Cloudflare
- https://www.cloudflare.com/
- Headquarters: San Francisco, CA.
- Mission Statement: Help build a better internet.
- Protect over 90 Billion cyber threats a day.
- Serving over 5 Million Customers
- Serve content from > 275 cities in over 100 countries around the world.
- Ease of Use - The easy-to use dashboard and API enables quick configuration of fine grained functionalities to improve the performance and security posture of websites, applications, and APIs.
- Integrated Security and Performance - Cloudflare includes integrated security services to defend against DDoS attacks, customer data breaches, and abusive bots, while preventing latency trade-offs by including performance services.
- DDOS - 35 Tbps network capacity defends against volumetric attacks and provides 16x greater protection than the largest DDoS attack ever recorded.
- WAF - Automatic protection from diverse threats with Layer 7 rules, fully integrated with DDoS mitigation. Recognized by
- Gartner Magic Quadrant and Forrester.
- Zero Trust - Protect what’s yours with a zero-overhead approach to Zero Trust, including best in class email security
- SASE - Cloudflare’s SASE, Cloudflare One, is a Zero Trust network-as-a-service platform that dynamically connects users to enterprise resources, with identity-based security controls delivered close to users, wherever they are.
- Bot Management - Leverage the intelligence of machine learning and >26M Internet properties. Integrated solutions with WAF, DDoS, and CDN.
- VPN Replacement - Works with your identity providers and endpoint protection platforms to enforce default-deny, Zero Trust rules that limit access to corporate applications, private IP spaces and hostnames. Connects users faster and more safely than a VPN.
Cloudflare’s superpower lies in its massive global network, which delivers integrated security and performance solutions at unparalleled scale. This infrastructure powers services like DDoS mitigation, Web Application Firewall (WAF), and Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), enabling real-time threat protection and network optimization. For security engineers, Cloudflare is an ideal fit for implementing Zero Trust architectures via Cloudflare One, managing identity-based access, and safeguarding both internal and external resources. Its comprehensive threat mitigation tools, such as its WAF and DDoS capabilities, protect applications from sophisticated attacks, while its robust analytics provide deep network visibility for proactive detection and response. In short, Cloudflare equips engineers with a unified, scalable platform to secure, accelerate, and manage digital assets across hybrid and cloud-native environments.
Stephen Semmelroth- VP of Cloud & Security Engineering & Vendors
- Mid Market and Enterprise companies interested in increasing security and performance of website and apps.
- Financial Services, eCommerce / Retail, Internet / Technology, Public Sector accounts.
- CISOs, Director of Security, Network Managers, web developers, and engineers represent our primary audience.
- Look for prospects focused on web performance, online site/application security, or managing workloads in a hybrid or multi-cloud environment.
Cloudflare provides a scalable, easy-to-use, unified control plane to deliver security, performance, and reliability for websites, applications, and APIs. Trusted by over 30 million Internet properties, Cloudflare’s platform protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code.
Strongest industry fit
- Other
What we’ll ask before recommending them
- Have you experienced a recent cyber security threat, DDoS attack, or evaluating those services now?
- Are you evaluating VPN services, Zero Trust, and how to securely support your remote workforce?
- Currently evaluating any renewals for F5, Imperva, Akamai, Zscaler, Cisco Umbrella, Palo Alto or Radware?
- Are you reviewing a WAF(Web Application Firewall) or firewall based solution?
- Are you looking at SASE? Cloudflare offers more SASE services vs. Competition.
Compare Cloudflare against competitors
Cloudflare is one of 111 providers we compare in Security. We’ll run Cloudflare side-by-side against the alternatives on the requirements that actually matter to you — integrations, contract terms, support model, and real market pricing — and tell you honestly if a different provider fits better.
As your vendor-neutral Trusted Advisor, we can tell you honestly whether Cloudflare is the right fit — and compare it against every alternative in the market, typically at no cost to you.



