CCloudflare
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- Cybersecurity
- Data, AI and Automation
Cloudflare runs a global network that delivers zero-trust security, connectivity and a platform for building AI applications. The network is the product: because Cloudflare operates points of presence around the world, it can sit in front of a company's users, applications and sites and apply security and acceleration close to where traffic flows. Its Cloudflare One offering is a single-vendor SASE platform, converging security and networking so a company can connect any user to any resource without a traditional VPN or backhauling traffic to a data center. Separately, Cloudflare for AI gives developers a way to build and scale generative-AI applications on that same network. It is a self-service platform a company configures, rather than a managed service with a team running it. For a buyer, Cloudflare is security and connectivity delivered from a global network.
Best for
- Companies replacing a traditional VPN with zero-trust access, where every request is authenticated instead of trusting anyone on the network.
- Organizations consolidating separate security and networking tools onto one SASE platform from a single vendor.
- Businesses with public-facing websites, applications or APIs that need protection and acceleration at the network edge.
- Developer teams building or scaling generative-AI applications that want to run them on a global network with cost controls.
A company that wants a managed service with a team monitoring and responding on its behalf is buying a different model. Cloudflare is a platform you operate, on your own or with a partner.
What they offer
Managed Security. Cloudflare One is a single-vendor SASE platform delivered from Cloudflare's global network. It includes zero-trust network access that authenticates and authorizes every request, a secure web gateway, a Layer 3 to 7 firewall with DDoS protection, email security, and a replacement for legacy VPNs, with Magic WAN to connect and secure sites.
AI and Automation. Cloudflare for AI is a platform to build, scale and secure generative-AI applications on Cloudflare's network, aimed at helping teams grow those applications globally while managing cost.
Data, AI and Automation
AI and Automation
Cybersecurity
Managed Security
Good to know
- Cloudflare is a self-service platform, not a managed security operation. If you need a team watching and responding for you, plan to run it in-house or bring in a partner who manages Cloudflare.
- Because it is a single-vendor SASE platform, adopting it usually means consolidating separate networking and security tools. Weigh that consolidation deliberately.
- Product names here are the company's own, from 2024 material.
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How buying works
The store is the easy part. Staying on the account is the job.
Anyone can show you logos. The reason to buy here is what happens on install night, and on the ticket you open nine months later.
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Build your quote list
Add services and companies as you shop. No form stands between you and the shelf.
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We bring back real options
A person shops the bench against your addresses, then walks you through what fits and what does not.
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We handle the order and install
Paperwork, site survey, install dates, cutover night. You get one thread, not five vendors.
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We stay on your account
Same team for moves, adds, tickets and the next renewal. That is the part everyone else drops.