Is Cloudflare a good company to work for?

Cloudflare has an overall rating of 3.3 out of 5, based on over 1,123 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 113 reviews)); "working and smart colleagues" ((in 40 reviews)); "Fast Moving Company with good pay and options" ((in 37 reviews)); "Great team and company that cares about their employees" ((in 37 reviews)); "Benefits are good" ((in 30 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 24 reviews)); "no 401k match either" ((in 23 reviews)); "Low salary and more work" ((in 21 reviews)); "CEO has no respect for sales." ((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?

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

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Cloudflare reviews

3.3

47% would recommend to a friend

(1,014 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 1,014 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

3.0

Apr 9, 2018

Great mission and potential if managed well

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- You get a lot of responsibility and autonomy - Great mission and high impact for a smallish company - Good place to establish yourself as an an expert (for some roles) - Great office in SOMA

Cons

- Lack of effort in cultivating a company culture which means people often bring their bad side to work, especially the coasters (those waiting around to cash out equity) - Company gives out very little equity, no system in place to reward high performing employees to keep them around

Cloudflare Response

Thanks for the review. I hope you shared this before you left although we also learn from these posts, for sure. Wish you were still here to be part of the positive change. -janet

5.0

Feb 8, 2018

The best company I've ever worked for

Systems engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

* Very technical co-workers * Fantastic healthcare benefits * Interesting internal presentations * There are a lot of opportunities to be challenged (not just work projects, but technical reading groups, technical presentations, etc.) * There's a lot of work to be done * I'm never the smartest person in the room * I have a lot of autonomy in how I work and what I work on

Cons

There are a few growing pains as Cloudflare figures out how to be a bigger company. There's a lack of cohesion in product design and development (but this is being addressed).

Cloudflare Response

Thanks for this review - and the honest comments around growing pains. It's true that our growth in some places outpaced our systems and processes. It's fun to build and grow and we have work to do to fill the gaps. -janet

4.0

Nov 4, 2014

Extremely fast growth trajectory

Sales

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

For me, the best reason to work at CloudFlare is to learn what it takes to scale a company. We have a high achievement-oriented team that is also a lot of fun.

Cons

The primary challenge is lack of clarity and disparate data sources, which is to be expected in a growth company.

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