Cloudflare

Cloudflare is an internet infrastructure and security company that operates a large global network. Its services sit between users and customers’ websites, applications, networks or APIs, helping content travel efficiently while filtering malicious traffic. Cloudflare serves individuals, developers, businesses and public-sector organisations through free and paid plans, with products delivered from data centres distributed across many countries.

The company’s services include content delivery, domain-name system resolution, distributed-denial-of-service protection, web application firewalls, bot management, API protection and zero-trust access. Cloudflare One connects users and offices to applications through secure networking services. Its developer platform includes Workers for serverless code, Pages for web applications, R2 object storage and database, messaging and AI tools. Cloudflare also operates the public 1.1.1.1 DNS resolver and provides services intended to improve routing and protect internet infrastructure.

Cloudflare was founded in 2009 by Matthew Prince, Michelle Zatlyn and Lee Holloway. The service was publicly launched in 2010 at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference. It grew from a project concerned with identifying abusive internet activity into a network that provides performance, security and developer services. Cloudflare became a publicly traded company in 2019. Its network design allows many products to run across shared infrastructure close to end users.

Cloudflare is headquartered at 101 Townsend Street, San Francisco, California 94107, United States. A published corporate contact number is +1 650 319 8930. Technical support depends on the customer’s plan and is provided through dashboards, online documentation, community resources and enterprise support channels.

For the most current product, office and support information, visitors should use the official Cloudflare website, because regional availability and contact routes can change. Corporate services and product availability can differ by market.