Is Cloudflare a good company to work for?

Cloudflare has an overall rating of 3.3 out of 5, based on over 1,120 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 107 reviews)); "Pay is good + high growth company" ((in 39 reviews)); "Great colleagues were happy to share their knowledge." ((in 37 reviews)); "Great team and company that cares about their employees" ((in 35 reviews)); "Benefits are good" ((in 33 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 41 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 24 reviews)); "CEO has no respect for sales." ((in 22 reviews)); "no 401k match" ((in 22 reviews)); "Low salary and more work" ((in 20 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?

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Cloudflare reviews

3.3

47% would recommend to a friend

(1,011 total reviews)

Matthew Prince

46% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.6

Diversity & inclusion

3.4

Compensation and benefits

3.2

Work/Life balance

3.1

Career opportunities

3.0

Culture & values

2.6

Senior management

Cloudflare has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 1,011 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).

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Reviews by job title

1K reviews

4.0

Oct 30, 2015

Great ideas; let management team do what they're hired to do

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Cutting edge of internet--getting to be part of policy as it's made Opportunity to work with ridiculously smart people This company is going places

Cons

Founders don't let management lead. Can tend to micromanage and leave people frustrated and powerless. Almost impossible to voice different opinions.

5.0

Feb 10, 2015

Seriously, best job I've had!

Systems engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

CloudFlare is an ambitious vision from the founding team, paired with a smart team able to deliver on it. This combination has made a significant impact on the Internet landscape. (all your glassdoor bytes actually transit through their product!) The company itself is very engineering and data driven, and everyone feels personally involved in making a better Internet. The CEO has done a tremendous job at establishing CloudFlare as a brand that is impossible to ignore. There are still a lot of interesting technical challenges to solve. Get a job at CloudFlare if you want to apply yourself on something big in a no-BS environment!

Cons

The organization is all flat and self-managed in a sense, that's laudable. However some people are more "in the know" and close to the execs than some others, which makes it a bit confusing. At times it seems like the immediate story is more important than a big picture solution. But overall things seem to always move in the right direction.

1.0

Nov 30, 2014

The upsides don't outweigh the downsides

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great mission - build a better internet - using languages like Go. The CEO is visionary - definitely has an understanding of what the market wants. The company blog is followed and often picked up by the press. The company is also growing fast.

Cons

Very toxic culture - very much a cult of personality. Most of the first engineers hired have left the company. Either you are loved by the CEO or hated - there is no other way to get promotions or more money. No one on the 'executive' team has any management experience.

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