Is Cloudflare a good company to work for?

Cloudflare has an overall rating of 3.3 out of 5, based on over 1,121 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months. 47% of employees would recommend working at Cloudflare to a friend and 51% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Cloudflare have been left by employees working as Systems Engineer , Solutions Engineer and Product Manager .

Does Cloudflare pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Cloudflare employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Cloudflare. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Cloudflare?

47% of Cloudflare employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Cloudflare 3.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.0 for culture and values and 3.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Cloudflare?

Account Executive (127) , Business Development Representative (BDR) (62) , Systems Engineer (57) , Sales (39) , Solutions Engineer (29) , Technical Support Engineer (27) , Software Engineer (26) , BDR (20) , Enterprise Account Executive (18) , Product Manager (15) , Customer Success Manager (11) , Customer Success Manager (CSM) (10) , Senior Account Executive (10) , Engineer (9) , Engineering Manager (8)

What are the pros of working at Cloudflare according to real employee reviews?

"People are great and always helpful." ((in 110 reviews)); "Great team and company that cares about their employees" ((in 37 reviews)); "Great pay and awesome industry to be in." ((in 36 reviews)); "working and smart colleagues" ((in 36 reviews)); "Benefits are good" ((in 28 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Cloudflare according to real employee reviews?

"Senior leadership has no strategy other than “Get 'Stuff' Done”" ((in 42 reviews)); "level manager dictates your experience here, and if your manager is afraid to trust their team because they always need to be the smartest person in the room and can’t handle managing a team member that has a different background than their own; just get out and find a company where you’re empowered." ((in 23 reviews)); "Low salary and more work" ((in 22 reviews)); "No 401K match" ((in 22 reviews)); "CEO has no respect for sales." ((in 21 reviews))

What are employees saying about Cloudflare layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Cloudflare layoffs and their outlook for job security at Cloudflare in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Cloudflare locations?

San Francisco , Austin , New York , Chicago , Washington , Miami , Atlanta , Los Angeles , South San Francisco , San Jose , Raleigh , Dallas , California City , Tampa , Richmond , Phoenix , Florence , Houston , Pasadena , Palo Alto , Denver , Seattle , Spokane , West Palm Beach , Boston , Quincy , San Francisco , Cockrans , Texas , Vegas

Cloudflare reviews

3.3

47% would recommend to a friend

(1,012 total reviews)

Matthew Prince

46% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

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Cloudflare has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 1,012 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Cloudflare employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

Reviews by job title

1K reviews

4.0

May 25, 2026

High impact roles and growth, but pay and benefits lag

Systems engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

High impact engineering roles Bleeding edge technologies Great opportunities to grow career

Cons

Low-mid pay tier No 401k match Lowered health benefits

1.0

May 24, 2026

Toxic culture

Systems engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Mostly decent work life balance, outside of crunch periods and on call shifts. Probably worsening due to recent engineering layoffs though. Interesting technical problems (depends on team).

Cons

Upper management perpetuate a toxic culture - CEO likes to make personal attacks on employees in public channels. CTO is reactionary and does not communicate well. Flashy demos are valued over robust engineering. Constructive criticism is taken poorly.

3.0

May 23, 2026

Modern workspace with a talented team, but layoffs were misguided

Senior program manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Modern architecture - Kind, talented team members

Cons

- Misguided perspective on AI - Layoffs and restructuring

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Reviews by job title

High impact roles and growth, but pay and benefits lag

Toxic culture

Modern workspace with a talented team, but layoffs were misguided

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