Cloudflare WAF Reviews
Total 119 reviews
4.5
All reviews are from verified customers
Rating Distribution
5
Stars69%
4
Stars23%
3
Stars4%
2
Stars1%
1
Stars3%
Satisfaction score
Ease of use
8
Value for money
8
Customer Support
8
Functionality
8
Retail, 500+ employees
More than a year
“Excellent all around”
Pros
Efficient and one of the best services on the world
Cons
Being hard to set up is one issue, for example Cloudflared. It can also become quickly dependent on Cloudflare.
Rating Distribution
Ease of use
5
Value for money
8
Customer Support
8
Functionality
8
Computer & Network Security, 11-50 employees
More than a year
“fast delivery with strong safety”
Pros
Reliable DDoS protection and easy-to-use management tools round out what Cloudflare offers, alongside security features and a global CDN that improves website performance.
Cons
Cons of Cloudflare include potential service disruptions during configuration, occasional issues with caching, limited customization for advanced users and dependency on their infrastructure for security and performance.
Rating Distribution
Ease of use
7
Value for money
8
Customer Support
7
Functionality
8
Telecommunications, 500+ employees
More than a year
“steady protection everywhere”
Pros
I love that cloud flare keeps everything safe and helps ensure you wont get cyber attacked/hacked
Cons
The loading up process was the most difficult
Rating Distribution
Ease of use
7
Value for money
8
Customer Support
8
Functionality
10
Education Management, 51-100 employees
Less than 6 months
“analytics and DNS insight”
Pros
Using it for the Domain name service and for analytics is what I did. The Domain name service was quite easy to use, I linked it to Squarespace which was easy enough - because there's a tutorial on it on both Cloudflare and Squarespace.
Cons
Quite a lot being on one page meant I had to skim read everything and it took some time to get the hang of it.
Rating Distribution
Ease of use
7
Value for money
8
Customer Support
8
Functionality
8
Defense & Space, 500+ employees
More than a year
“Helps me get everything i need done”
Pros
Great user management is another part of it and it's easy to setup and configure while giving great analytical insight to what is happening in your environment.
Cons
Does require some good technical background around DNS configuration, if you are not comfortable with that then it may feel daunting. Also enterprise pricing isn't very transparent.
Rating Distribution
Ease of use
7
Value for money
6
Customer Support
8
Functionality
9
Wholesale, 11-50 employees
More than a year
“does a lot for free!”
Pros
Happy that I discovered this software is how I feel since some of the features are free and it's super easy to use.
Cons
Sometimes there is an error on their service and the pricing are confusing.
Rating Distribution
Ease of use
9
Value for money
7
Customer Support
6
Functionality
8
Computer Software, 1-10 employees
More than a year
“Keeps going strong”
Pros
I like that CloudFlare offers very quick and easy protection with its free nameservers and DNS capabilities. It is a great way of adding protection and additional features to your website or network by simply changing your nameservers and receiving free features such as SSL, a firewall, page rules and more. It has offered a great amount of protection even on its free plan and its feature continue to be useful to this very date throughout the 10+ years I have used them.
Cons
I am not fond of the constant changes to the older features, whilst the newer ones do take a bit of getting used to, it is a little cumbersome when you are trying to perform a simple change that you now have to do differently. The support can also be slightly hit-or-miss as they try to make you increase your plan to receive faster or better support.
Rating Distribution
Ease of use
7
Value for money
9
Customer Support
5
Functionality
8
Telecommunications, 1-10 employees
More than a year
“fast and the security is outsetanding”
Pros
What I liked most about is its efficient security features especially the DDoS protection and SSL/TLS encryption which significantly enhanced my website's security. The global CDN improved load times and the simple dashboard with detailed analytics made management easy.
Cons
What I liked least about Cloudflare is the occasional complexity in configuring advanced features. While the basic setup is simple some advanced settings can be confusing and require a steep learning curve. Additionally, customer support response times can sometimes be slow which can be frustrating when dealing with urgent issues.
Rating Distribution
Ease of use
7
Value for money
9
Customer Support
5
Functionality
9
Education Management, 101-500 employees
Less than 6 months
“handles load without any type of issues”
Pros
One pro about Cloudflare is how it buffers the different information that connects to the server.
Cons
it has redundancy with existing hosting features, as the network provider of the user has already provided it to them
Rating Distribution
Ease of use
8
Value for money
7
Customer Support
8
Functionality
7
Computer & Network Security, 1-10 employees
More than a year
“routing that never drops”
Pros
Page rules that direct traffic, available even on the free plan, come alongside the fact that it hides the origin IP of websites.
Cons
No problems with it at all, always use it for my and customer's domains.
Rating Distribution
Ease of use
9
Value for money
10
Customer Support
8
Functionality
9
Legal Services, 1-10 employees
More than a year
“tools worth every penny!”
Pros
Cloudflare is a bunch of different tools and services, always very easy to deploy and with good and in-depth documentation. The price is awesome for what it does. Many many tools are free with very generous caps. Couldn’t leave without once I got into it, it simply does too much and too well to be looking at alternatives.
Cons
Getting lost sometimes despite how easy the menus are to navigate is my only complaint and it's really minor. With them being re-organized often or new services being added sometimes it takes a while to remember where a certain switch or option was.
Rating Distribution
Ease of use
8
Value for money
10
Customer Support
9
Functionality
10
Computer Software, 1-10 employees
Less than a year
“WAF rules my way”
Pros
A Web Application Firewall that's easy to set up comes with all the necessary features and custom rules can be implemented to tweak cybersecurity controls for your app specifically.
Cons
it is pretty expensive and hard to get implemented for smaller companies.
Rating Distribution
Ease of use
8
Value for money
5
Customer Support
8
Functionality
9
Design, 1-10 employees
More than a year
“no issues since day one”
Pros
It's a great security tool for your website, easy to manage. I use it daily!
Cons
I don't have negative experiences with this tool
Rating Distribution
Ease of use
9
Value for money
9
Customer Support
8
Functionality
9
Construction, 101-500 employees
More than a year
“attacks never landed once”
Pros
Being forced to move after our hosting company refused to continue hosting our website is what happened following the attack. I came across Cloudflare around 10 years ago following a significant DDOS attack against our business website. Our new host was happy to have us and recommended Cloudflare as an additional layer of protection and I've been using it ever since.
Cons
When using their wordpress optimisation features, you never know whether they're conflict with another optimisation plugin.
Rating Distribution
Ease of use
8
Value for money
9
Customer Support
9
Functionality
8
Government Relations, 51-100 employees
More than a year
“worth it for the safety”
Pros
Tight and very well secured internet browsing.
Cons
With these features, cost is higher but I mean, who would'nt pay more for web security?
Rating Distribution
Ease of use
9
Value for money
8
Customer Support
9
Functionality
9
Information Technology and Services, 1-10 employees
More than a year
“everything in one kit”
Pros
Zero Trust and the VPN tunnels, along with the simple DNS, all work so well together which is very cool. I find the simple operation of Cloudflare to be an advantage! GREAT!
Cons
I can not really say antything negative on this point at the moment, as nothing has happened yet.
Rating Distribution
Ease of use
9
Value for money
9
Customer Support
9
Functionality
10
Retail, 1-10 employees
Less than 6 months
“quick setup and no cost”
Pros
Fast and pretty simple onboarding along with an easy setup is what stands out and I like that it offers pretty good services for FREE. And how much more with the premium plans?
Cons
Their customer support is not very fast in responding to clients but I think they are working to fix this one now.
Rating Distribution
Ease of use
10
Value for money
10
Customer Support
5
Functionality
9
Information Technology and Services, 1-10 employees
More than a year
“traffic spread without issues”
Pros
Serving your application assets in a CDN delivery network is what it allows and I mainly use Cloudflare for its perfect load-balancing features. You can easily monitor your site using tools built into the web interface.
Cons
You have to get some skills to configure anything in this tool. Sometimes the DDoS protection need to be optimalized to prevent some errors.
Rating Distribution
Ease of use
6
Value for money
8
Customer Support
8
Functionality
9
Real Estate, 1-10 employees
Less than 6 months
“emails clients without worry”
Pros
I have been using this for a year or so and this have been the best for keeping secure information while emailing my clients. I never had to worry about any information getting into the wrong hands. WILL CONTINUE TO USE
Cons
I don't have anything bad to say about Cloudflare
Rating Distribution
Ease of use
9
Value for money
9
Customer Support
9
Functionality
9
Information Technology and Services, 1-10 employees
More than a year
“CDN never drops”
Pros
We are using Cloudflare as loadbalancer and CDN provider. The services that Cloudflare providing is very stable and secure.
Cons
The live customer support process can be enhanced. When the production system is impaired, we need someone to talk to immediately.
Rating Distribution
Ease of use
8
Value for money
9
Customer Support
5
Functionality
9