Cloudflare

Name: Cloudflare
Brand: Cloudflare

Leader

At Cloudflare, we have our eyes set on an ambitious goal — to help build a better Internet.

Est 2009|Valuation $109.4B|Raised $3B|150 Ref Customers

LinkedIn 1.2M|Web traffic 91.2M|FTEs 5,483|HQ San Francisco, CA

MarketsWeb Application & API Protection (WAAP)Firewalls Security Service Edge (SSE)

01Competitive Landscape

Narrative analysis

- Cloudflare versus Fastly: Fastly is often selected for transparent usage-based pricing and CDN-specialist workflows; Cloudflare is often selected for a bundled set of CDN, DNS, and security features with easier self-service entry tiers. Some procurement teams prefer Fastly's published regional usage pricing for predictability. - Cloudflare versus Akamai: Akamai commonly targets enterprise buyers with contract-based pricing for many edge and security offerings; Cloudflare offers self-serve entry tiers and documented per-user Zero Trust entry points. Akamai's historically large enterprise footprint is a differentiator for very large-scale deployments.

Customer sentiment comparing vendors

Review samples in this dataset include isolated comparisons (for example, cost/features tradeoffs versus certain cloud providers), but they are not a comprehensive market-wide comparison.

	Cloudflare	Fastly	Akamai
Starting Price (public)	Free tier available; entry paid and mid-level monthly tiers (low to mid hundreds per month); Enterprise by contract	Free tier available; then usage-based bandwidth pricing	Typically quote-based for CDN/security; published pricing available for some cloud compute offerings
Typical Buyers	Organizations seeking an integrated set of DNS, CDN, security, and Zero Trust capabilities under one vendor	Teams seeking a CDN-focused, developer-oriented offering with transparent usage pricing	Large enterprises requiring globally distributed delivery and enterprise contracting
Key Strengths	Broad integrated platform; relatively quick initial onboarding; baseline security features	Transparent usage pricing; CDN-specialist tooling and performance controls	Enterprise-grade delivery and security footprint with a long market presence
Key Weaknesses	Support tiering and configuration complexity; centralized dependency risk	Costs can scale by region and traffic volume; security add-ons vary	Pricing and contracting complexity; may be heavyweight for smaller teams

01Competitive Landscape

Narrative analysis

Cloudflare versus Fastly: Fastly is often selected for transparent usage-based pricing and CDN-specialist workflows; Cloudflare is often selected for a bundled set of CDN, DNS, and security features with easier self-service entry tiers. Some procurement teams prefer Fastly's published regional usage pricing for predictability.
Cloudflare versus Akamai: Akamai commonly targets enterprise buyers with contract-based pricing for many edge and security offerings; Cloudflare offers self-serve entry tiers and documented per-user Zero Trust entry points. Akamai's historically large enterprise footprint is a differentiator for very large-scale deployments.

Customer sentiment comparing vendors

Review samples in this dataset include isolated comparisons (for example, cost/features tradeoffs versus certain cloud providers), but they are not a comprehensive market-wide comparison.

	Cloudflare	Fastly	Akamai
Starting Price (public)	Free tier available; entry paid and mid-level monthly tiers (low to mid hundreds per month); Enterprise by contract	Free tier available; then usage-based bandwidth pricing	Typically quote-based for CDN/security; published pricing available for some cloud compute offerings
Typical Buyers	Organizations seeking an integrated set of DNS, CDN, security, and Zero Trust capabilities under one vendor	Teams seeking a CDN-focused, developer-oriented offering with transparent usage pricing	Large enterprises requiring globally distributed delivery and enterprise contracting
Key Strengths	Broad integrated platform; relatively quick initial onboarding; baseline security features	Transparent usage pricing; CDN-specialist tooling and performance controls	Enterprise-grade delivery and security footprint with a long market presence
Key Weaknesses	Support tiering and configuration complexity; centralized dependency risk	Costs can scale by region and traffic volume; security add-ons vary	Pricing and contracting complexity; may be heavyweight for smaller teams