CloudFlare Inc

Cloudflare

8.8 /10

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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 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Latest Award, 2024

2 Top Rated Capabilities

3 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 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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93 Likeliness to Recommend

3
Since last award

95 Plan to Renew

1
Since last award

86 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

4
Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+97 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?

5% Negative

2% Neutral

93% Positive

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy

Feature Ratings

Average 81

Enablement for Security Teams

Web Application and API Protection (WAAP)

Zero Trust

Network Sandboxes

Firewall as a Service (FWaaS)

Secure Web Gateway (SWG)

Remote Browser Isolation (RBI)

SD-WAN

Data Analytics / BI / AI

Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB)

Viable Alternative VS Traditional MPLS

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 79

Business Value Created

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of IT Administration

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Data Integration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Customization

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Cloudflare Reviews

Ajeet K.

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

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2024

Secures any website at a fair pricing

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Cloudflare from other similar products?

Every logging session to cloudflare comes with an email notification which includes even the IP address of the login, This has made cloudflare to be best secure tool for CDN, website security and cloud computing. Also what makes cloudflare to be unique is that, it support several programming languages so any developer of any skill can use this tool to develop and secure websites and applications

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Cloudflare has AL/ML powered threat intelligence that can help to mitigate any risk from unknown threats at a fair pricing and the customer care team responds to technical questions faster through email and on live chat when you are a subscribed member.

What do you dislike most about this product?

You will need to have some technical skills to use other features of cloudflare like Zero networking and building application on Cloudflare requires one to be a developer or have knowledge of coding which can turn to be more expensive if hiring an engineer to do all the implementations.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Cloudflare is fast and secure and supports applications from several programming languages and hence, I would recommend it

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Caring

Rajat R.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2024

I am confident with Cloudflare

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Cloudflare from other similar products?

The provision of Free SSL CERTIFICATES by cloudflare makes this product a professional and exclusive one. Also the pricing of Cloudflare is far cheaper than any other provider who are more expensive to use their solutions.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Cloudflare have friendly API that are very easy to configure to thwart DDos attack on any website and web application and it has a scalable connectivity across all locations. I also like the user interface of cloudflare which is easy to understand to utilize on the even when you are connected to a smaller screen device

What do you dislike most about this product?

They recently introduced domain registering as a service however, they have very limited top level domains compared to other tools, and building an Application on Cloudflare requires one to have basic coding skills

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Yes, I would recommend Cloudflare because the tool is easy to use and does not cost a lot of money yet provides more features to secure the website

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Caring
Saves Time

Sathiyan R.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2024

Secures websites at an affordable rate

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Cloudflare from other similar products?

It provides enough computing storage that developers can use to deploy full stack web applications on the serverless technology which is more advanced and secure compared to other cloud CDN tools that I have ever used.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I like the User interface of Cloudflare which is user friendly and provides a good user friendly. I like the images optimization and Video streaming tools which can make the website to load faster even when it has more images and videos and all comes at an affordable subscription

What do you dislike most about this product?

You need to have a technical skill to use the developer modules and the API of this tool which can turn to be costly hiring software engineer to work on the deployment.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Yes, I would recommend the tool because it offers advanced features for website securities

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Client Friendly Policies
Fair

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Awards & Recognition

2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

Cloudflare Ratings

93 Likeliness to Recommend

3 Since last award

95 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

86 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

4 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+97 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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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Cloudflare Reviews

Ajeet K.

Secures any website at a fair pricing

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Rajat R.

I am confident with Cloudflare

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Sathiyan R.

Secures websites at an affordable rate

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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