536 Cloudflare Application Security and Performance Reviews
CloudFlare is a gem for me, it has free domain dns management, issue of free SSL certificates, proxied connection, caching of static files, has a great collection of content delivery network, saves my side from DDoS and other security threats everyday. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It does not have any dedicated customer care service for free users. Although, free users can use cloudflare community to solve their issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Cloudflare offers strong DDoS protection, intelligent traffic filtering, and performance boosts like caching and CDN, which makes my websites load faster even from Nepal. Its dashboard is intuitive and easy to use, and the free tier is very generous for small users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Sometimes the rules and firewall settings can be a bit complex, especially when dealing with custom configurations. Also, their customer support response time for free-tier users is slow, and some premium features are a bit expensive for users in developing countries. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
What I Like Best About Cloudflare Application Security and Performance:
Cloudflare offers a powerful combination of security and performance optimization in a single, easy-to-deploy platform. What stands out most is:
Integrated Web Application Firewall (WAF): The WAF is highly effective at blocking OWASP Top 10 threats and automated attacks with minimal tuning, and it includes preconfigured managed rules that are frequently updated.
DDoS Protection at the Edge: Cloudflare automatically mitigates large-scale DDoS attacks without impacting latency or requiring manual intervention, thanks to its globally distributed Anycast network.
Bot Management: The bot protection capabilities are intelligent and accurate, reducing false positives while stopping credential stuffing, scraping, and other malicious automation.
Performance Gains via CDN and Argo Smart Routing: Cloudflare significantly boosts website performance by caching content at the edge and intelligently routing traffic using Argo, which reduces latency and packet loss.
Ease of Use and Scalability: It’s very simple to configure through an intuitive dashboard, and it scales seamlessly across multiple applications and geographies without the need for additional infrastructure.
Zero Trust Security Integration: Cloudflare integrates natively with Zero Trust principles (e.g., secure access, identity-based controls), making it ideal for modern, distributed workforces and apps. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
What I Dislike About Cloudflare Application Security and Performance:
While Cloudflare delivers strong value overall, a few areas could be improved:
False Positives in Bot Management: Although bot mitigation is strong, there can be occasional false positives that impact legitimate users or scripts, requiring manual adjustments and whitelisting.
Dependency on DNS Changes: Since Cloudflare operates as a reverse proxy, it requires DNS to be pointed to its servers, which can be a barrier or risk during migration or troubleshooting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The pricing is extremely wide and scales from smaller to larger budgets. Very easy to integrate. I use their services a lot with a wide range of applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Once you become a small business customer alot of stuff changes and their support/billing tactics become questionable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Fairly intuitive usage; Many accounts held under one login
No Web or Email hosting but comprehensive secure proxying of outside sites, emails and web sites with extensive rules and security-
In particular 'turnstile' web script security is very easy to integrate and use with any domains registered AT COST through Cloudlfare.
'next tier' optimization of images and content will cost but the fee intro level does a LOT while you familarise with their naming and layout of controls
Oh and great statitics for all web email & DNS proxyingl All easy to readily turn on & off. The Proxying is close to being tranparent!
Even the lowest level of web hosting gets a huge boost trhough CLodflare- there is even a 'site down' caching option though I think this costs.
There is a great 'under attack' option if hit by DOS attack
& CLoudlfare has hit the News oftentimes
for its mitigatin of such attacks. I am a small user (20 domains)
of a vast sytem but it's quite manageable all things considered)
I switched here from Google Domains after they sold off to SquareSpace. a Good Move and easy to do. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Cloudflare naming of services I find confusing
Zero Trust * R2 * Workers * will take boning-up to understand properly
as representing things in my 'real' world.
UNABLE so far to delegate domain registrations to their respectve owners so they can pay the registration themselves.
I am told there IS a way using the API keys but it looks Complex for me, at any rate, so I just pass the costs along.
There is SOME Delegation possible for different features but the terminology and purpose will take a lot of trial and error (IE creating the 'delegated' Log In in another Browser to see what it's allowed to do!)
Obviouly CloudFlare is meant for major enterprises with plenty of to me confusing settings- I have stuck to the basics at no cost beyond name registration and a few services, and am quite happy.
If I even get a six digit Web/Security contract?
This is where I will go : ) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It's a pretty easy to integrate and use. This also includes a vital role in increasing the Perfromance of the product ( websites ). As per me It's Freemium plans offers a variety of Good features and statistics to be better to start with. Their dahsboard are quite user-friendly and efficient. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The major where i get disappointed that some of the features that should come with some plan in a less price range or may be to a certain extent as a free. Sometime also required some technical expertise for the service that are getting included with this. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Ease of deployment, dashboard and configurations for the WAF, Cache, and other features are top tier with ease, settings, and logging. Just don't have an issue with them or you're on your own. Also, don't keep a credit card on file or they'll bill you for their mistakes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Customer support and billing. Their support does not read what you have to say but rather comes in with their own interpretation of what has happened and forces their views on your issue rather than trying to understand exactly what is happening. On two occassions in the last few months I have had this happen when I encountered an issue with the core product and their billing.
The billing should be detailed further as it is sketchy business practices. Back in April they changed their billing software and charged me incorrectly for a month as it included the previous month as well (which I already paid). I brought this to their attention and the billing support assured me that it was not a problem. Come last week, they limited my account as I "had unpaid biling" so I contacted them again and brought attention to this wrong invoice that they never corrected. Come yesterday, they just charged my credit card on file without my authorization or explanination of what is going on. I've replied to the open ticket and created a new ticket and no one is answering.
I don't want to be a drama case but this is ridiculous to have been charged something from months ago and not be given an explanation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Cloudflare’s ease of setup, especially the ability to integrate it seamlessly with existing websites.
Performance improvements: Site loading speeds and optimization.
Security features: Advanced DDoS protection, Web Application Firewall (WAF), and SSL/TLS support.
Scalability: Handles traffic spikes without downtime.
Free Plan: Provides robust features even on the free tier, such as DNS management, SSL encryption, and CDN. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Learning curve: For beginners, some of the more advanced features (e.g., page rules, Workers) can be complex.
Pricing for advanced features: Some features, such as Argo or the higher tiers of security, can get expensive for small businesses.
Customer support: While Cloudflare has extensive documentation, getting direct customer support may be limited on the lower-tier plans. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
In general, cloudflare is really easy to navigate, especially for simple DNS and domain management. Unless you have a complicated setup, I find it easy enough to move a domain or simply manage DNS for most sites. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Their support is terrible. Had an issue with a client's DNS and the person I was talking to clearly didn't have a clue what they were talking about. They took so long between answers, it seemed like they were just asking someone else. Ultimately, they were of no help and we were out the money we paid to have live support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The dashboard: straightforward and easy to understand.High level of security for multiple users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The pricing might not be readily accesible to startups. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
