Overview Cloudflare is a global network performance and security platform that accelerates and protects websites, APIs, and applications via an edge network covering more than 200 cities. It unifies CDN, DDoS protection, DNS, and WAF on a single platform and provides edge computing features such as Cloudflare Workers.
Core features and highlights
- Global CDN acceleration and smart routing (Argo)
- Enterprise-grade DDoS protection and WAF
- High-performance DNS and load balancing
- Edge compute and object storage: Cloudflare Workers, R2
Use cases and benefits Ideal for website operators, SaaS companies, developers, and large enterprises. Key advantages include global network coverage, low latency, high availability, a unified security and performance console, easy integration and automation, on-demand scalability, and rich APIs.