Cloudflare

cloudflare.com · San Francisco, United States of America

Cloudflare is a global cloud services and security company that provides content delivery, DDoS protection, zero-trust security, and edge networking solutions to businesses of all sizes. Its platform sits in front of websites, applications, and APIs to improve performance, reliability, and security, sold primarily through subscriptions and usage-based services. Customers include enterprises, developers, and digital businesses that rely on Cloudflare’s global network to deliver and protect their internet properties.

  • Network & Cloud Security
  • Cloud Infrastructure & Hosting
  • API Management & Integration
Revenue
$1.4B
Employees
3,800
Founded
2009
Headquarters
San Francisco, United States of America

What 213 Arbolus experts think of Cloudflare

NPS scores are predominantly 8–10, with respondents consistently expressing high satisfaction. Renewal intent is strong, especially among high spenders and senior IT leaders, with most stating intent to continue or expand use. Stickiness is high, with customers relying on Cloudflare for core security and internet-facing workloads. Key expert themes include consolidated features, reliability, low operational burden, and strong security outcomes. Overall Customer Sentiment: Positive

Who reviewed Cloudflare

Total customers 213 192 current · 21 former
Reviews growth +96 in six months
Seniority of respondents
  • C-Suite 70% (149)
  • Director 20% (43)
  • Manager 10% (21)
Engineering Engineer Director NPS 9 Will renew
Engineering Leader C-Suite NPS 7
Not specified C-Suite NPS 9 Will renew

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Sentiment

59 Net Promoter Score, from 212 scored reviews
  • Promoters 138
  • Passives 63
  • Detractors 11

Cumulative NPS by month

+0 over 6 months
  • May 9
  • Jun 9
  • Jul 9
  • Aug 9
  • Sep 9
  • Oct 9

Net Promoter Score across 18 reviews, accumulated up to each month. Category median 39 across 18 companies.

Praised

  • Comprehensive Feature Set
  • Operational Simplicity
  • High Security Reliability
  • Unified Reporting and Policy Management

Criticised

  • Configuration Complexity
  • Pricing and Transparency Limitations
  • Support and Usability Gaps
  • Reliability and Outage Exposure

What customers say

Comprehensive Feature Set
“I rate Cloudflare 10 out of 10 because it gives us best-in-class DDoS protection, global performance, and puts DNS, CDN, WAF, and bot protection into one console.”
Operational Simplicity
“It's the only tool in my stack that has never required maintenance, never produced an outage or surprise bill, and just consistently works fast everywhere.”
High Security Reliability
“Cloudflare absorbs attacks and filters malicious traffic, helping us deliver 99.99% uptime for our trading platform by making incidents a non-event for end users.”

Renewal intent

Plan to renew 80%
  • Will renew 118
  • Undecided 26
  • Not renewing 4

Plan to renew, by seniority

  • C-Suite 81% 93 answers
  • Director 86% 35 answers
  • Manager 64% 11 answers
  • Not specified 67% 9 answers
  • 9/10 Average score from customers who will renew
  • 7.6/10 Average score from undecided customers
  • 6.8/10 Average score from customers not renewing

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