Cloudflare pros and cons

Vendor: Cloudflare

4.2 out of 5

56 reviews
96% willing to recommend

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Cloudflare Pros review quotes

Owner at Tech Exchange

Dec 1, 2022

Many websites require an SSL certificate because they sell stuff and want SSL. Cloudflare comes with an SSL certificate built in. It's automatic. You sign yourself up for Cloudflare, and an SSL certificate automatically protects your website. You don't necessarily need a certificate if you have a connection between your website and your host, the server, Cloudflare, and the host.

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BW

VP/Director of IT

Sep 17, 2020

New and innovative way to protect the client's data.

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reviewer2198715

DevOps Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Jun 1, 2023

I rate its stability a ten out of ten.

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DP

Network engineer at Ufinet

Oct 24, 2022

What I like best about Cloudflare is that my company can use it to trace and manage applications and monitor traffic. The solution tells you if there's a spike in traffic. Cloudflare also sends you a link to check your equipment and deployment and track it through peering, so it's a valuable tool.

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reviewer1245303

Senior Consultant at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

May 28, 2020

The most valuable feature is the web application firewall.

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Managed Services Manager at Adapture Technology Group

Mar 20, 2024

DDoS attacks target unprotected machines. Cloudflare detects and stops these attacks using internal systems. It identifies incoming DDoS attacks, issuing challenges or blocking them immediately.

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KornthawatPhichitoakkhanit

Cloud Business Developer at GWS Cloud

Oct 13, 2023

The UI is good.

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MM

reviewer1585149

Senior Network Engineer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

May 24, 2021

From what I've seen so far, there are no negatives to report as of yet

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BrahmanggiAditya

Technical Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

Apr 2, 2019

The most valuable feature of Cloudflare is that it has a free version. They give us the free version with the anti-DDoS features and also the load balancing solution.

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reviewer1011657

Project Manager at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

Apr 26, 2021

The DDoS protection is the most valuable aspect of the solution.

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Cloudflare Cons review quotes

Owner at Tech Exchange

Dec 1, 2022

It should be easier to collect the logs with companies like Sumo. However, based on my discussions with the salespeople, I understand that's how they make their money. With the enterprise product, they want people doing those kinds of enterprise features to do the logging. They want them to pay a lot of money, and that's where I have an issue with them. That should be a default. You should be able to get the log no matter what. The logging should be universal.

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BW

VP/Director of IT

Sep 17, 2020

Technical support is lacking.

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General Manager at .bKash Limited

Dec 14, 2023

It would be beneficial for us if Cloudflare could offer a scrubbing solution. This would involve taking a snapshot of my website and keeping it live during a DDoS attack, ensuring uninterrupted service for our users. DDoS attacks are typically short in duration, and having Cloudflare maintain the site's availability from its secure network would enhance the overall user experience. I would appreciate it if Cloudflare could consider implementing this feature. Many organizations already utilize similar capabilities in their CDN platforms, where a static snapshot of the web page is displayed during DDoS attacks. In terms of features, Cloudflare needs to enhance its resilience and stay more focused on adopting new technologies. For instance, solutions like F5 XC Box, Access Solution, and Distributed Cloud Solution have impressive features, and Cloudflare should strive to match and exceed those capabilities. There's a need for improvement in areas like AI-based DDoS attacks and Layer 7 WAF features. Cloudflare should prioritize enhancements in areas such as behavioral DDoS and protection against SQL injection attacks, considering the prevalent trend of public exposure to the internet for business reasons. Overall, Cloudflare needs to invest more in advancing its feature set.

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reviewer2198715

DevOps Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Jun 1, 2023

Even if I wanted to, I wouldn't be able to buy Cloudflare in my country.

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DP

Network engineer at Ufinet

Oct 24, 2022

It would be good if Cloudflare could have more servers for better traffic routing or an increase in the traffic routed. This is what I'd like to improve in Cloudflare.

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reviewer1245303

Senior Consultant at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

May 28, 2020

There should be a specific price list for enterprise-level customers.

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Managed Services Manager at Adapture Technology Group

Mar 20, 2024

We're facing challenges due to an upgrade in the machine learning model. The problem arises from some users abusing the APIs, resulting in an influx of suspicious traffic. Cloudflare's learning model mistakenly identifies this traffic as human. Consequently, it assigns it a higher trust score, akin to legitimate human traffic, causing complications in our architecture. Previously, such traffic would have been categorized as suspicious, enabling us to apply appropriate blocking rules. However, we encounter difficulties distinguishing between genuine and suspicious traffic with the new categorization. Despite these challenges, overall, Cloudflare remains the preferred solution compared to Azure, AWS CloudFront, and Google Cloud Armor.

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KornthawatPhichitoakkhanit

Cloud Business Developer at GWS Cloud

Oct 13, 2023

The timing aspect can lead to it being considered overpriced. This is a particular concern we have with Cloudflare, as they may struggle with accurately detecting the client.

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reviewer1585149

Senior Network Engineer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

May 24, 2021

Although I think it's quite good, it doesn't provide me with all the features I would expect to have if I were using Imperva.

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BrahmanggiAditya

Technical Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

Apr 2, 2019

If they improve on the placement of their data centers, it would be better. I'm living in a remote area. I would like to connect to them without any kind of lag.

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