Cloudflare (NET)
Delivers Internet security, networking, and developer services on a shared global network.
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Cloudflare runs a shared global network that protects websites, connects company systems, and lets developers run software close to users. Website and application protection still supplies the biggest slice, while the developer platform is the fastest-rising business. The bet is that one network can replace a patchwork of security, connection, and computing vendors; serving more traffic, however, keeps demanding servers, bandwidth, space, and power.
Item facts: FY2025 · year ended Dec 31, 2025, from filings, earnings calls and company pages.
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Application Services
The mature core keeps websites and software available while screening out attacks and automated abuse. Its large installed base pays the bills; the watchpoint is whether rising traffic costs squeeze the economics.
Competes with App & API Protector (Akamai) · Edge Cloud Platform (Fastly)
In plain English
Most people meet this business without seeing it. Cloudflare stands between a website and its visitors, sends pages from a nearby location, spreads sudden crowds across machines, and blocks harmful requests before they reach the customer's own computers. It is the doorman and traffic marshal for an online storefront.
Customers pay monthly or sign longer company-wide deals because speed and uptime affect sales, while an unprotected site can be knocked offline or picked apart by automated attackers. They tend to keep paying: removing the service would reopen those risks and force the customer to rebuild several defenses elsewhere.
Pool of Funds
By Q2 2026, thousands of large customers supplied 73% of company revenue. Flexible spending can deepen those relationships, but sales arrive only as customers use the services they reserved.
Competes with Azure Consumption Commitment (Microsoft) · Enterprise Agreement and private pricing (AWS)
In plain English
The shopping basket, not another product on the shelf. A large customer promises Cloudflare a budget, then draws from it for website protection, employee security, network connections, or developer tools as needs change.
That flexibility makes a broad Cloudflare deal easier to buy and lets one service lead to another. Cloudflare gets a larger commitment, but the money becomes sales over time as the customer actually uses the services. At the end of Q2 2026, about two-thirds of the signed work still to be delivered was expected within a year; renewals and fresh usage must supply the rest of the growth path.
Developer-based Solutions
Workers and its companion tools were Cloudflare's fastest-growing act in Q2 2026. A five-year, $130 million Workers-led contract shows the size possible; growth must outrun its below-company-average profit per sale.
Competes with Compute and Object Storage (Fastly) · Functions (Vercel) · Lambda@Edge and CloudFront Functions (AWS)
In plain English
Think of Workers as renting a workbench that already has a copy near customers around the world. A developer supplies the instructions; Cloudflare runs them on nearby computers and can also keep files, store small pieces of data, deliver video, or run artificial-intelligence jobs.
Developers pay for how often the instructions run, how much computer time they use, and what they store. They avoid buying machines or deciding which city should host each copy. As a customer's software gets busier, Cloudflare collects more—but it must also add computing power, storage, space, and electricity to keep up.
Monetization Gateway
A proposed checkout for automated software seeking paid pages, data, and software doorways. More than two dozen groups joined the launch coalition, but no customer sales, price, or payment volume has been disclosed.
Competes with Intelligent Commerce (Visa) · Agentic Commerce Suite (Stripe)
In plain English
Imagine a coin gate in front of a filing cabinet. When automated software asks for a page, a set of data, or access to an online tool, the gateway would tell it the price, check who is asking, collect payment, and then open the drawer.
Owners could charge machines that now copy or use their material without a normal checkout. Payment companies and digital-dollar issuers would help move the money, while Cloudflare would control the gate where requests already pass. It is still an announced product: whether machines will pay often enough to create a business remains unanswered.
Zero Trust and Workplace Security
Cloudflare checks each employee and device before opening company tools, replacing older private-network access and several separate defenses. The self-service entry price is $7 per user monthly; larger buyers negotiate contracts.
Competes with Zero Trust Exchange, ZIA and ZPA (Zscaler) · Prisma Access (Palo Alto Networks)
In plain English
An office badge used to prove you belonged once you were inside the building. Cloudflare's approach checks the badge again at every important door: who the person is, what device they use, and which company tool they are allowed to open.
Businesses pay per employee or through a larger contract to replace private tunnels into the office, screen web browsing and email, and stop sensitive information from leaving. The appeal is fewer separate security tools and one set of rules for people working anywhere. It keeps growing only if companies trust Cloudflare to replace those older controls rather than sit beside them.
Network Services
This smaller line carries company traffic between offices and shields whole networks from floods of junk traffic. A five-year, $7.7 million U.S. government deal shows the work; reliable routing and public-sector clearance matter.
Competes with Prolexic Routed and Network Cloud Firewall (Akamai) · Prisma SD-WAN and Prisma Access (Palo Alto Networks)
In plain English
Under the applications sits the plumbing. Cloudflare can carry traffic between offices, steer it onto safer routes, filter it with online firewalls, and absorb deliberate floods meant to cut an organization off from the internet.
Customers pay to replace or supplement older carrier connections and boxes installed at each location. Cloudflare earns through contracts while internet providers and shared computing facilities connect and house its equipment. The service is useful only when every valve works: route failures, weak connections, or unavailable capacity can interrupt the customer's entire operation, not merely slow one web page.
Application ServicesThe mature core keeps websites and software available while screening out attacks and automated abuse. Its large installed base pays the bills; the watchpoint is whether rising traffic costs squeeze the economics.The mature core keeps websites and software available while screening out attacks and automated abuse. Its large installed base pays the bills; the watchpoint is whether rising traffic costs squeeze the economics.
In plain English
Most people meet this business without seeing it. Cloudflare stands between a website and its visitors, sends pages from a nearby location, spreads sudden crowds across machines, and blocks harmful requests before they reach the customer's own computers. It is the doorman and traffic marshal for an online storefront.
Customers pay monthly or sign longer company-wide deals because speed and uptime affect sales, while an unprotected site can be knocked offline or picked apart by automated attackers. They tend to keep paying: removing the service would reopen those risks and force the customer to rebuild several defenses elsewhere.
Competes with App & API Protector (Akamai) · Edge Cloud Platform (Fastly)
Pool of FundsBy Q2 2026, thousands of large customers supplied 73% of company revenue. Flexible spending can deepen those relationships, but sales arrive only as customers use the services they reserved.By Q2 2026, thousands of large customers supplied 73% of company revenue. Flexible spending can deepen those relationships, but sales arrive only as customers use the services they reserved.
In plain English
The shopping basket, not another product on the shelf. A large customer promises Cloudflare a budget, then draws from it for website protection, employee security, network connections, or developer tools as needs change.
That flexibility makes a broad Cloudflare deal easier to buy and lets one service lead to another. Cloudflare gets a larger commitment, but the money becomes sales over time as the customer actually uses the services. At the end of Q2 2026, about two-thirds of the signed work still to be delivered was expected within a year; renewals and fresh usage must supply the rest of the growth path.
Competes with Azure Consumption Commitment (Microsoft) · Enterprise Agreement and private pricing (AWS)
Developer-based SolutionsWorkers and its companion tools were Cloudflare's fastest-growing act in Q2 2026. A five-year, $130 million Workers-led contract shows the size possible; growth must outrun its below-company-average profit per sale.Workers and its companion tools were Cloudflare's fastest-growing act in Q2 2026. A five-year, $130 million Workers-led contract shows the size possible; growth must outrun its below-company-average profit per sale.
In plain English
Think of Workers as renting a workbench that already has a copy near customers around the world. A developer supplies the instructions; Cloudflare runs them on nearby computers and can also keep files, store small pieces of data, deliver video, or run artificial-intelligence jobs.
Developers pay for how often the instructions run, how much computer time they use, and what they store. They avoid buying machines or deciding which city should host each copy. As a customer's software gets busier, Cloudflare collects more—but it must also add computing power, storage, space, and electricity to keep up.
Competes with Compute and Object Storage (Fastly) · Functions (Vercel) · Lambda@Edge and CloudFront Functions (AWS)
Monetization GatewayA proposed checkout for automated software seeking paid pages, data, and software doorways. More than two dozen groups joined the launch coalition, but no customer sales, price, or payment volume has been disclosed.A proposed checkout for automated software seeking paid pages, data, and software doorways. More than two dozen groups joined the launch coalition, but no customer sales, price, or payment volume has been disclosed.
In plain English
Imagine a coin gate in front of a filing cabinet. When automated software asks for a page, a set of data, or access to an online tool, the gateway would tell it the price, check who is asking, collect payment, and then open the drawer.
Owners could charge machines that now copy or use their material without a normal checkout. Payment companies and digital-dollar issuers would help move the money, while Cloudflare would control the gate where requests already pass. It is still an announced product: whether machines will pay often enough to create a business remains unanswered.
Competes with Intelligent Commerce (Visa) · Agentic Commerce Suite (Stripe)
Zero Trust and Workplace SecurityCloudflare checks each employee and device before opening company tools, replacing older private-network access and several separate defenses. The self-service entry price is $7 per user monthly; larger buyers negotiate contracts.Cloudflare checks each employee and device before opening company tools, replacing older private-network access and several separate defenses. The self-service entry price is $7 per user monthly; larger buyers negotiate contracts.
In plain English
An office badge used to prove you belonged once you were inside the building. Cloudflare's approach checks the badge again at every important door: who the person is, what device they use, and which company tool they are allowed to open.
Businesses pay per employee or through a larger contract to replace private tunnels into the office, screen web browsing and email, and stop sensitive information from leaving. The appeal is fewer separate security tools and one set of rules for people working anywhere. It keeps growing only if companies trust Cloudflare to replace those older controls rather than sit beside them.
Competes with Zero Trust Exchange, ZIA and ZPA (Zscaler) · Prisma Access (Palo Alto Networks)
Network ServicesThis smaller line carries company traffic between offices and shields whole networks from floods of junk traffic. A five-year, $7.7 million U.S. government deal shows the work; reliable routing and public-sector clearance matter.This smaller line carries company traffic between offices and shields whole networks from floods of junk traffic. A five-year, $7.7 million U.S. government deal shows the work; reliable routing and public-sector clearance matter.
In plain English
Under the applications sits the plumbing. Cloudflare can carry traffic between offices, steer it onto safer routes, filter it with online firewalls, and absorb deliberate floods meant to cut an organization off from the internet.
Customers pay to replace or supplement older carrier connections and boxes installed at each location. Cloudflare earns through contracts while internet providers and shared computing facilities connect and house its equipment. The service is useful only when every valve works: route failures, weak connections, or unavailable capacity can interrupt the customer's entire operation, not merely slow one web page.
Competes with Prolexic Routed and Network Cloud Firewall (Akamai) · Prisma SD-WAN and Prisma Access (Palo Alto Networks)
Named in filings, launches and programs
- Cloudflare WalletsPlatform · AnnouncedReserved wallet names are live; sending, receiving, and holding stablecoins—digital tokens designed to hold a steady value—remain planned.
- Cloudflare OSPlatform · AnnouncedOpen-source workspace for using artificial intelligence across company tasks; a managed version for organizations was not yet generally available.
- AEO SuiteService · AnnouncedTools for seeing and managing whether artificial-intelligence answer services mention a brand; announced without disclosed revenue.
- Cloudforce One / Managed DefenseServiceHuman-led threat research and managed security, with a new service for finding and fixing weaknesses in early access.
- Cloudflare for GovernmentCustomer programPublic-sector package cleared in August 2026 for higher-sensitivity U.S. government work.
- 1.1.1.1 with WARPEcosystemFree consumer service that finds internet addresses and protects device traffic, widening network reach without a separately reported material sales line.
- Cloudflare RegistrarServiceRegisters and renews internet domain names for customers at cost; no separate revenue is disclosed.
- VoidZeroBrandDeveloper-tool company acquired in June 2026 to strengthen Cloudflare's software-building tools; price and sales contribution were not disclosed.
- Cloudflare ImpactEcosystemUmbrella for public-interest access programs; no separate revenue is disclosed.
Cloudflare WalletsPlatform · Announced
Reserved wallet names are live; sending, receiving, and holding stablecoins—digital tokens designed to hold a steady value—remain planned.
Cloudflare OSPlatform · Announced
Open-source workspace for using artificial intelligence across company tasks; a managed version for organizations was not yet generally available.
AEO SuiteService · Announced
Tools for seeing and managing whether artificial-intelligence answer services mention a brand; announced without disclosed revenue.
Cloudforce One / Managed DefenseService
Human-led threat research and managed security, with a new service for finding and fixing weaknesses in early access.
Cloudflare for GovernmentCustomer program
Public-sector package cleared in August 2026 for higher-sensitivity U.S. government work.
1.1.1.1 with WARPEcosystem
Free consumer service that finds internet addresses and protects device traffic, widening network reach without a separately reported material sales line.
Cloudflare RegistrarService
Registers and renews internet domain names for customers at cost; no separate revenue is disclosed.
VoidZeroBrand
Developer-tool company acquired in June 2026 to strengthen Cloudflare's software-building tools; price and sales contribution were not disclosed.
Cloudflare ImpactEcosystem
Umbrella for public-interest access programs; no separate revenue is disclosed.