CloudFlare

Cloudflare

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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 Emotional Footprint Champion

Latest Award, 2024

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Product Impact
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

Latest Award, 2024

2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2024

2 Top Rated Capabilities

3 Top Rated Features

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

96 Plan to Renew

86 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+93 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?

3% Negative

4% Neutral

93% Positive

Pros

Trustworthy
Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Effective Service

Feature Ratings

Average 80

Enablement for Security Teams

Network Sandboxes

Secure Web Gateway (SWG)

Firewall as a Service (FWaaS)

Zero Trust

Web Application and API Protection (WAAP)

Remote Browser Isolation (RBI)

SD-WAN

Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB)

Viable Alternative VS Traditional MPLS

Data Analytics / BI / AI

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 79

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of IT Administration

Quality of Features

Ease of Implementation

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Data Integration

Vendor Support

Ease of Customization

Availability and Quality of Training

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Cloudflare Reviews

Sachin J.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Retail
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2024

Protects our website from attacks

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Cloudflare from other similar products?

Using free version of the solution comes with great features like Ddos protection, regional blocking and website analytics where other tools would charge for such features

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

A lot of documentation for Cloudflare and it's easier to integrate the solution with any website , I like the accurate reporting of analytics

What do you dislike most about this product?

It can make the website to load slower and would affect the way you log into your server since needs complete changing of nameservers

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Cloudflare is completely easy to use and even free version is better

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Retail
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2024

Easy to get started with a deep learning curve

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

Pros

Reliable
Saves Time
Performance Enhancing
Trustworthy

Cons

Vendor's Interest First
Under Delivered

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Finance
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2024

Fantastic product!

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

Pros

Efficient Service
Fair
Trustworthy
Effective Service

Cons

Less Performance Enhancing
Commodity Features

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Awards & Recognition

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

Cloudflare Ratings

93 Likeliness to Recommend

96 Plan to Renew

86 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+93 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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

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.

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.

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.

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Cloudflare Reviews

Sachin J.

Protects our website from attacks

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Easy to get started with a deep learning curve

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Fantastic product!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

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Feature Ratings

Enablement for Security Teams

Network Sandboxes

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Firewall as a Service (FWaaS)

Zero Trust

Web Application and API Protection (WAAP)

Remote Browser Isolation (RBI)

SD-WAN

Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB)

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Vendor Capability Ratings

Business Value Created

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Ease of IT Administration

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Ease of Customization

Availability and Quality of Training