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Public · Founded 2009

Cloudflare

Global edge network combining performance, security and developer compute.

San Francisco4,300 employeesCEO Matthew Princecloudflare.com

Overview

Cloudflare's network is the product: security, performance and compute are packaged from the same footprint. Zero-egress pricing on storage is a deliberate attack on hyperscaler economics rather than a promotional rate.

Key metrics

Revenue
$1.9B
Paying customers
230,000+
Customers > $100k
3,340
Share of web traffic
~20%

Products

Timeline

  1. 2010

    Public launch

    Launched at TechCrunch Disrupt as a security and CDN service.

  2. 2019

    IPO

    Listed on NYSE.

  3. 2021

    R2 storage

    Zero-egress object storage launched against S3 economics.

  4. 2026

    Edge inference

    Model inference distributed across the full network footprint.

Compensation at Cloudflare

Reported median total compensation by role.

Competitors