determines how many features you can use. What makes it more unique is its straightforward integration with websites by just adding their nameservers and in a short time, the website gets protected.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I like the pricing of the software, it has both free version and paid plans so it depends on your goal and why you need the tool, secondly, the software customer team are always available for any technical question. I like also the security measures where it blocks traffic from robots and hence giving our business pure human traffic and blocks the bots from accessing our data

What do you dislike most about this product?

Integrating the website with Cloudflare means the website will initially load from the resources of Cloudflare and this makes the website to load slowly since it will have to first verify the browser and the security of the internet that a user is connected too and hence making the website to load a bit slower

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I would recommend Cloudflare because it is safe and does not ready any website files or having any access to website files but rather communicates with your host to deliver optimized security.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Caring
Saves Time

Marcell C.

Role: C-Level
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2023

I simply love CloudFlare, haven't been more happy.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Cloudflare from other similar products?

The UI is simply amazing and its fulfills all features people need. I also love the fact they support Yubikey 2FA

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The DNS editor pretty much and it also gives nice analytics on my websites visitors.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Hmm, sometimes it can get really complex, but thats probably for more advanced users, like the WAF and other features.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It's really great combination to get free SSL and also secure your website against small and medium attacks, the DNS is also very fast.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Yudy A.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Other
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2023

The best CDN ever

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Cloudflare from other similar products?

Cloudflare provides lots of important features even for the free tier

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC) so i can adds an extra layer of security to my website

What do you dislike most about this product?

So far there's nothing I don't like

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

cloudflare is a must-use tool for your website projects

Pros

Security Protects
Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable

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Awards & Recognition

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

Cloudflare Ratings

92 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

97 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

86 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+95 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Cloudflare?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Enablement for Security Teams Enablement for Security to know the layers of protection deployed and not just rely on the carrier to only provide the connection.

Firewall as a Service (FWaaS) Next-generation firewall capabilities that include web filtering, advanced threat protection, intrusion prevention system, and Domain Name System security.

Network Sandboxes Sandboxes are used to safely execute suspicious code without risking harm to the host device or network.

Web Application and API Protection (WAAP) Provides protective capabilities that leverage effective web request inspection prior to reaching the API such as Next-Gen WAF, RASP, DDoS etc.

Secure Web Gateway (SWG) Protects corporate users and networks from web-based malware, controls employee behavior on the Internet, and helps prevent data loss.

Zero Trust Provides features that enable a zero trust architecture, including device authentication and user contextual risk based authentication.

Remote Browser Isolation (RBI) Separate your users' web browsing activity from the local network and its infrastructure, preventing browser-based attacks on the network.

SD-WAN Separates the data and control plane from its hardware, virtualizing the network.

Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) Intermediary between an organization's users and one or more cloud services, allowing the enforcement of certain types of security policies in the cloud.

Viable Alternative VS Traditional MPLS Organizations may want to migrate away from traditional MPLS and leverage a platform to provision convergence and flexibility regarding deployment of security.

Data Analytics / BI / AI Integration of capability to mine data from incoming sources (SIEM, logs, vulnerability tools, threat databases, etc) in real-time and apply rules.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

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Cloudflare Reviews

Jackline C.

It protects your websites and is pricey

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Marcell C.

I simply love CloudFlare, haven't been more happy.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Yudy A.

The best CDN ever

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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