Is Cloudflare a good company to work for?

Cloudflare has an overall rating of 3.2 out of 5, based on over 1,124 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months. 46% 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?

46% 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 (56) , Sales (39) , Solutions Engineer (29) , Technical Support Engineer (27) , Software Engineer (26) , BDR (20) , Enterprise Account Executive (19) , 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 112 reviews)); "Pay is good + high growth company" ((in 43 reviews)); "working and smart colleagues" ((in 37 reviews)); "Great team and company that cares about their employees" ((in 34 reviews)); "Good work life balance" ((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 44 reviews)); "no 401k match either" ((in 24 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)); "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

3.2

46% 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 3.2 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

5.0

Apr 13, 2018

Best and Most Exciting Job I've Ever Had

Senior account executive

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I'm serious about the title. First thing I like about Cloudflare is the people. The founders have done a great job about creating a good, fun and diverse culture from the beginning. The three core values we look for in employees are: Smart, Empathy, and Technical Curiosity. From a product standpoint we are rocking it and our network scale and growth is awesome. We our out-innovating all of our competitors and taking market share away from them as well as growing the market with new capabilities. The sales team is fun, we're hitting our numbers, and growing.

Cons

No company is perfect, and we could always do better as well. Management could do a better job of proactively working with its team members to discuss and support individual career growth plans. We're trying to do so much so fast, that sometime we bight off more than we can chew each qtr. More stock and more often would be better.

Cloudflare Response

8y

Thanks for the review - and for being an important part of our growth and success for the last 3+ years (!!!) . 100% on the people, our growth, the potential and what we value. I appreciate your thoughts on where we can improve and what we can learn. You've definitely hit on the things we've identified as priorities. Come talk to me or someone on the People team. We'd love to hear more. -janet

5.0

Apr 13, 2018

Great Product and Company Culture

Account executive

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great product in a great space and the company is on a great trajectory. It's a fun place to work with great people.

Cons

Career Development and clearly defined path to grow within the company. They preach about leaders coming from within and how existing employees are leaders of the future but that isn't the reality.

Cloudflare Response

8y

Hi - thanks for the review. I love the positive comments on the product, space and work environment. Can you please come talk to me about career paths? This is a huge priority for me and I want to understand your story more. - janet

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

8y

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

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