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Cloudflare WAF

Composite Score
7.7 /10
CX Score
8.0 /10
Category
Cloudflare WAF
7.7 /10

What is Cloudflare WAF?

The Cloudflare WAF uses threat intelligence and machine learning powered by platform intelligence from the Cloudflare connectivity cloud to stop the newest threats, including zero-days. It runs on the Cloudflare global network and sits in front of web applications to stop a wide range of real-time attacks using powerful rulesets, advanced rate limiting, exposed credential checks, uploaded content scanning, and other security measures.

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Cloudflare WAF 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.

88 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

88 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.

+87 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 WAF?

8% Negative
0% Neutral
92% Positive

Pros

  • Enables Productivity
  • Respectful
  • Fair
  • Acts with Integrity

Feature Ratings

Average 80

DLP Functionality

85

Layer 7 DDoS Support

83

Bot Protection

82

Application Firewall

82

Custom Rules

78

API Security

78

Analytics and Reporting

77

End User Self Serve

75

Base ADC Features

75

On-Premise Offering

71

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 79

Breadth of Features

83

Availability and Quality of Training

83

Quality of Features

83

Business Value Created

82

Vendor Support

79

Ease of IT Administration

77

Ease of Customization

77

Ease of Implementation

77

Ease of Data Integration

75

Usability and Intuitiveness

75

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

73

Cloudflare WAF Reviews

  • Role: C-Level
  • Industry: Government
  • Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Validated Review
Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2026

CloudFlare WAF will ease your CISO’s mind.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Enables Productivity