Is Cloudflare a good company to work for?

Cloudflare has an overall rating of 3.2 out of 5, based on over 1,123 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

(1,013 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 1,013 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

Jul 20, 2017

Great company overall if you're on the right team

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good culture, great co-workers, certain teams have great chemistry.

Cons

Lots of growing pains. Employee professional growth lacking.

Cloudflare Response

8y

Thanks for the review. We are making investments across the company - investments in world-class systems and tools to help us be more effective and collaborate and investments in the development of our people. Lots of work left to do, but progress made every day. -janet

4.0

Jul 9, 2017

Great people - lots of challenges

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great people: * Most colleagues are smart, and nice to work with * Very varied backgrounds * Little to no credentialism Interesting space & scale: * Cloudflare services a lot of today's internet * Problems are often due to the large scale, which makes them fun C-level is transparent (on some things): * Board meetings are reviewed company-wide * Financials are there for anyone to see

Cons

HR: Very immature processes * Salary reviews don't really exist, you either get a raise after Q1 or you don't. * No formal performance reviews (ties in with above). * No structure around personal development. Changing teams is hard & DIY. Benefits: Non-US employees are second class, and stock option scheme is intransparent * UK office lagged significantly in introducing health care, and still has no pension plan. * Total number of issued stock is treated like a secret by upper management. It seems actively discouraged to figure out what the value of your options is. * Options scheme is tax efficient for US employees, but not for UK ones, due short excercise window after leaving. Engineering: * No end-to-end ownership of products: POCs are often built by one team, and then passed to someone else who has to shoulder production-readiness and maintenance. * Not enough investment into how software is released, which is a laborious process.

Cloudflare Response

8y

Thanks for this review. I really hope you've shared this feedback with me and/or your manager. You have definitely highlighted some of our growing pains - and many of the priorities for the people team. I hope you are seeing the progress. -janet

5.0

Jun 22, 2017

Engineering

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Genius product, market leadership, bright financial future.

Cons

Compensation structure makes no sense.

Cloudflare Response

8y

Thanks for the review. Your "pros" are 100%. Would love to talk more with you about staffing, comp - and even food. Come see me. -janet

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