Cloudflare
Cloudflare is a web hosting provider. As of 2026 it holds an HRI of 62/100, a developing signal, ranked independently by HostList with no paid placements.
Cloudflare is a web infrastructure and security company that offers application hosting services primarily through Cloudflare Pages and R2. Based in the United States, Cloudflare Pages enables developers to easily deploy full-stack applications with integrated integration into GitHub, supporting efficient collaboration. Cloudflare R2 provides a cost-effective service for storing and delivering large amounts of data, significantly enhancing application performance by minimizing data load times. Additionally, Cloudflare offers services for image hosting and video delivery, allowing users to store, resize, and optimize media efficiently. These features make Cloudflare a resilient platform for developers looking to host and manage applications effectively.
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What Cloudflare Discloses
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Cloudflare has not disclosed any facts yet. Pricing transparency, refund window, uptime SLA and data residency are among the 30 questions still unanswered. HostList verifies every disclosure and never charges for it.
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- Datacenter regions
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- Renewable energy
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What Customers Say About Cloudflare
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What people are saying
Trustpilot★☆☆☆☆WORST FACILITATOR OF RUSSIAN CRIMINAL…“WORST FACILITATOR OF RUSSIAN CRIMINAL MAFIA SPAM/PHISHING/CYBERCRIME IN THE WORLD. Typical "tech bro" "techie scum" in SAN FRANCISCO who DO NOT CARE about you, the law, or anything else besides their profit. That skewed mentality has been the hallmark of the internet industry in the Bay Area since the dot-com fiasco…”
Trustpilot★☆☆☆☆As a webmaster myself I figured i'd try…“As a webmaster myself I figured i'd try cloudflare to try and stop malicious bots from crawling my service. I had barely enabled it for a day and sure enough: website offline. I shoulda known better. Its funny how they advertise with their "always online" thing. "yeah your website is always online" yeah no bro, your…”
Trustpilot★★★★★⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ An Essential Service for Professional Webmasters“Cloudflare is one of the most important services on the internet. Without it, countless websites—including some of the world's largest platforms—would struggle to handle today's traffic volumes, cyberattacks, and performance demands. It has become a fundamental part of modern web infrastructure. That said, Cloudflare…”
Trustpilot★☆☆☆☆UNSOLICITED, FREQUENT EMAILS THAT WON'T STOP!“I keep getting frequent emails, that always end up in spam, claiming my "Cloud" account is in default because the credit card on file has expired. Contact us to update your credit card. I kept ignoring the Cloud emails because my husband's name is on our "iCloud" account. When I decided I should address it, I…”
Trustpilot★☆☆☆☆I have been trying to report a scam…“I have been trying to report a scam website to cloudflare for two days. All I get are automated responses. They don't care about shutting down scam websites that are using their services. I'm not convinced a human will ever even see my messages. Very frustrating.”
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Cloudflare holds 9U across 2 racks. Rack space is allocated by rank alone and cannot be bought.
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Where Cloudflare Ranks
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Is Cloudflare hiring?
Yes. Cloudflare has 40 open roles listed on HostList as of September 2026, sourced from their public careers page. View current openings at hostlist.io/jobs/at/cloudflare or apply directly on Cloudflare's website.
What is Cloudflare's HRI?
Cloudflare has a HRI™ of 62/100 on HostList.io. HRI is calculated algorithmically from trust signals, profile completeness, data freshness, and performance data. Providers can improve their score by claiming their profile, keeping data current, and building verified reviews. No provider can pay to increase their score.
What type of hosting company is Cloudflare?
Cloudflare is classified as a dedicated web hosting company on HostList.io. Use the HostMatch™ tool at hostlist.io/match to describe your project requirements and get a ranked recommendation from 30,000+ hosting providers including Cloudflare.
How does Cloudflare compare to other web hosting companies?
Cloudflare can be compared to any other hosting provider using HostList.io's side-by-side comparison tool at hostlist.io/compare. The tool shows both providers' HRI™ breakdowns, sub-scores (Trust, Completeness, Freshness, Performance), and review data side by side. Cloudflare has a current HRI of 62/100.
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What People Say About Cloudflare
Public mentions from X, Reddit, and other social platforms. Unfiltered and not part of the HRI score, shown for context.
Hi everyone! Do any of you use Cloudflare R2 for WordPress media? I'm looking to connect it and found this plugin**:**[https://wordpress.org/plugins/media-cloud-sync/](https://wor…
Good writeup about EmDash from WPJohnny, a hosting and Wordpress tech reviewer. https://wpjohnny.com/emdash-cms-review-cloudflare-vs-wordpress/ >Can Cloudflare’s EmDash CMS threa…
Cloudflare quietly dropped something interesting today. EmDash is a full-stack TypeScript CMS built on Astro that runs on D1 + R2 + Workers. The core idea: take what made W…
Hi, I have been getting error messages all over my site whenever I try to set up any Google tools, from my understanding this is because xmlrpc.php is blocked. I have tried deactiv…
Hey Everyone, I'm looking to add geo-blocking to a WordPress site, primarily to restrict access to certain content based on a user's country. The goal is compliance and regional…
Hello, I am in situation where I can't set up Cloudflare (yet): * no experience, have not done it before * don't know if there would be any collisions with plugins / DNS * found …
How Cloudflare's Score Is Calculated
HRI is calculated algorithmically based on publicly available data. It considers trust signals (reviews, ratings), data completeness, freshness of information, and technical performance. No host can pay to improve their score.
Full methodology →HRI over the last 61 days
How Cloudflare Stacks Up
Hosts Related to Cloudflare
Cloudflare also appears as a domain registrar in the HostList directory under IANA ID 1910. Hosting and domain registration are separate products with separate profiles, scored separately: HRI rates server performance, DRI rates pricing transparency.
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