Cloudflare
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Cloudflare, Inc. (NYSE: NET) is a San Francisco-headquartered connectivity cloud, DDoS mitigation, Zero Trust network security, and serverless edge computing provider founded in 2009 by Matthew Prince, Lee Holloway, and Michelle Zatlyn. In the third quarter of 2026, Cloudflare posted $782.5 million in revenue (+39% year-over-year, ~$3.13 billion annualized run-rate) backed by $5.13 billion in cash and marketable securities. Operating an Anycast network spanning more than 330 cities in 120+ countries within 50 milliseconds of 95% of the world's Internet-connected population, Cloudflare fronts roughly 20% of global web traffic. Its Developer Platform—Cloudflare Workers, R2 zero-egress object storage, D1 SQL, and Workers AI edge inference GPUs—pairs programmable serverless compute with enterprise Cloudflare One SASE security.
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Does Cloudflare deserve the #4 spot on “Top 10 Most Popular Cloud Services and Platforms 2025”?
#4 Cloudflare?
Verified Entity DossierRanked #4 in Top 10 Most Popular Cloud Services and Platforms 2025
Best Rank
#4
across all lists
Avg Position
#5.3
across 3 lists
Strongest in Business — avg #5 across 1 list
Community Weigh-In & Debate
Should Cloudflare rank higher than #4 in Most Popular Cloud Services and Platforms 2025?
Ranked #4 on "Top 10 Most Popular Cloud Services and Platforms 2025". Cast your vote to back or challenge this spot.
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Most Argued About
“Top 10 US Cloud Computing Providers 2026”
Ranks as high as #4 on some lists — but only #7 here. Fans are divided.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cloudflare's highest community ranking?⌄
Cloudflare is ranked #4 on "Top 10 Most Popular Cloud Services and Platforms 2025" — its best placement across 3 lists on top10grid.com.
How many top-10 lists feature Cloudflare?⌄
Cloudflare appears in 3 lists on top10grid.com, spanning categories including TECHNOLOGY, BUSINESS.
Is Cloudflare a controversial ranking?⌄
Yes — community opinion on Cloudflare varies widely. It ranks as high as #4 on some lists and as low as #7 on others, a spread of 3 positions, making it one of the more debated picks on top10grid.com.
What category is Cloudflare most known for on top10grid.com?⌄
Cloudflare appears most frequently in the TECHNOLOGY category, most notably in "Top 10 Most Popular Cloud Services and Platforms 2025".
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Structured Facts & Specifications
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Headquarters
San Francisco, California, USA (NYSE: NET)
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Founded
July 2009 (by Matthew Prince, Lee Holloway & Michelle Zatlyn)
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Key Specifications
Revenue Yoy Change
+39% YoY revenue growth in Q3 2026
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Latest Revenue
$782.5M quarterly revenue in Q3 2026 (~$3.13B annualized run-rate)
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Net Profit Balance Sheet
$5.13B cash & marketable securities; routes ~20% of global web traffic
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Category
Connectivity Cloud, Global Anycast CDN, Zero Trust & Edge Workers
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Revenue Yo Y Change
+39% YoY revenue growth in Q3 2026
Net Profit & Balance Sheet
$5.13B cash & marketable securities; routes ~20% of global web traffic
Customer Pulse & Public Ratings
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Engineers and webmasters praise Cloudflare's generous free tier, fast DNS propagation, and edge computing (Workers), while enterprise sales negotiations and occasional false-positive bot challenges are cited as drawbacks.
