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Cloudflare - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

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Last updated: August 2026

Cloudflare overview

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Based on 524 verified user reviews

What is Cloudflare?

By industry, Cloudflare reviewers are most commonly professionals in information technology and services (19%). The most frequent use case for Cloudflare cited by reviewers is website security (66% of reviewers).

What are the most popular integrations for Cloudflare?

The Cloudflare integration most frequently cited by reviewers is WordPress, a website builder product rated 4.8 out of 5 for its integration with Cloudflare.

Starting price

20flat rate /
per month

Alternatives

with better value for money


Pros & Cons

Websites

DNS Management

Security and Performance

Training and Learning Curve

Slow and impersonal support

Cloudflare’s user interface

Ease of use rating:

Cloudflare reviews

Overall rating

4.7

/5

524

Positive reviews

88

%

Rating breakdown
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend0.88/10
Rating distribution

5

4

3

2

1

416

86

14

1

7

Pros
“It helps me to save my lot of money as it handles DNS management, Provides free SSL certificate, actually it give me enterprise level security and performance My website is [sensitive content hidden]”
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Kaushik P.

CEO

“I have created my website with lovable.dev it easily integrate with few clicks and within minustes of Integration my website is launched.”
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Kaushik P.

CEO

“Cloudflare is a valuable service to have for your web presence and helps deliver a faster website user experience for our clients, with great features and spam/bot traffic protection.”
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David V.

Lead Developer

Cons
“Additionally, troubleshooting can be difficult when Cloudflare sits between the user and the origin server, making it harder to pinpoint where issues originate.”
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Jerry L.

Owner

“Support Gap for Non-Enterprise Tiers, Complexity and "Dangerous" Settings, False Positives in Security Rules, Centralization Risks ("The Internet's Single Point of Failure"), Billing and Plan Limitations”
vp

ville p.

Specialist

“Troubleshooting whether an issue comes from the application, the cache or a Cloudflare rule is not always straightforward, and the dashboard can feel dense when moving beyond the basic setup.”
KS

Kaynan S.

Software Engineer

Who uses Cloudflare?

Based on 524 verified user reviews.

Company size

Small Businesses

Midsize Businesses

Enterprises

Top industries

Computer Software
Computer & Network Security
Media Production
Financial Services
Others

Use cases

Website Security
Content Delivery Network
DDoS Protection
Website Optimization Tools
Cloud Security

Cloudflare's key features

GetApp's analysis of 52 verified user reviews collected between July 2021 and July 2024 identifies Cloudflare's most critical features and summarizes user sentiment about those features.

DDoS protection

Reviewers appreciate Cloudflare's robust DDoS protection capabilities. They highlight the automatic threat detection and mitigation, which keeps their environments secure. Users report that the setup is minimal and effortless, making it extremely useful. They find the protection invaluable, especially for websites without a full-time IT team. Reviewers indicate that Cloudflare provides enterprise-grade protection at little or no cost, and the service has saved their infrastructure multiple times. They also mention the 'under attack' mode as a helpful aspect. Of the 26 Cloudflare users who gave detailed accounts of their use of DDoS Protection, 96% rated this feature as important or highly important.

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“Cloudflare has been a great addition to protect our websites from DDoS attacks, as well as providing performance improvements through global content delivery.”
PS

Paul S.

Software Engineer

“We found the DDoS spikes were causing repeated down time that Cloudflare helped prevent.”
TG

Tim G.

Customer Service Executive

“Cloudflare offers robust security features, improves website performance with its global CDN, provides reliable DDoS protection, and offers easy-to-use management tools.”
MS

Muhammad S.

System engineer

“DDoS protection works very well.”
PP

Paul P.

Head of Engineering


Firewalls

Reviewers highlight Cloudflare's firewall capabilities for their flexibility and ease of configuration. They find it effective in blocking threats like spammers, bad bots, and visitors from specific IP addresses or countries. Users appreciate the ability to set up custom rules easily, even on the free plan. They report that Cloudflare's firewall helps secure sensitive data and provides fine-grained access control. Reviewers also note the integration with other security measures, enhancing overall protection for their servers and websites. Of the 22 Cloudflare users who gave detailed accounts of their use of Firewalls, 91% rated this feature as important or highly important.


All Cloudflare features

Features rating:

Access controls/permissions
Activity monitoring
Alerts/Notifications
Anomaly/Malware detection
API
Application management
Cloud application security
Compliance management
Content management
Dashboard
Data management
Data security
Diagnostic tools
Encryption
Endpoint protection
Global network
Load balancing
ML algorithm library
Model training
Performance metrics
Real-Time monitoring
Reporting/Analytics
Reverse proxy
SSL security
Threat intelligence
Threat response
Video archiving
VPN
Vulnerability scanning
Web-Application security
Website analytics

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Cloudflare pricing

Value for money rating:

Pricing plans

Pricing details:

Free plan
Free trial
Subscription

Pro

20

Per month

Features included:

  • Accelerated Mobile Pages
  • CDN
  • Easy-to-Use DNS
  • Fast
  • Free Managed Ruleset
  • Lossless Image Optimization
  • Protection for Layers 3-7
  • Universal SSL Certificate
  • Unmetered Ddos
  • Web Application Firewall (WAF)

Business

200

Per month

Features included:

  • CDN
  • Easy-to-Use DNS
  • Fast
  • Free Managed Ruleset
  • PCI DSS 3.2 Compliance
  • Protection for Layers 3-7
  • Universal SSL Certificate
  • Unmetered Ddos

Enterprise

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No pricing info

Features included:

  • CDN
  • Easy-to-Use DNS
  • Fast
  • Free Managed Ruleset
  • Network Prioritization
  • PCI DSS 3.2 Compliance
  • Protection for Layers 3-7
  • Role-Based Account Control
  • Single-Sign-On (SSO) Support
  • Universal SSL Certificate
  • Unmetered Ddos

User opinions about Cloudflare price and value

Value for money rating:

To see what individual users think of Cloudflare's price and value, check out the review snippets below.

“It helps me to save my lot of money as it handles DNS management, Provides free SSL certificate, actually it give me enterprise level security and performance My website is [sensitive content hidden]”
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Kaushik P.

CEO

“I have created my website with lovable.dev it easily integrate with few clicks and within minustes of Integration my website is launched.”
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Kaushik P.

CEO

Cloudflare integrations (31)

Integrations rated by users

We looked at 524 user reviews to identify which products are mentioned as Cloudflare integrations and how users feel about them.

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WordPress

Integration rating: 4.8 (22)

Easily embed videos on your Wordpress website.

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Tanner R.

Fractional CMO

Integration rating: 5.0 (9)

This is great for a development team

LN

Lisa N.

Software Engineer

Integration rating: 4.8 (4)

Google Analytics is important for adding website and conversion context to marketing decisions. Combining analytics data with campaign performance makes the recommendations more useful than reviewing media metrics alone.

GL

Garry L.

Analytics Director

Integration rating: 4.3 (3)

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Hostinger

Integration rating: 4.7 (3)

Because it was necessary to produce referral codes backend with high security.

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Eric F.

Voice Over

Integration rating: 5.0 (2)

Cloudflare customer support

What do users say about Cloudflare customer support?

Customer support rating:

We analyzed verified user reviews to identify positive and negative aspects of Cloudflare customer support.

A fair number of users found Cloudflare's support team responsive, friendly, and effective when resolving issues or escalations.

Multiple users appreciated the availability of support channels like tickets and phone, and found documentation helpful for self-service.

A number of users reported slow response times, especially for lower-tier plans or urgent issues, making support feel inaccessible.

Multiple users found it difficult to reach live support, citing lack of real-time chat and cumbersome ticket processes.

Support options

24/7 (live rep)
Knowledge base
Email/help desk
Chat
Phone support

Training options

Live online
Documentation
Videos
Webinars

To see what individual users say about Cloudflare's customer support, check out the review snippets below.

“Customer support was timely, effective and easy to use.”

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Nathan H.

Principle

“I'm not happy with their customer service because they never respond soon enough to help us with problems.”

CH

Christopher H.

CEO

Cloudflare FAQs

Q. Who are the typical users of Cloudflare?

Cloudflare has the following typical customers:
Large Enterprises, Freelancers, Small Business, Mid-size Business

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Q. What is Cloudflare used for?

Cloudflare speeds up and accelerates your site by distributing your sites content around the world then delivering it using the fattest pipes and the best protocols. By using HTTP/2 with an SPDY fallback, Cloudflare can deliver content rapidly to your end users. Using 79 datacenters (and growing) around the world, Cloudflare can ensure your content is never too far away from your end user. Through Railgun, Cloudflare can eliminate costly delays caused by the speed of light when distributing dynamic content. Cloudflare has consistently set records for mitigating the largest DDOS attacks. Cloudflare can protect your website from content scraping through reputation checks and application level attacks through a Web Application Firewall (e.g. for SQL Injection and XSS attacks). When Cloudflare successfully defended Spamhaus, Akamai's chief architect stated it was "the largest publicly announced DDoS attack in the history of the Internet." Cloudflare operates one of the fastest and most secure DNS networks in the world with advanced functionality including CNAME Flattening and Instant DNS Updates.


Q. What level of support does Cloudflare offer?

Cloudflare offers the following support options:
24/7 (Live rep), Knowledge Base, Email/Help Desk, Chat, Phone Support

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