My primary use for the Cloudflare service is for load balancing. I also use the product to manage the connection to my web server's backend.
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My servers used to have a lot of traffic, we put it on the public settings and now there is no downtime
What is our primary use case?
How has it helped my organization?
Cloudflare improved my organization because my servers used to have a lot of traffic. We put it on the public settings and now it's quite nice because there is no downtime, if there is a slow connection or a lot of web traffic.
What is most valuable?
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.
For how long have I used the solution?
Three to five years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Compared to other products, Cloudflare is very stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
For our websites, it is only around 100 to 1000 visitors per day. For the deployment and maintenance of Cloudflare, just one person is required for maintenance.
How are customer service and technical support?
The customer support at Cloudflare is fairly straightforward. For technical support, I give Cloudflare a thumbs up for their documentation. We didn't have to ask their technicians or their support in order to finish up the setup. It was easy to troubleshoot our installation.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We used a previous combination of CloudFlare and a manual router with a load balancer. The solution that would be most comparable with CloudFlare based on my experience would be physical load balancing and cloud-based load balancing.
How was the initial setup?
Cloudflare is not complicated to set up. It is fairly straightforward. Deployment times depend on the website. Because I already read the documentation before the first setup, it actually took no more than 10 minutes. I did it all by myself.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
We are still using the free version of Cloudflare. It is a yearly based plan.
What other advice do I have?
In my experience, Cloudflare is a great solution. 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.
I believe that Cloudflare is okay as it is now because they are partnering with Google. Cloudflare improves performance on my websites. It is a great partner for cloud infrastructure for anyone who wants to use the security service and other features.
I would rate Cloudflare with an eight out of ten. I know they are constantly improving.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Apr 15 2019
Author
BrahmanggiAditya
Technical Engineer at a tech services company
Real User
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Pros
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.
Cons
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.