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What is Cloudflare Application Security and Performance?

Cloudflare is the connectivity cloud for the "everywhere world," on a mission to help build a better Internet. We provide a unified platform of networking, security, and developer services delivered from a single, intelligent global network that spans hundreds of cities in over 125 countries. This empowers organizations of all sizes, from small businesses to the world's largest enterprises, to make their employees, applications, and networks faster and more secure everywhere, while significantly reducing complexity and cost. Our comprehensive platform includes: - Advanced Security: Protect your online presence with industry-leading DDoS protection, a robust Web Application Firewall (WAF), Bot mitigation, and API security. Implement Zero Trust security to secure remote access, data, and applications for your entire workforce. - Superior Performance: Accelerate website and application loading times globally with our Content Delivery Network (CDN), intelligent DNS, and smart routing capabilities. Optimize images and deliver dynamic content with unparalleled speed. - Powerful Developer Tools: Empower your developers to build and deploy full-stack applications at the edge using Cloudflare Workers (serverless functions), R2 Storage (object storage without egress fees), and D1 (serverless SQL database). Cloudflare helps connect and protect millions of customers globally, offering the control, visibility, and reliability businesses need to work, develop, and accelerate their operations in today's hyperconnected landscape. Our global network continuously learns and adapts, ensuring your digital assets are always protected and performing at their best.

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Cloudflare Application Security and Performance solutions provide performance, reliability, and security for all of your web applications and APIs, wherever they are hosted and wherever your users are.

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Built for any and every organization. Cloudflare services are easy to integrate and manage, cost effective, and available from a single unified interface — helping even the largest and most specialized organizations reduce IT complexity and take back control of their environment.

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Cloudflare, Inc. (NYSE: NET) is the leading connectivity cloud company. It empowers organizations to make their employees, applications and networks faster and more secure everywhere, while reducing complexity and cost. Cloudflare’s connectivity cloud delivers the most full-featured, unified platform of cloud-native products and developer tools, so any organization can gain the control they need to work, develop, and accelerate their business. Powered by one of the world’s largest and most interconnected networks, Cloudflare blocks billions of threats online for its customers every day. It is trusted by millions of organizations – from the largest brands to entrepreneurs and small businesses to nonprofits, humanitarian groups, and governments across the globe.

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Cloudflare Application Security and Performance Demo - Cloudflare Dashboard

An entire suite of additional performance and security services are provided in addition to caching on the Cloudflare CDN. Traffic stats and site visits are easily accessed from the main dashboard page.

Cloudflare Application Security and Performance Demo - Web Content Optimization

Cloudflare provides a variety of additional services to improve the delivery of image and video files.

Cloudflare Application Security and Performance Demo - Integrated Security

Keep track of your application's JavaScript dependencies and receive alerts when they change.

Frost & Sullivan talks about why lightning fast content delivery is paramount in today's digital world and how Cloudflare provides solutions to enable organizations to deliver the best user experiences.

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Eric L. J.

President

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4/17/2016

"Cloudflare is the easiest portal to CDN and WAF."

5/5

What do you like best about Cloudflare Application Security and Performance?

There is nothing easier, that we have found, that we can use and have setup in minutes that provides CDN, Security, Web Application Firewall, and other features. When you dig deeper into the professional and business plans and other ways you can use the features of CloudFlare, you'll never want to use anything else. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cloudflare Application Security and Performance?

The only issue I have ever had with CloudFlare is when their portal goes down or acts up from time to time. It is rare but does happen. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Cloudflare Application Security and Performance:

CloudFlare does is not an anti-virus, anti-malware type of SaaS. It is a DNS service that masks your server (origin) and also serves many of your files off of their CDN servers. It can also block IP addresses and ranges of IP addresses (Pro and up) which is handy when you know of malicious servers and activity. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cloudflare Application Security and Performance solving and how is that benefiting you?

With the amount of attacks increasing daily on CMS platforms we wanted a tool that can help stave off attacks while supplying a speed increase. CloudFlare makes it easy to setup and change security levels. If you have another security tool in place to let you know you're under attack you can also tell CloudFlare to increase the security. One of the easiest implementations of CloudFlare Pro is to use iThemes Security and the Sunny plugin. When iThemes blacklists an IP it sends the information to CloudFlare where the IP is also blacklsited. If you monitor multiple sites the IP list can apply to all of your managed sites. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Juan T.

Senior Drupal Developer

Marketing and Advertising

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4/14/2016

"Awesome CDN"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Cloudflare Application Security and Performance?

What I like about CloudFlare is the ease of use. The interface is so easy to navigate and this helps you get things done. The power that CloudFlare gives you is just amazing, the speed and performance of this CDN service is amazing. The absolute best part of this is that it's free. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cloudflare Application Security and Performance?

I can't say much about what I dislike. There are very few things that I actually dislike. I had some issues sometimes where the DNS wouldn't resolve correctly and this would cause CloudFlare to show an error page even when the server was up and running. However, this is something extremely rare. I'd still recommend CloudFlare. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Cloudflare Application Security and Performance:

I'd personally recommend you to have some sort of basic DNS understanding. The rest is made easy by CloudFlare, there's not much you need to do besides changing the nameservers on your domain and wait for CloudFlare to configure your domains. If you know the basics, you won't even need to contact support as most things are easy to figure out (unless some kind of disaster happens). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cloudflare Application Security and Performance solving and how is that benefiting you?

I have a small Hosting company and I have all my domains and user's domains in CloudFlare. This helps my customers have faster websites and a very easy to use interface to configure their DNS settings. I have a cPanel server that integrates with CloudFlare and lets my clients easily enable and disable the service on their domains. This not only makes their sites a lot faster, but also helps them save bandwidth which is a limited resource. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mark V.

Software Engineer

Information Technology and Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4/14/2016

"I use CloudFlare both professionally and for personal projects"

5/5

What do you like best about Cloudflare Application Security and Performance?

CloudFlare provides a lot of cool features, and at the same time it's incredibly easy to set up and configure. It's a genuinely flawless experience, I haven't noticed a bug in years.

And for personal (or otherwise cash-strapped) projects, the free tier is awesome — it covers practically everything a small to medium-sized website might ask for, and it costs $0.00! Can't beat that price point, I guess. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cloudflare Application Security and Performance?

That's by no means CloudFlare's fault, but their IPs sometimes get blocked by Russian, Chinese and probably other officials. So in case you're interested in totalitarian demographic, CF might not be a fitting solution.

Again, this is not a technical issue, more of a political one — CloudFlare are doing everything right, in my honest opinion. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Cloudflare Application Security and Performance:

Go for it, this is probably the right call. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cloudflare Application Security and Performance solving and how is that benefiting you?

We're serving both static and dynamic content to a lot of customers, globally. CloudFlare improves the loading times across the board, which is great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jean Gérard B.

Web Developer

Information Technology and Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4/13/2016

"I've been using CloudFlare for a couple of years now."

4/5

What do you like best about Cloudflare Application Security and Performance?

CloudFlare makes my websites fast. It really reduces the load time of the pages. I use shared hosting because I can't afford VPS or dedicated services for now and CloudFlare boots my sites plus it protects them from attacks. And what's more is that I don't pay a dime for that. It's really a life saver for people like me trying to run a website without much budget. And It allows me to change DNS settings on the fly. Really great service Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cloudflare Application Security and Performance?

I don't really have nothing to say. It has almost any features I need. Except that It doesn't support some sort of binary caching. Types includes MP3 and similar. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Cloudflare Application Security and Performance:

It's a must for people looking to improve the performance of their websites and applications. Especially if they are on a shared hosting service. You get a lot of improvements for free. It's really worth it try it out. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cloudflare Application Security and Performance solving and how is that benefiting you?

It's fast. It caches the static assets of my websites. It's easy to set up too. It allows to change DNS settings on the fly. Really great service. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jonas F.

System- und Netzwerk Administrator

Internet

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4/13/2016

"High speed cache including free and grade A+ SSL"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Cloudflare Application Security and Performance?

The free basic features including blazing fast HTTP(s) cache, grade A+ (rated by https://www.ssllabs.com/) TLS configuration, threat prevention as well as the DNS management. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cloudflare Application Security and Performance?

I am writing this review based on the free plan and can not really think of anything I could complain about. Yes, there are only 3 page rules (which allows per-domain configurations), but if you just use it for personal websites you probably don't need more than that anyways. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Cloudflare Application Security and Performance:

Make sure to decrease the TTL of your domain (which you're going to move to CloudFlare) to 600 but at least one interval of the currently set TTL value.

E.g. if the TTL is set to 86400 seconds, make sure to wait at least exactly that time (86400 => 24 hours) before you update your DNS entries.

If you make sure of this, you won't run into any outages during the migration of the DNS to CloudFlare. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cloudflare Application Security and Performance solving and how is that benefiting you?

My website is incredible fast from almost anywhere out of the world. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Kriangkrai C.

Full Stack Developer

Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4/13/2016

"Using CloudFlare DNS service for a small website"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Cloudflare Application Security and Performance?

I love the DNS service of CloudFlare. It is easy for configuration and pretty fast updating comparing to other free DNS service like Namecheap. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cloudflare Application Security and Performance?

CloudFlare likely to send email to me when I use it is a back up DNS servers. When I add other DNS services to my domain, CloudFlare will send me the email to warn me to check DNS settings otherwise they will disable my service. Actually, if I only use a DNS part of CloudFlare, there is no problem anyway.

I also don't like when I access PHP page on my website and it does not route to my website, so I pause some of my websites because of this. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Cloudflare Application Security and Performance:

CloudFlare is a mainly a CDN service but you can use it as a DNS service as well. If you want to use as a back up DNS server, you will not be able to use CDN service and this is the weak point. However, I believe that you can use only CloudFlare alone since they are prepared to facing with attack. They also have DDoS protection as well and it is good for your websites when you are under attacks. To conclude, I am using CloudFlare DNS service as my main DNS server an I love it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cloudflare Application Security and Performance solving and how is that benefiting you?

I just leave the warning since it is not necessary for me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Alex F.

Freelance

Entertainment

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4/11/2016

"Essential for small static websites"

5/5

What do you like best about Cloudflare Application Security and Performance?

It's free SSL capabilities are amazing for small websites - it is really improving the face of web security, and small people no longer have to pay exorbitant certificate fees.

Its DNS management is also fantastic, and its setup procedure is well thought-out and easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cloudflare Application Security and Performance?

I wish the Cloudflare API was a little more open and easy to interface with, and it would be *great* if we could supply a page that is shown when my website is offline instead of their standard one.

Also since their website redesign I find it occasionally hard to navigate around the site and switch between websites. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Cloudflare Application Security and Performance:

I can't think of anything that comes close to what CloudFlare offers on a free plan. It really is extraordinary. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cloudflare Application Security and Performance solving and how is that benefiting you?

It allows my websites, which support my freelance business, to stay up even when they are hit by large amounts of traffic, meaning that I don't miss out on viewers and potential clients. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Akhil K.

Data Engineer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4/9/2016

"Cloudflare gets the job done..."

4.5/5

What do you like best about Cloudflare Application Security and Performance?

CloudFlare global network of data centers is the best I've used so far. It is probably the best secure CDN service we have in the Asian(especially south eastern) region.

Incidentally, cloudflare dedicated website that provides up-to-date notifications on the performance of each data center particularly useful for monitoring purposes.

CloudFlare also has a lot of features to help optimize your website in other ways, such as gzipping, JavaScript bundling(my personal fav.) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cloudflare Application Security and Performance?

Not enough information on data that is cached, which leads to misbelief of whether the things are really getting cached or not.

For those who demand both security and speed at the same level, there still is a wide gap between them for which I believe Cloudflare will sort out within few updates.

There are issues when you set up Cloudflares Rocket Loader where some javascript plugins won't load correctly but, cloudflare's got it fixed using some snippet code. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cloudflare Application Security and Performance solving and how is that benefiting you?

The best thing about Cloudflare is once your DNS is pointed its way, it’ll automatically start caching pages on your website and there’s no need to configure anything on your site.

At the same time, it has this analytics page which gives you a complete report on your website traffic where you can view a report for all websites on free plans/paid plans. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Joshua S.

Freelance Developer

Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4/7/2016

"Simple, powerful security, acceleration, and analytics"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Cloudflare Application Security and Performance?

CloudFlare provides a large array of features that address both website security and load time. Easily adjustable security levels guard against DDOS attacks, but allow innocent visitors who employ proxies to continue to use the site. The optional SSL feature serves site assets over a secure protocol.

The actual CloudFlare CDN servers operate around the world, providing swift page loads. For almost any company, this is much more efficient than renting servers in distributed data centers. CloudFlare also contains multiple features to improve page load by reducing data transfer. For instance, it can minify code, compress images, and strip useless meta data from files. CloudFlare provides a simple interface to manage these features and propagates changes swiftly.

In addition to its swift content delivery and security measures, CloudFlare provides basic analytics. These assist users as they ascertain their website's performance and user demographics.

CloudFlare also offers a collection of apps to expand the features available to users. These apps provide a variety of services ranging from cosmetic improvements to smart error pages and security seals. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cloudflare Application Security and Performance?

The CloudFlare visitor analytics feature does not possess much breadth. While it provides some general data, such as top visitor locations, it does not reveal most visited pages, popular browsers, search keywords, common errors, and other necessary information. Consequently, users who depend upon granular visitor data must rely upon an additional service. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Cloudflare Application Security and Performance:

This service offers relatively quick setup, easy management, and extensive features for its price. I recommend CloudFlare for small companies who desire CDN functionality at an affordable cost. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cloudflare Application Security and Performance solving and how is that benefiting you?

I employ CloudFlare to accelerate my site's performance and protect it from attack. My company is extremely small and I could not achieve either of these objectives on my own. After integrating CloudFlare, I have not suffered any significant attacks. In addition, I benefit from significant bandwidth savings and page load improvements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Steve B.

Business Functional Analyst, Salesforce

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4/7/2016

"A great service for added website security and performance, with a low cost to entry!"

5/5

What do you like best about Cloudflare Application Security and Performance?

My primary reason for switching to CloudFlare was the extra security they offered for my websites. Not only do they offer an incredible amount of security and threat protection, but they make it very easy to setup and configure, which is especially great for people who aren't "experts" in website and server security. Making security easy, and available to the masses (via the free plan), makes CloudFlare a real winner in my mind.

In addition to the security, the actual CDN aspect of CloudFlare works great. One of my websites is a photo gallery, and I noticed an improvement in speeds on the website (both real-world and benchmark speeds), and in the one brief instance I needed the "Always Online" feature, it worked pretty well.

CloudFlare also offers easy to interpret, detailed reports on security and CDN performance, which helps me realize that it is actually doing something (as security protection and CDN performance are largely invisible aspect to a website that "just work" most of the time).

I now use CloudFlare for all business and personal websites I run. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cloudflare Application Security and Performance?

For my personal use, I wish there'd be a more affordable non-business pay plan. I largely stick with the free offering for my personal sites, but I'd love to have some upgraded features but can't justify the monthly price for what are largely hobby and portfolio websites that don't generate any income. That being said, the free plan is quite suitable too. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cloudflare Application Security and Performance solving and how is that benefiting you?

Addition piece of mind "set it and forget it" security is my primary purpose for using CloudFlare. The CDN aspect also gives a nice performance bump to certain parts of my websites too, especially for users visiting in geographical locations that are very distant from the server location. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.