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PROS

Cloudflare One enables working from multiple locations and allows the use of conditional access to enhance security.
Rate limiting feature effectively manages unexpected surges in traffic.
Cloudflare Access, as part of the Zero Trust philosophy, provides strong security protection and stability.
Cloudflare offers excellent DDoS mitigation with scalability and the ability to replace on-site firewalls.
The integrated management console simplifies management of WAF, DDoS, and caching features.

CONS

Cloudflare One's free plan has limitations, such as allowing only three rules and lacking an application firewall.
Support is lacking for customers using Cloudflare One's free plan, and its technical support, especially for Cloudflare DDoS, is considered poor.
The pricing for Cloudflare One is noted as an area that needs improvement.
Cloudflare One lacks a VPN feature to provide a secure connection to the data center.
Documentation and training materials are insufficient, making implementation time-consuming.
 

Cloudflare One Pros review quotes

CV
Network Architect at IP Dimension
Dec 5, 2025
What makes it nice is that we can actually start replacing on-site firewalls at this stage for the smaller clients because it does not matter if they go to a coffee shop or work from home; they are still secured by the same connection.
Carlos Alam Hernandez Baruch - PeerSpot reviewer
Engineer at SITMEXICO
Jan 23, 2025
I'm very satisfied with the environment and the dashboard.
reviewer1964613 - PeerSpot reviewer
Owner at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Mar 26, 2026
Cloudflare One has assisted in securing my remote workforce through a SASE solution with Cloudflare One and the Workers part, although I am not currently using the Workers component.
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Leandro Soares Costa - PeerSpot reviewer
Coordinator of the Architecture Security Team at TOTVS
Jul 14, 2023
It's the endpoint exposition. We don't need to expose our VPN server to the internet and need a zero-test solution. I can apply some conditional access to the endpoint that's connecting to our network to check their security policies or the security condition of their workstation. Once the workstation is trying to connect to my internal network, then I would like to check the discrete condition of these endpoints that are trying to access my internal network. We created some conditional access. We have CrowdStrike, to check if the CrowdStrike is installed, to check if it's updated, and to check for Windows updates. We created some conditional policies to check it.
Nagendra Nekkala - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager ICT & Innovations at Bangalore International Airport Limited
Nov 21, 2023
The tool also offers good scalability, and the dashboard, along with real-time analytics, is very good.
BW
Director of Platform and Information Security at Brace Software
Jun 27, 2023
The simplicity of the solution is its valuable features as almost no effort was needed to learn the configurations. It is also one of the cheapest firewalls available in this category.
NB
Senior Security Consultant at Reliance Industries Ltd
May 26, 2022
This solution is easy to understand and easy to configure.
Stefan Rusu - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Security and Compliance Manager at a tech vendor with 11-50 employees
Nov 1, 2023
Cloudflare Zero Trust Platform removes the risk of exposing the applications to the public.
reviewer2216466 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Associate at a transportation company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Jun 27, 2023
The capabilities of the software are strong enough for me to do what it's supposed to do. For me, we don't need to do a lot of configuration on our site. We just enable it and monitor it.
Sourabh Pardhi - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Information Security Analyst at Everbridge
Aug 4, 2023
The blocking feature is very good.
 

Cloudflare One Cons review quotes

CV
Network Architect at IP Dimension
Dec 5, 2025
From a logging perspective, it is still a bit difficult to see exactly what users are being blocked with the current views.
Carlos Alam Hernandez Baruch - PeerSpot reviewer
Engineer at SITMEXICO
Jan 23, 2025
Feedback could be enhanced.
reviewer1964613 - PeerSpot reviewer
Owner at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Mar 26, 2026
Cloudflare One is not very powerful, but for what we require, it is basic and sufficient.
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Leandro Soares Costa - PeerSpot reviewer
Coordinator of the Architecture Security Team at TOTVS
Jul 14, 2023
For the topic of improvement, providing some training material is one of my suggestions.
Nagendra Nekkala - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager ICT & Innovations at Bangalore International Airport Limited
Nov 21, 2023
When there are any dynamic changes in complex applications, the tool takes a lot of time, making its analytics-related area a major matter of concern where improvements are needed.
BW
Director of Platform and Information Security at Brace Software
Jun 27, 2023
There are premium tier live service and lower tier live service, so we opted for the lower tier. But there is no medium tier where we pay a little extra and get a bit more service. So if that can be improved.
NB
Senior Security Consultant at Reliance Industries Ltd
May 26, 2022
Lacks a VPN feature to provide a secure connection to the data center.
Stefan Rusu - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Security and Compliance Manager at a tech vendor with 11-50 employees
Nov 1, 2023
Cloudflare Zero Trust Platform needs to improve its documentation. It took time to do the implementation.
reviewer2216466 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Associate at a transportation company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Jun 27, 2023
The software has automated alerts, but the automated alerts are not available in the mobile app.
Sourabh Pardhi - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Information Security Analyst at Everbridge
Aug 4, 2023
The response time for support must be reduced.