#1 in Storage & CDNUpdated 2026-08

Cloudflare

by Cloudflare · Global network for CDN, security, serverless compute and Zero Trust access

79.2 — BenchRank score out of 100

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Overview

Cloudflare runs a network in 335+ cities that sits in front of sites and applications, providing DNS, CDN, unmetered DDoS mitigation, WAF and SSL. The same network hosts serverless compute and storage — Workers, Durable Objects, R2, D1, KV, Queues — plus Workers AI inference. A Zero Trust platform (ZTNA, secure web gateway, CASB, DLP) covers users and devices from the same dashboard.

Best for: Teams wanting CDN, DDoS protection, serverless compute and Zero Trust access on one network
Pricing: Three separate lines: site plans at $0, $20/mo (annual) or $25/mo, $200/mo (annual) or $250/mo and custom Contract; Zero Trust free to 50 users then $7/user/month; compute and storage metered per unit, e.g. $0.30 per million Worker requests and $0.015/GB-month for R2.
Runs on: WebmacOS

Strengths and trade-offs

Strengths

Free tier covers CDN, DNS, unmetered DDoS and Universal SSL
Workers billed on CPU time consumed, not wall-clock time
R2 object storage is charged without egress fees
First 50 Zero Trust users free, then $7 per user per month

Trade-offs

PCI DSS 4.0 and the uptime SLA start at the $200/mo Business plan
Dozens of separately metered products make cost forecasting hard
Zero Trust free tier stops at 50 users and 24-hour log retention
Contract tier is quote-only, billed annually, with no public figures

How this score is made up

Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.

MCP support: 100 out of 100
API quality: 80 out of 100
Documentation: 90 out of 100
Agent friendliness: 93 out of 100
Pricing transparency: 100 out of 100
Customer sentiment: 80 out of 100
Changelog: 25 out of 100
Marketing site structure: 45 out of 100
Operational trust: 50 out of 100

Measured, but not part of the score

Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.

Openness: 60 out of 100
Maintenance: 100 out of 100

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