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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92 Likeliness to Recommend
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97 Plan to Renew
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85 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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Emotional Footprint Overview
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+95 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?
Pros
- Trustworthy
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Effective Service
How to read the Emotional Footprint
The Net Emotional Footprint measures high-level user sentiment towards particular product offerings. It aggregates emotional response ratings for various dimensions of the vendor-client relationship and product effectiveness, creating a powerful indicator of overall user feeling toward the vendor and product.
While purchasing decisions shouldn't be based on emotion, it's valuable to know what kind of emotional response the vendor you're considering elicits from their users.
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Feature Ratings
Enablement for Security Teams
Firewall as a Service (FWaaS)
Network Sandboxes
Web Application and API Protection (WAAP)
Zero Trust
Secure Web Gateway (SWG)
SD-WAN
Remote Browser Isolation (RBI)
Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB)
Viable Alternative VS Traditional MPLS
Data Analytics / BI / AI
Vendor Capability Ratings
Business Value Created
Breadth of Features
Usability and Intuitiveness
Quality of Features
Ease of IT Administration
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
Satyanshu S.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Submitted Nov 2024
Fantastic product!
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Cloudflare from other similar products?
Cloudflare stands out for its exceptional global network infrastructure, which ensures low-latency performance and rapid content delivery across a wide range of services, from CDN to security. Its integrated approach, combining DDoS protection, WAF, and bot mitigation, offers a holistic security solution that’s easy to deploy and scale. Cloudflare's focus on simplifying security for businesses of all sizes, without compromising performance, also sets it apart from competitors.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
My favorite aspect of Cloudflare is its ability to provide fast, reliable performance without sacrificing security. The seamless integration of a global CDN with robust DDoS protection, WAF, and bot management makes it a one-stop solution for both performance and protection. Additionally, Cloudflare’s user-friendly interface and easy setup make it accessible to both small businesses and large enterprises, ensuring that advanced security features are available without a steep learning curve.
What do you dislike most about this product?
I dislike that this product lacks durability and tends to break or wear down quickly with regular use. Additionally, its design feels unintuitive and difficult to use, which can be frustrating.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
If you're considering this product, I would recommend thoroughly reading reviews and checking the return policy before purchasing, especially if you're concerned about its durability. Make sure it meets your specific needs, as its performance may vary depending on usage. If you're looking for something more reliable, you might want to explore other options with better build quality and user-friendly features. Additionally, keep in mind that the product may require more maintenance or care than expected, so be prepared for that.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Enables Productivity
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Paras S.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Nov 2024
Extensive Global network of data centers
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Cloudflare from other similar products?
Cloudflare's extensive global network of data centers, cutting edge security features and user friendliness set it part from other comparable platforms. It provides a full range of services, all consolidated into one platform such as DNS, CDN, WAF and DDoS protection. A reliable and effective methods for safeguarding and improving websites and applications is offered by this integrated approach..
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
The ability of CloudFlare to greatly enhance website performance is my favorite feature. CloudFlare can be greatly speed up page loads, improve user experience and boosts SEO by caching static content. and streamlining the the delivery of dynamic content.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Despite being a strong tool, CloudFlare can be difficult to set up particularly for those who are unfamiliar with networking and security principles. Also a better comprehension of the platform might be necessary to utilize some sophisticated capabilities.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
I advise assessing unique requirements and financial constraints if we are thinking about using CloudFlare. Think about application or website size and complexity, the necessary security level and the speed enhancement we hope to achieve. Despite being a strong and flexible platform, CloudFlare might not be ideal choice for every company. Before choosing a choice, it's critical to carefully consider the advantage and disadvantages. To become acquainted with the platform and its feature, it is advised to being with free plan.
Pros
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
- Inspires Innovation
- Saves Time
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Alex C.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Finance
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Nov 2024
Key Recommendation to Adopt Cloudflare
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Cloudflare from other similar products?
It facilitates its customers with a zero-trust security suite to simplify deployment and management for us. Its DDoS capabilities for preventing attackers without requiring external configuration is a major differentiator.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Cloudflare is one of the most reliable and powerful platform. I deal with low-latency connectivity due to the massive network globally without minimizing the speed. Zero trust suite a single platform creates ease in management and employment. It permits us to customize our application through its edge network.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Its lack of advancement is some of its features such as AI-driven features which hinders more quality work.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
One should take into account its needs for the best compatibility with the zero-trust suite. It is an ideal choice for those working globally and requires low-latent performance.
Pros
- Continually Improving Product
- Trustworthy
- Effective Service
- Respectful
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