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Cloudflare

FREEMIUM

Security, performance, and reliability for your internet properties

Website owners and developers who need CDN, security, and edge computing services with a generous free tier.

VG SCORE
9.1
WEBAPICLOUD (SAAS)

Product Details

CompanyCloudflare
HeadquartersSan Francisco, CA
Founded2009
Company Size500+ employees
PricingFreemium — from $0/mo to $200/mo
DeploymentCloud (SaaS)
Learning CurveModerate
Platforms
WebAPI
Integrations6 available

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PROS & CONS

STRENGTHS

  • Free plan includes DDoS protection, SSL certificates, CDN caching, and DNS hosting with no bandwidth or request limits
  • Workers serverless platform runs JavaScript at the edge in 300+ cities with sub-millisecond cold starts globally
  • R2 object storage, D1 database, and KV store provide a full backend stack with zero egress fees on stored data

WEAKNESSES

  • Free-plan support is limited to community forums, and priority email support requires the Pro plan at $20/month
  • Migrating DNS to Cloudflare nameservers is required for full features, which can be confusing for domain management beginners

KEY FEATURES

WAF

Web Application Firewall

Workers

Serverless computing at the edge

Workers and Pages

Serverless compute platform for deploying JavaScript, TypeScript, and WASM at the edge with zero cold starts and global distribution

DDoS Protection

Automatic detection and mitigation of DDoS attacks at layers 3, 4, and 7 with no configuration required and unlimited mitigation capacity

WHO IS Cloudflare BEST FOR?

Web Developers

Deploy full-stack applications at the edge with Workers, Pages, R2 storage, and D1 databases for fast global performance

Enterprise Security Teams

Protect web applications with WAF rules, bot management, Zero Trust access, and DDoS mitigation across all web properties

INTEGRATIONS

GitHubTerraformWordPressShopifySplunkDatadog

TECHNICAL DETAILS

LEARNING CURVE
MODERATE — FEW HOURS

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STARTING AT
$0–$200/MO

DOSSIER

COMPANY
Cloudflare
HQ
San Francisco, CA
FOUNDED
2009
TEAM SIZE
500+
LAST VERIFIED MAR 26, 2026

PRICING MODEL

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