Overview
Cloudflare, Inc. is a global cloud services provider founded in 2009 by Matthew Prince, Lee Holloway, and Michelle Zatlyn. The company is known for helping organizations improve Internet security, reliability, and performance through a globally distributed network.
Cloudflare positions itself as a platform that helps businesses connect, protect, and build across websites, applications, APIs, networks, and modern developer workloads. Its broader strategy combines connectivity, security, and edge-native computing into a unified cloud platform.
Mission
Cloudflare’s mission is to help build a better Internet. Its public company messaging emphasizes making Internet-connected systems more secure, faster, and easier to operate while reducing complexity and infrastructure overhead.
Platform Focus
- Application security and DDoS protection
- CDN, caching, and performance acceleration
- Zero Trust and SASE solutions
- Network and connectivity services
- DNS, domain services, and traffic management
- Developer platform and edge computing
- AI application delivery and infrastructure services
Core Products & Services
Cloudflare provides a wide range of services spanning web application security, content delivery, Zero Trust access, secure networking, developer tooling, edge runtime services, and infrastructure for modern Internet applications. Its platform is designed for businesses of different sizes and use cases, from individual websites to enterprise environments.
Developer Platform
Cloudflare also operates a developer platform that offers primitives for building and running full-stack applications, APIs, storage, data services, media workloads, and AI-powered services on its global network. This makes Cloudflare relevant not only for security and networking teams, but also for modern application developers.
Business Model
Cloudflare serves both self-serve users and enterprise customers. Its public materials describe the company as a global cloud services provider offering a broad range of services that help organizations enhance security, improve performance, and reduce the cost and complexity of managing network infrastructure.
Leadership
Cloudflare was co-founded by Matthew Prince, Lee Holloway, and Michelle Zatlyn. Public company materials identify Matthew Prince as co-founder and CEO, and Michelle Zatlyn as co-founder and President.
Support & Availability
Cloudflare provides official support through its Help Center and customer support channels. Support methods can include the community portal, support cases, live chat, or phone depending on the customer’s plan and entitlement.
Contact Information
- Website: https://www.cloudflare.com/
- Investor Relations: https://cloudflare.net/
- Developer Documentation: https://developers.cloudflare.com/
- Support: https://support.cloudflare.com/
- Enterprise Sales: Contact Enterprise Sales