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Cloudflare One pros and cons

Vendor: Cloudflare
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PROS

Cloudflare takes the blow instead of applications during attacks.
Rate limiting feature effectively handles unexpected traffic surges.
Offers strong protection with different options to differentiate DDoS attacks.
Zero Trust Platform prevents exposure of applications to the public.
Offers good scalability and real-time analytics through the dashboard.

CONS

Initial onboarding causes confusion.
Pricing issues and lack of medium tier options.
Limitations in the free plan, such as rule setup and application firewall availability.
Limited support, especially for free plan users, with the need for improved response times.
Documentation and implementation process need improvements.
 

Cloudflare One Pros review quotes

BW
Mar 17, 2021
It will take the blow rather than our applications should an attack occur.
reviewer1245303 - PeerSpot reviewer
May 24, 2024
Cloudflare Access is part of the Zero Trust philosophy.
Leandro Soares Costa - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 14, 2023
It's the endpoint exposition. We don't need to expose our VPN server to the internet and need a zero-test solution. I can apply some conditional access to the endpoint that's connecting to our network to check their security policies or the security condition of their workstation. Once the workstation is trying to connect to my internal network, then I would like to check the discrete condition of these endpoints that are trying to access my internal network. We created some conditional access. We have CrowdStrike, to check if the CrowdStrike is installed, to check if it's updated, and to check for Windows updates. We created some conditional policies to check it.
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Nagendra Nekkala - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 21, 2023
The tool also offers good scalability, and the dashboard, along with real-time analytics, is very good.
reviewer2032722 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 20, 2023
The solution has different options that can be used to differentiate DDoS attacks.
Carlos Alam Hernandez Baruch - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 23, 2025
I'm very satisfied with the environment and the dashboard.
reviewer2216466 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 27, 2023
The capabilities of the software are strong enough for me to do what it's supposed to do. For me, we don't need to do a lot of configuration on our site. We just enable it and monitor it.
Madhurya Dutta - PeerSpot reviewer
May 24, 2023
For Cloudflare Access, I am using the free plan...The most valuable feature is their protection.
BW
Jun 27, 2023
The simplicity of the solution is its valuable features as almost no effort was needed to learn the configurations. It is also one of the cheapest firewalls available in this category.
reviewer1295343 - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 3, 2022
Cloudflare is simple to use.
 

Cloudflare One Cons review quotes

BW
Mar 17, 2021
The initial onboarding was causing us some confusion.
Leandro Soares Costa - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 14, 2023
For the topic of improvement, providing some training material is one of my suggestions.
Nagendra Nekkala - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 21, 2023
When there are any dynamic changes in complex applications, the tool takes a lot of time, making its analytics-related area a major matter of concern where improvements are needed.
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reviewer2032722 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 20, 2023
The onboarding process can be improved a little bit.
Carlos Alam Hernandez Baruch - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 23, 2025
Feedback could be enhanced.
reviewer2216466 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 27, 2023
The software has automated alerts, but the automated alerts are not available in the mobile app.
Madhurya Dutta - PeerSpot reviewer
May 24, 2023
They don't have a person to provide support for customers using the solution under their free plan.
BW
Jun 27, 2023
There are premium tier live service and lower tier live service, so we opted for the lower tier. But there is no medium tier where we pay a little extra and get a bit more service. So if that can be improved.
reviewer1295343 - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 3, 2022
Our customers no longer use Cloudflare because its service is subpar.
Anders Johansson - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 12, 2022
The pricing is an area that can be improved. Pricing, as far as I recall, was the source of our problems.