Cloudflare

The web performance & security company

5.0•193 reviews•

4.9K followers

The web performance & security company

5.0•193 reviews•

4.9K followers

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Cloudflare is a leading edge network services provider that offers a wide range of solutions to enhance the security, performance, and reliability of websites and applications. With its global network infrastructure and advanced technologies, Cloudflare empowers businesses to build a faster, more secure, and resilient online presence.

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5.0

Based on 193 reviews

Review Cloudflare?

Reviewers mostly praise Cloudflare for making sites faster, safer, and easier to run, especially through DNS, CDN, caching, and DDoS protection. Many say setup is quick and day-to-day use feels reliable enough to fade into the background. User feedback does note a tradeoff: the platform is feature-rich but can be confusing, with a steep learning curve for advanced settings. Founders of Magic Patterns, Context.dev, and IFTTT echo that, highlighting instant hosting, API protection, and dependable DNS, SSL, and security.

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fast performance (18)

reliable security (15)

DNS management (11)

global CDN (10)

DDoS protection (9)

workers (7)

caching capabilities (6)

affordable pricing (5)

edge computing (5)

free tier (4)

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used Cloudflare to build FetchSandbox

•4 reviews

What's great

I am a solo founder, and Cloudflare is the piece of infra I never have to think about — which is the highest compliment I can give infra. It sits in front of everything at FetchSandbox: TLS, caching the docs for 60+ APIs so they load fast worldwide, and shielding a sandbox API that spins up real containers on demand from abuse. Setup was minutes, not a sprint, and it's been invisible-in-the-good-way ever since. For a one-person team, that reliability is worth more than any single feature.

What needs improvement

The one time it bit me: Cloudflare's bot protection blocked my own service's requests — a background job hitting my API — with a 1010, and nothing obvious pointed me to the managed rule causing it. Took me an hour to trace. Clearer, faster diagnostics when a managed rule blocks legitimate first-party traffic would've saved that. Everything else has been flawless.

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•9 reviews

What's great

affordable pricing (5)reliable security (15)global CDN (10)DDoS protection (9)caching capabilities (6)workers (7)

No egress fees. S3-compatible API. That's it.

We store user-generated PDFs — thousands of them. Switched from S3 in an afternoon: swapped the SDK, updated 3 env vars. Zero egress costs since day one.

If you're still paying for S3 egress, you're burning money for no reason.

What needs improvement

Honestly, nothing major to complain about. The dashboard could use a bit more detail on usage analytics — right now it's fairly basic. But that's a minor gripe. Core functionality is rock solid.

vs Alternatives

We looked at S3 first — it's the obvious default and the DX is solid. But egress fees are a hidden tax that quietly compounds as your user base grows. Every file your users download costs you extra, and it adds up fast.

R2 gives you the exact same S3-compatible API, so there's no learning curve and no SDK migration. We literally just updated our config. Zero egress costs since day one, backed by Cloudflare's global network we were already using. It wasn't even a close call.

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232 views2mo ago

•16 reviews

Our product uses Cloudflare as CDN and WAF. Overall, it provides a comprehensive solution that can effectively improve website performance and security. 1.Advantage: Free: Cloudflare offers a free plan, which is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses like ours and personal websites. Despite being a free version, Cloudflare still offers many useful features, including basic CDN service and DDoS protection. High performance: Cloudflare's globally distributed network can significantly reduce web page load times and improve user experience. Maturity: As a leader in the market, Cloudflare’s technology is constantly updated and can respond quickly to emerging security threats and performance issues. 2.Shortcoming: Complexity: Configuring and managing some of Cloudflare's advanced features can be difficult for users without a technical background. Reliance on third parties: Using Cloudflare means hosting part of your website’s functionality on a third-party platform, which may bring privacy and data security concerns. Particularly with highly sensitive data, businesses need to carefully weigh the risks that come with this dependency.

What's great

free tier (4)global CDN (10)DDoS protection (9)web application firewall (2)

What needs improvement

complex setup (1)reliance on third parties (1)

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used Cloudflare to build FetchSandbox

•4 reviews

What's great

What needs improvement

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35 views9d ago

•9 reviews

What's great

affordable pricing (5)reliable security (15)global CDN (10)DDoS protection (9)caching capabilities (6)workers (7)

No egress fees. S3-compatible API. That's it.

We store user-generated PDFs — thousands of them. Switched from S3 in an afternoon: swapped the SDK, updated 3 env vars. Zero egress costs since day one.

If you're still paying for S3 egress, you're burning money for no reason.

What needs improvement

Honestly, nothing major to complain about. The dashboard could use a bit more detail on usage analytics — right now it's fairly basic. But that's a minor gripe. Core functionality is rock solid.

vs Alternatives

Ratings

Ease of use

Reliability

Value for money

Customization

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232 views2mo ago

•16 reviews

What's great

free tier (4)global CDN (10)DDoS protection (9)web application firewall (2)

What needs improvement

complex setup (1)reliance on third parties (1)

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227 views2yr ago