# Page 8 | Cloudflare Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Page 8 - Is Cloudflare the right Website Security solution for you? Explore 519 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/155191/Cloudflare/reviews --- Cloudflare 4.7 (519) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/155191/Cloudflare/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Page 8 - Reviews of Cloudflare ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 176-200 of 519 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Abhik B. Student Computer Networking Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Most secure content delivery network for website of any size" April 29, 2021 5.0 I'm using Cloudflare for years and never faced any significant issue. I'm overall happy with their product and services. Pros Cloudflare allows many advance features even for free users. Like DNSSEC in Cloudflare DNS, Cloudflare proxy, I'm under attack mode and so on. Further, ClouFlare optimizes the content of the hosted websites by minifying codes and make websites a lot faster. Cons Cloudflare free plan and even the business plan doesn't allow users to bring their own SSL certificates. This is a very basic and necessary feature. To upload custom SSL you need to purchase an enterprise plan with a $200/month rental, which is quite costly. Switched from [KeyCDN](https://www.capterra.com/p/165740/KeyCDN/) keyCDN is only a content delivery network and doesn't offer all the features that Cloudflare offers. Review Source Gonzalo B. Web Developer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "A must have for security and overall peace of mind" April 30, 2019 5.0 Pros Pointing my site to Cloudflare is one of the very first things I do while developing a self-hosted site or when taking over an existing site that either suffers on the performance or the security. This is a classic scenario to face while developing a Wordpress site, the client shows up with a slow and unsafe site, using Cloudflare in this cases is a life and time-saver. With a few clicks, you can cache, activate SSL on your site (bringing customers to trust back) and use their CDN that rocks, especially for Javascript. The DNS changes are instantaneous, making server migration a breeze. The protection against DDOS is vital for high-traffic sites, your IP will be hidden as well and your precious server resources will be safe as well. If everything else fails just switch "I am under attack" mode. Cloudflare is now a must have tool for virtually every site I develop. Cons The only thing I don't like is the lack of customization of the 404 and 500 error screens on the free plans. But I guess is fair enough since their plans are not that expensive neither. Review Source Angelica C. CEO Internet Used the software for: 2+ years ### "It used to be a lot better" October 30, 2019 3.0 It served me well for a very long period, but it never mitigated any of my DDoS attacks. It did helped me when managing DNS was a pain in the ass. BUt eventually I found out that it was slowing my website. Since I moved away from it and got separate services to do what CF used to (DNS, protection, analytics), I got way better services and faster sites. Pros It sure makes managing your sites's DNS and main configurations handy by centralizing them. It offers nice redirection features and a whole bunch of features like apps and protection, cdn, etc. Cons But the service has been packing so many features that though it looks like advantage when it's not. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Manager Online Media Used the software for: 2+ years ### "What i think of Cloudflare" May 21, 2020 5.0 Cloudflare has saved my business from over one million attacks since i started using it. It has also saved me a whole lot of bandwidth. Cloudflare is super cool. Pros Cloudflare's basic security features are totally free. Cloudflare also comes in with an effective anti ddos feature, a keep alive feature, a powerful cache system and a wonderful firewall settings, of which you can add your own firewall rules. Cons Its price. Cloudflare's pricing is for established businesses who can afford their premium services. If you can afford it, it is worth every penny. I personally have no major issues with cloudflare Review Source RE Ryan E. IT Systems and Data Protection Officer Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "A Free Plan Offering Premium Features" May 9, 2018 5.0 The main reason we first started using CloudFlare within our business was to upgrade all of our sites to SSL effortlessly, in preparation for the new Google HTTPS stricter rules. CloudFlare served this function perfectly, saving us money on advanced SSL certificates as well as time on installing these certificates manually. Since then, we have explored the other features of CloudFlare and impressed has been an understatement. As stated earlier, the benefits of CloudFlare are simply astonishing for a free product. Pros The free plan on CloudFlare is simply unbelievable value. For the low cost of nothing, you gain a world class CDN system which offers enterprise level security that rivals many premium, high cost solutions. The variety of features is astonishing too, with free SSL certificates, caching services and advanced analytics included also with the free plan. Cons It's hard to fault CloudFlare, but if I were to criticise something it would be that many of the caching features cause severe breakage to a site. For example, whenever I enable the Rocket Loader my WordPress sites are always broken in some form. However, beggars can't be choosers and these issues can simply be averted by not enabling this feature. Review Source DM Diego M. Admin Internet Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "One or the best CDNs!" October 1, 2020 5.0 Pros The overall experience with them has been great. It’s not only simple to setup, but also they have a huge documentation library where you can get a lot of information: from them, compatibility with other softwares, best configurations, etc. The results you get by just getting their free plan are more than enough for small-medium companies. Also, they hace more than 150 servers around the world, so the performance results are really great, even comparing with some other paid services. Cons Nothing to add here. My overall experience was really good. I never had an issue or had to get in touch with support. When ever I had a doubt, I was able to solve them just by checking their documentation library. Reason for choosing Cloudflare I use both. Depending on my clients locations. ArganCloud has really good options as well, but the speed you get in some locations is a little bit less than Cloudflare. Review Source MD Marc D. Marketing Manager Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 2+ years ### "One of the best CDNs" September 2, 2022 5.0 One of the best CDN, really is a must have for my business and I really recommend all my clients to use it to protect their website and make it load faster. Pros It's really easy to setup, support is really responsive and good, they could help me with an issue I had on a website. Also it protects my websites from hacking attacks. Really a great experience Cons Nothing much, it's really a roundup service and tool. I havn't had any major issue. Review Source HF Houssam F. Freelancer Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Cloudflare a simplifié l'ajout de HTTPS à mon site Web." April 12, 2022 5.0 Toutes les solutions incluses dans le pack gratuit de Cloudflare sont incroyables pour les petites entreprises qui souhaitent opérer en toute sécurité sur Internet. Pros C'est une bonne chose que vous puissiez accéder gratuitement à certaines de leurs fonctionnalités et sécuriser votre site Web. Le fait qu'ils répondent régulièrement à mon courrier électronique est également très communicatif de leur part. La navigation sur le site est également très facile et le suivi à chaque étape aide les utilisateurs à interagir de manière transparente avec le site. Cons Autant nous voulons protéger nos sites, autant nous voulons que le site soit accessible. Mon site a commencé à afficher une erreur "ERR\_TOO\_MANY\_REDIRECTS". J'ai contacté le service clientèle, qui m'a répondu rapidement, mais je n'ai pas pu y trouver de solution à mon problème. Reason for choosing Cloudflare J'ai réalisé qu'il existait d'excellentes options au lieu de payer des prix astronomiques à votre fournisseur de services. Review Source Mohamed O. ENG & CEO Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Very Helpful for online starter to large businesses " April 27, 2022 5.0 Useful for all online businesses. Pros It helps me manage and secure DNS, Caching, CDN, Server Network Security and much more daily/weekly duties for web servers / websites for my projects & client's projects as well. Cons Security features is full of great features but it requires a good knowledge of security to deal with it. Review Source Piotr C. Ceo Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 2+ years ### "I don't think that, there is any competitor to CF in market" December 1, 2022 5.0 Pros The company made a lot of big improvements and innovations in services in the last few years. There is a log improvements for clients websites like Image Resizing, Auto Minify, Brotli, or APO for WordPress. And FREE CDN of course. Cons There is nothing like that. Some of our projects wouldn't ever start without CF. Review Source TB Thomas B. Systems Admin Libraries Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Above and Beyond Cloud Security" August 16, 2023 5.0 I use this for my own businesses, as well as employer organization, and would recommend it to my IT friends and colleagues if they also didn't already use it. Pros I was blown away on initial use of Cloudflare and their free tier offerings, and has led me to consider further purchases of their services. Their DNS proxy service alone is invaluable, and I would be remiss to not use it. Cons I do wish pricing offered more granularity for smaller organizations, as it can be confusing which products are free until you attempt to set up a service offered. Review Source NN Nicolas N. IT-Administrator Farming Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Website Verwaltung für mehrere Teams" November 20, 2023 5.0 Cloudflare ist ein renommierter Anbieter, dies erkennt man auch an der Übersicht des Tools, der Verfügbarkeit und den Diensten. Top! Pros Berechtigungsmanagement und die Verwaltung aller Domains, DNS-Zonen und Möglichkeiten für Mailsteuerung. Außerdem spielt der Schutz der Domains und Websites eine wichtige Rolle. Cons Kein Nachteil bekannt, wir sind vollkommen zufrieden Review Source Roger V. Project Manager Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Powerful, wide range of config options" February 17, 2022 5.0 Good - we use daily for our own sites + client sites Pros Helps reduce DDOS, security, latency. We have it configured to help secure Wordpress on many sites. Cons Can be complex for a non-security, but there's sort of no way around that, reality is complex - it's not the fault of them - they do a pretty solid job making it all understandable. Review Source ET Ed T. Registration Services Director Management Consulting Used the software for: 2+ years ### "High quality product for the price" October 20, 2022 5.0 Setup and transition were a breeze. Pros Cloudflare's response and customer service are exceptional; with quick resolutions whenever escalations are needed. Cons There are random moments of downtime and at times not the most intuitive. Review Source SV Sakthi V. System Administrator Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Good CDN and Security provider" May 4, 2023 5.0 Very good security provider for websites. Pros Cloudflare provides our websites for CDN, DDOS security and SSL for free. Its very helpful for our websites reach globally with good speed and secure. It helps monitor our website users and api hits with regional wise. Cons Based on our experience and usage Cloudflare provides all about security for websites. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Owner Financial Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Good deal with extensive security" April 14, 2021 5.0 Cloudflare has been easy to work with. Their support is responsive but not always the smartest on things. I think their product has grown a lot and keeps adding complimentary products that have kept us ahead of attacks. Our site is also lot faster using their tool. Pros Simple to get going and provide some basic security for a site. Their pricing is agreeable for small businesses that need powerful protection. We have seen DDoS attacks stopped by Cloudflare for years now and it only keeps getting better. They have added more robust features however they do cost extra but its worth it. Cons Some of the layer 7 attack prevention methods are not very automatic. It would be great if they auto blocked certain IPs or ASN that went over a certain metric threshold. There is no reason an IP should be able to send 1TB of bandwidth without a challenge. If there was a rule system that could help with these cases. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Director of Growth & Revenue Operations Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Cloudflare is as good as advertised" August 11, 2022 5.0 Overall, I enjoyed Cloudflare's security features and capabilities. In terms of DNS management across multiple domains, it's very easy for users of all levels from beginner to advanced to customize and incorporate google records/values. Love their UI as well. Pros Plethora of features/benefits and ease of use. Enjoyed video streaming/hosting and easy DNS management. Cons Visitor analytics particularly with videos is not straightforward to integrate with google analytics - requires more advanced developer expertise. Review Source BT Boris T. Manager Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Amazing CDN and great protection for your website" March 14, 2021 5.0 We use Cloudflare for caching and CDN primarily, but are also very happy with its DDoS attack protection. All the customers we introduce to Cloudflare are absolutely amazed by how much it improves their website and how well it behaves once behind CDN and solid caching, just by using the free version. Most of them switch to the paid version later on. Pros Everything in Cloudflare is amazing and useful for all the websites I make. If I had to pick and choose I would be hard pressed to choose between the CDN and caching. Both work wonders in improving your website speed, which Google rewards with better positioning, and customers reward with longer retention. The best part - basic features are free to use! Cons Some of the options are not available in the free version and those options are pricey. Other than that, I have nothing I don't like about Cloudflare. Using the free version is enough for basic protection and caching and that works like a charm. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Administrative assistant Government Administration Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Cloudflare for web application security" February 17, 2023 3.0 My overall experience is bigger than average. Cloudflare creates a good option for people 's. Pros People use cloudflare for their site security and performance. It has wider networks on webs, and also first choise because of security its features. It secured your data with out concealing your identity. Thats why i liked very much. It is also better than vpn. Cons I think cloudflare can do better work, but they dont want to check blacklisted users ip address, what they want to show, is exactly what. Reason for choosing Cloudflare I dont use any alternative Review Source Kent K. Business & eCommerce Consulting Used the software for: 2+ years ### "I don't use any other DNS provider for my or my client's sites" June 8, 2018 5.0 Improves a website's performance and security. Pros Cloudflare is my goto DNS, CDN and Security provider. In my opinion, they are the best of the best. If you have a domain on the web, you should be using Cloudflare, it's just that simple. They'll cache your website, compress code, make it faster and secure it all at the same time. Cons The pricing is beginning to climb but for what you get I think the value is still there. Even their free version has more going for it than other DNS providers. Review Source AL Alaister L. Administrator Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Best CDN, DNS, static site hosting provider" July 18, 2021 5.0 I have been using Cloudflare free plan for years. Most features I need are provided for free. I like their services very much. Pros Cloudflare optimize my website speed and enhance the security. They update DNS changes quickly, usually within a few minutes. I like Cloudflare Pages, which provides static site hosting with excellent speed and uptime. Cons Cloudflare support is helpful but their reply is very slow. The support forum usually cannot help me since I cannot expose some important information such as my server IP address. Review Source mB muhammad B. owner Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Great for CDN but some hicups" June 14, 2022 4.0 Its an inexpensive CDN and free SSL in our experience for small website. If you have larger sites and busy traffics, you have to upgrade to paid options in cloudflare or it wont work for you. Pros Free tier is enough for most users' usage. Free SSL's and Free CDN. Not much option is available in the market for services they offer at no cost. Cons We found it unstable alot of times, If you are using the SSL, site will display errors more frequently. We were using 2 major clients with lots of traffic and we started to experience more downtimes and cache issues, changes you make wont appear instantly for for many hours based on users locations and you have to manually purge it from cloudflare interface. Ever since switched back the nameservers from Cloudflare back to orignal, most of the issues are gone. Alternatives considered [Microsoft Azure](https://www.capterra.com/p/16365/Azure/)[Fastly](https://www.capterra.com/p/209928/Fastly/)[AWS Lambda](https://www.capterra.com/p/211010/AWS-Lambda/)[bunny.net](https://www.capterra.com/p/235247/bunnynet/) Reason for choosing Cloudflare Pricing and free tier Switched from [bunny.net](https://www.capterra.com/p/235247/bunnynet/) Pricing and also no more issues Review Source Michael H. Co-Founder | Creative Director Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Easy to set up, and great added security for almost any website" April 27, 2019 5.0 Cloudflare is a great solution for beginners looking to secure their website, as we have a couple clients' using their services for smaller websites. Pros The biggest feature for Cloudflare lies in its' simplicity to set up with your site and domain. Many hosts and Cpanels now offer Cloudflare integration, which will set up the DNS for you with one click. Once you're set up, Cloudflare runs seamlessly in the background. The DDoS protection (while not necessary for most smaller sites) is great for peace of mind. Most people use Cloudflare for the free SSL encryption, which is great, but it's important to at least do your research on some free encryption services that have surfaced recently (Let's Encrypt, etc.) Cons In our uses, we found the 'always live' features, which offers a cached version of your site in the event it goes down, didn't quite work all the time. In the few times our site went down, users were met with a Cloudflare connection error message, which really defeats the purpose... Additionally, in some cases, we had some issues with IP address reporting on our traffic, which caused some conflicts. This was solved by disabling a few settings within the Cloudflare panel. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Head of ICT Music Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Free version offers some great features" January 8, 2019 5.0 Originally was using to provide free SSL certs, since letsencrypt has became much more common the benefits of this functionality are less than they once were, although still offers some great functionality Pros I've used cloudflare on numerous projects, it's very easy to use and provides a host of features, even on a free account Standout features include High availability CDN DDOS Protection SSL certificates Cons Prices for paid versions are somewhat expensive if you only want certain features, specifically CDN Review Source VR Verified Reviewer founder Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "great for getting started, weird pricing structure as you scale" June 27, 2022 5.0 Pros Cloudflare, and specifically Cloudflare Pages is wonderful Cons pricing jumps quickly also, need enterprise license for something as simple as read-only permissions on X screen, e.g., so marketing can see metrics tab; ended up having to roll a Zapier automation for basic function Switched from [Vercel](https://www.capterra.com/p/203626/Vercel/) industry standardization Review Source Similar Products Featured ## Related categories [Website Security](https://www.capterra.com/website-security-software/)[Cloud Security](https://www.capterra.com/cloud-security-software/)[Network Security](https://www.capterra.com/network-security-software/)