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Cloudflare (NET)

Sourced public facts, grouped by the twelve letters, and a machine-check FOUND score. Facts are what the source says; the score is what our code could see.

Just the domain. No email, no login, usually under a minute.

FOUND Score v1.0 · read 4 Nov 2026 · Medium confidence
87of 100

Medium confidence: 63% of the points rest on evidence we read ourselves (the site, listing pages, awarders' lists, filings, X data, answer samples); the rest was found by live search or estimated, and is labelled so.

Change since the previous read: none. Read from public evidence; not a judgement of the company.

Last refreshed 4 Nov 2026. Stale after 14 days.

Size: >$1B revenue ($2.51B trailing twelve months to 2026-06-30; $2.17B in the fiscal year to 2025-12-31). SEC EDGAR, read 19 Oct 2026. A comparison group, not a score input.

Site: cloudflare.com. Snapshots stored: 7. Nothing is overwritten; earlier snapshots stay.

FOUND machine-check score, letter by letter

Rank 1 of 20 · peers’ median 76.5 of 100

Cloudflare ranks 1 of 20 scored companies. The peers' median is 76.5 and their range 61 to 87, all of 100. Not ranked, because no score is stored: Zoho. Peers are read at different times; each read date is on the peers table.

What Cloudflare does well

  • Home page loads over HTTPS. The home page answered 200 over HTTPS.
  • Page speed hints. First byte in 68 ms, 134 KB over the wire, compressed (br).
  • AI crawler access (robots.txt). All 11 AI crawlers we test may fetch the home page.
  • Sitemap. A sitemap lists 349 addresses.
  • llms.txt. llms.txt is present, 17173 bytes, and starts with a title line.
  • Structured data (schema.org JSON-LD). Types found: Organization, WebSite, WebPage.
  • Title, description and headings. 6 of 7 basics are in place.
  • Readable text without scripts. 339 words are in the home page HTML before any script runs.
  • Security or trust page, open without login. Found: Everywhere Security | Unified Cybersecurity Platform | Cloudflare
  • Named on awarders' own lists. Cloudflare is listed on: CRN Partner Program Guide 5-Star, security vendors 2026 (application-based). Read on the awarder's page, not verified by a person.
  • Listed on review sites, with ratings. Cloudflare has rated listings on 7 review sites: G2 4.5/5 from 803 reviews; Gartner Peer Insights 4.5/5 from 478 reviews; Capterra 4.7/5 from 528 reviews; TrustRadius 9/10 from 570 reviews; PeerSpot 8.6/10 from 71 reviews; SourceForge 4.8/5 from 12 reviews; SoftwareReviews 8.9/10 from 88 reviews (as of 2026-10-19).

Gaps

  • security.txt (Partly). security.txt names a contact, with no expiry date.
  • Analyst or award pages on the site (Partly). The company's recognition page mention: recognised. Self-published, not verified.
  • Links to review sites (Not found). No link to G2, Trustpilot, Capterra or another review site on the home page.
  • Certifications named (Not found). No certification such as SOC 2 or ISO 27001 is named on the home page or the trust page.
  • Analyst or award mentions (Not found). The home page names no analyst firm, award or press feature.
  • Named on review-based award lists (Not found). Cloudflare was not found on the 1 review-based award page read.

Fix list for Cloudflare: the 4 biggest gaps first

The parts of the score furthest below what the method lets them reach, worked out from the evidence shown on this page. Each says what to do and why it moves the score. “Up to” is the most the overall score could rise if that part reached full; it is not a forecast.

  1. Security and trust published · Distinctions

    14.2 of 25 points now · up to +2 overall

    Do this: Publish /.well-known/security.txt, a trust or security page, and name your certifications (for example SOC 2 or ISO 27001) on it.

    Why it moves the score: Security and trust published is worth 25 points of Distinctions, read on your site; each check that passes adds its share.

    Now: 57% of the security.txt, trust page and named certifications checks pass on the site. Checks to fix: security.txt (partly), Certifications named (not found).

    Draft it for me

    Draft: review and edit before you publish. Built from what we scanned, with each fact linked to where we read it; [square brackets] mark what only you know, and [needs proof] marks a claim you must back up before you publish it. Nothing is published or sent: you copy, edit and publish it yourself. We never write reviews or testimonials.

    • security.txt file
    • Trust and security page

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  2. Content worth citing · Underdog Moves

    15 of 25 points now · up to +2 overall

    Do this: Add the kinds of pages others cite that you do not have yet: a blog or newsroom, customer stories, a partners page, docs or an academy, events or a community page.

    Why it moves the score: Content worth citing is worth 25 points of Underdog Moves: 5 points for each of the 5 kinds found on your site.

    Now: 3 of 5 kinds found: blog or newsroom, customer stories, partners, academy or docs, events or community.

    Draft it for me

    Draft: review and edit before you publish. Built from what we scanned, with each fact linked to where we read it; [square brackets] mark what only you know, and [needs proof] marks a claim you must back up before you publish it. Nothing is published or sent: you copy, edit and publish it yourself. We never write reviews or testimonials.

    • Outlines for the kinds of pages others cite
    • Customer story outline

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  3. Following of the brand and its leaders · Opinions

    17.4 of 25 points now · up to +2 overall

    Do this: Post every week from the company account and the founder’s own account: one useful idea, one customer result, one thing you learned.

    Why it moves the score: Following of the brand and its leader is worth 25 points of Opinions, log-scaled from 50 followers, so the first thousands count the most.

    Now: 318,759 followers on the brand account, 348,012 on its leader (from 50, full at 20 million and 10 million).

    Draft it for me

    Draft: review and edit before you publish. Built from what we scanned, with each fact linked to where we read it; [square brackets] mark what only you know, and [needs proof] marks a claim you must back up before you publish it. Nothing is published or sent: you copy, edit and publish it yourself. We never write reviews or testimonials.

    • Four-week posting plan

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  4. Named in AI answers about your category · Findable, Opinions, Nods

    63.8 of 85 points now · up to +4 overall

    Do this: Publish one plain page that answers the questions buyers ask about your category (what it is, who it is for, how you compare, with prices or ranges), and get it linked from sites answer engines read: partner directories, marketplaces, trade press.

    Why it moves the score: The share of category answers that name you counts in three letters: up to 50 points of Findable, 15 of Opinions and 20 of Nods. Each extra answer that names you moves all three.

    Now: Named or cited in 3 of 3 category answers (Google Gemini, Perplexity Sonar); counted as 3 of 4 for a small sample.

    Draft it for me

    Draft: review and edit before you publish. Built from what we scanned, with each fact linked to where we read it; [square brackets] mark what only you know, and [needs proof] marks a claim you must back up before you publish it. Nothing is published or sent: you copy, edit and publish it yourself. We never write reviews or testimonials.

    • Brand facts sheet (template only, every fact sourced)
    • FAQ page copy for buyers
    • FAQPage structured data (JSON-LD, template only)
    • Comparison and alternatives page outline
    • llms.txt file (template only, from what we scanned)

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Get your improvement plan Free. A person reads this result and replies with a plan built on this list.

30-day plan for Cloudflare

Four weekly steps. Your Start here choice comes first when selected; other steps follow points versus effort. Each step names the FOUND letters it moves. Re-score on day 30 to see what changed. Built from the fix list with no AI model. Put a name next to each step.

  1. Week 1 · days 1 to 7

    • Security and trust published · moves D (Distinctions) · low effort · up to +2 overall

      Publish /.well-known/security.txt, a trust or security page, and name your certifications (for example SOC 2 or ISO 27001) on it.

      On your site: you or your web team publish it after review.

      Drafts ready: security.txt file, Trust and security page

  2. Week 2 · days 8 to 14

  3. Week 3 · days 15 to 21

    • Content worth citing · moves U (Underdog Moves) · medium effort · up to +2 overall

      Add the kinds of pages others cite that you do not have yet: a blog or newsroom, customer stories, a partners page, docs or an academy, events or a community page.

      On your site: you or your web team publish it after review.

      Drafts ready: Outlines for the kinds of pages others cite, Customer story outline

  4. Week 4 · days 22 to 29

    • Following of the brand and its leaders · moves O (Opinions) · medium effort · up to +2 overall

      Post every week from the company account and the founder’s own account: one useful idea, one customer result, one thing you learned.

      Off your site: you do this yourself. We only prepared drafts; we never post, send, review or enter anything for you.

      Drafts ready: Four-week posting plan

    • Check what is live

      Open each page and file you changed and check it is live on your site. Write down the date and address of everything published on or off your site, so the re-score can be checked against it.

  5. Day 30: re-score

    Run the FOUND Score again for cloudflare.com and compare each letter. Re-score cloudflare.com

    A score can move for reasons outside this plan, and answer engines change. It is not a forecast.

Optional. The calendar file is the reliable reminder.

Before and after

Looking for an earlier stored score…

The 17 machine checks, as stored
PassHome page loads over HTTPS. The home page answered 200 over HTTPS. Home page
PassPage speed hints. First byte in 68 ms, 134 KB over the wire, compressed (br). Home page
PassAI crawler access (robots.txt). All 11 AI crawlers we test may fetch the home page. robots.txt
PassSitemap. A sitemap lists 349 addresses. Sitemap
Passllms.txt. llms.txt is present, 17173 bytes, and starts with a title line. llms.txt
PassStructured data (schema.org JSON-LD). Types found: Organization, WebSite, WebPage. Home page source
PassTitle, description and headings. 6 of 7 basics are in place. Home page source
PassReadable text without scripts. 339 words are in the home page HTML before any script runs. Home page source
PassSecurity or trust page, open without login. Found: Everywhere Security | Unified Cybersecurity Platform | Cloudflare Trust page
PassNamed on awarders' own lists. Cloudflare is listed on: CRN Partner Program Guide 5-Star, security vendors 2026 (application-based). Read on the awarder's page, not verified by a person. CRN Partner Program Guide 5-Star, security vendors 2026 (application-based)
PassListed on review sites, with ratings. Cloudflare has rated listings on 7 review sites: G2 4.5/5 from 803 reviews; Gartner Peer Insights 4.5/5 from 478 reviews; Capterra 4.7/5 from 528 reviews; TrustRadius 9/10 from 570 reviews; PeerSpot 8.6/10 from 71 reviews; SourceForge 4.8/5 from 12 reviews; SoftwareReviews 8.9/10 from 88 reviews (as of 2026-10-19). G2 listing
Partlysecurity.txt. security.txt names a contact, with no expiry date. security.txt
PartlyAnalyst or award pages on the site. The company's recognition page mention: recognised. Self-published, not verified. Page read
Not foundCertifications named. No certification such as SOC 2 or ISO 27001 is named on the home page or the trust page. Page read
Not foundAnalyst or award mentions. The home page names no analyst firm, award or press feature. Home page
Not foundNamed on review-based award lists. Cloudflare was not found on the 1 review-based award page read. G2 Best Software Awards 2026 (review-based)

Each check reads only the public home page and a few standard files, once, from one place, at the time shown. A check that could not run says so and is left out, not counted as zero. Read from https://www.cloudflare.com, score method found-score-v1.0.

Re-runs the machine checks live. One refresh per company per hour.

Evidence at a glance

Evidence at a glance

The first few sourced facts of each kind. Every one links to the page it came from and the date it was read.

FOUND · O · Opinions

What customers and reviewers say 4 sourced

  • First section headings (customers): You're in good company source, 4 Nov 2026
  • Description the page gives itself (customers): Learn how companies like yours leverage Cloudflare for security, performance, and reliability. source, 4 Nov 2026
  • Programme and proof terms in the main content (menus excluded) (customers): MSSP, reseller, distributor, system integrator, marketplace, referral, technology alliance, certification, academy, training, Gartner, Magic Quadrant, conference, community, user group, SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS source, 4 Nov 2026
Every O fact

FOUND · N · Nods

Analysts, awards and trusted names 9 sourced

  • The listing as the page writes it (short extract) (crn-ppg-security-2026): am-guide/ppg2026-details?c=32 Cloudflare Program Name: PowerUP Partner Program Channel Chief: Tom Evans, Chief Par source, 19 Oct 2026
  • Where the name first appears on that page (short extract) (crn-ppg-security-2026): ps://www.crn.com/partner-program-guide/ppg2026-details?c=32 Cloudflare Program Name: PowerUP Partner Program Channel Chief: Tom Ev source, 19 Oct 2026
  • Listed as an entry or winner on the awarder’s list page we read (crn-ppg-security-2026): true source, 19 Oct 2026
Every N fact

Press

Press coverage 5 sourced

  • Forbes: Cloudflare Buys Deno To Run Its Workers Platform On Your Own Servers source, 10 Oct 2026
  • Financial Times: Cloudflare and Deutsche Telekom Join Forces for a Secure and Resilient Internet source, 29 Sept 2026
  • The Economic Times: Cloudflare gives AI agents an identity and a wallet source, 19 Aug 2026
Press and coverage card

Social

Social presence 2 sourced

  • @Cloudflare (official): 318,759 followers on X source, 19 Oct 2026
  • @eastdakota (CEO): 348,012 followers on X source, 19 Oct 2026
Social standing card

Company facts

Size, market and filings 12 sourced

  • Revenue band (SEC filing): >$1B, trailing twelve months $2.51B source, 19 Oct 2026
  • Annual report, channel and partner passage: We sell our products under our Enterprise plans directly to customers through our global, technically-oriented inside and field sales teams, and indirectly through our ecosystem of channel partners that includes managed… source, 19 Oct 2026
  • Annual report, channel and partner passage: We leverage third parties, including channel partners, to sell subscriptions to our products, host many of our co-location facilities for our network, and conduct our business in the United States and abroad. source, 19 Oct 2026
All filing facts
Opinions and Nods evidence

Opinions and Nods evidence

Review sites (in the score, Opinions)

Searched 19 Oct 2026, each line tied by Google Search to the review site's own listing page. Our crawler then opens each listing page where the site allows it (robots.txt obeyed, no login, no bot check worked around): a rating read on the page counts in full and replaces the search figure; one only from search counts 0.9 and is marked “from search, page not read”. Business-software sites count fully; consumer sites such as Trustpilot count 0.4. Capterra, GetApp and Software Advice share one pool of reviews and count once. In this read the review part scored 40 of 50.

Review-site listings for Cloudflare
SiteListingRatingReviewsAs ofRead on the pageWeightSource
G2Cloudflare Application Security and Performance4.5 of 580319 Oct 2026From search, page not read: The site refused our crawler (HTTP 403); not worked around.Business site, 1G2 listing
Gartner Peer InsightsCloudflare Application Services4.5 of 547819 Oct 2026From search, page not read: The site refused our crawler (HTTP 403); not worked around.Business site, 1Gartner Peer Insights listing
CapterraCloudflare4.7 of 552819 Oct 2026From search, page not read: The site refused our crawler (HTTP 403); not worked around.Business site, 1 (Gartner Digital Markets, counts once)Capterra listing
TrustRadiusCloudflare9 of 1057019 Oct 2026From search, page not read: robots.txt answered 403, so the site is treated as closedBusiness site, 1TrustRadius listing
PeerSpotCloudflare4.3 of 58019 Oct 2026Confirmed on the pageBusiness site, 1PeerSpot listing
SourceForgeCloudflare4.5 of 52,04819 Oct 2026Confirmed on the pageBusiness site, 1SourceForge listing
SoftwareReviewsCloudflare One8.9 of 108819 Oct 2026Confirmed on the pageBusiness site, 1SoftwareReviews listing

17 Opinions and 41 Nods evidence items, each with its source, tier and date: see them all on the evidence page.

Press, coverage and social standing

Press, coverage and social standing

Press and coverage

  • 0 press releases or wire copies seen; no release to measure pickup against.
  • 40 earned stories, 6 in tier 1 outlets, 4 executive interviews or op-eds.
  • Release topics: none seen. Sentiment of earned stories (keyword-based): 2 positive, 30 neutral, 8 negative.

Top stories by quality

  1. Cloudflare Buys Deno To Run Its Workers Platform On Your Own Servers (Forbes, 10 Oct 2026; quality 6.3 of 10)
  2. Cloudflare and Deutsche Telekom Join Forces for a Secure and Resilient Internet (Financial Times, 29 Sept 2026; quality 6.3 of 10)
  3. Cloudflare gives AI agents an identity and a wallet (The Economic Times, 19 Aug 2026; quality 6.3 of 10)

From Bing News RSS, read 19 Oct 2026. Recent items only, as Bing News returns them (mostly the last few weeks); twelve-month counts not read yet. Wire copy, the company’s own releases and sponsored content score 0. Headline, outlet, date and address only; we do not get past paywalls. Method: coverage quality. Not in the score.

Social standing

  • @Cloudflare (official account): 318,759 followers; 13 posts in the window, 329.5 average engagement.
  • @eastdakota (Matthew Prince 🌥, CEO; executive voice, counts toward O): 348,012 followers; 12 posts in the window, 710 average engagement.
  • Brand chatter (counts toward N): 27,081 posts naming the company in 7 days, 36.1% share of voice among the peers. Sentiment of 25 sampled third-party posts (keyword-based): 1 positive, 22 neutral, 2 negative.

Most-engaged third-party posts

  1. @MattieTK, 2026-10-14, 47 engagements: “the bees need more orange cloud > email sending (cloudflare) > web hosting (cloudflare) > database + queue (planetscale, cloudflare…”
  2. @leostera, 2026-10-17, 30 engagements: “i’m gonna be in SF tomorrow and until Friday — if you’re in SF, lets meet! 🍻 Swing by Cloudflare Connect or the Cloudflare offices!”
  3. @Shemy_Aah, 2026-10-17, 11 engagements: “@PhaedraXTeddy @Cloudflare Shame on @Cloudflare . 💩 After my X account got reported by these evil sub-speicies, the access page was repeate…”

From X API v2 through the X connector (public reads, no login), read 19 Oct 2026. Windows: own posts 2026-09-19 to 2026-10-19 (posts returned by X search; may be incomplete where the search index is shorter); mentions 2026-10-12 08:00 UTC to 2026-10-19 07:04 UTC (X recent counts). LinkedIn: Not read yet: LinkedIn follower counts need a login. YouTube: Not read yet: no YouTube channel address held per company. Not in the score.

Awards evidence in the score

Awards evidence in the score

  • Nods, Authority: Cloudflare is listed on: CRN Partner Program Guide 5-Star, security vendors 2026 (application-based). Read on the awarder's page, not verified by a person. (pass)
  • Opinions, Authenticity: Cloudflare was not found on the 1 review-based award page read. (fail)
  • The company’s own recognition pages: The company's recognition page mention: recognised. Self-published, not verified.
Every award list read for this company, newest read of each, with its source and date
Award listHow winners are pickedIn the scoreWhat the awarder’s page showsRead on
CRN Partner Program Guide 5-Star, security vendors 2026application-basedCountsListed: “am-guide/ppg2026-details?c=32 Cloudflare Program Name: PowerUP Partner Program Channel Chief: Tom Evans, Chief Par” source19 Oct 2026
CRN Partner Program Guide 5-Star, software vendors 2026application-basedCountsNot found on the page read source19 Oct 2026
CRN Partner Program Guide 5-Star, networking vendors 2026application-basedCountsNot found on the page read source19 Oct 2026
CRN Tech Innovator Awards 2026application-basedCountsNot found on the page read source19 Oct 2026
CRN Channel Chiefs 2026editorial selectionNot counted: an award for a personListed: “r sales and routes to market. Cloudflare Tom Evans Chief Partner Officer Evans joined Cloudflare as chief partner of” source19 Oct 2026
G2 Best Software Awards 2026review-basedCountsNot found on the page read source19 Oct 2026
ANA B2 Awards winners 2026entry-basedCountsNot found on the page read source19 Oct 2026
Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service winners 2026entry-basedCountsNot found on the page read source19 Oct 2026
CMI Content Marketing Awards winners 2026entry-basedCountsNot found on the page read source19 Oct 2026
SIIA CODiE Awards winners 2026entry-basedCountsNot found on the page read source19 Oct 2026

A listing is read on the awarder’s own page and is not verified by a person, so it counts at most 1 of 5 for Authority (2 for Authenticity, review-based only). “Not found” may mean not seen: most programmes need an entry, and some pages are built by script. Not finding a company never lowers its score. How each programme works is on the awards page; the method is on the score page.

Facts by letter

Facts by letter

Taken from official pages and filings, each with its source and the date it was read. The full tables are on the evidence page.

What one answer engine said

What one answer engine said

Perplexity Sonar, asked category questions that do not name the company. One sample per question, at one time. A peer not named here was not named in this one answer; it is not a ranking and not a verified result. File: 2026-10-19-perplexity.json.

QuestionNamed in the answer
What are the best endpoint security platforms for a mid-size company? Name up to 8 vendors.no
Which vendors lead in zero trust and secure access service edge (SASE) for enterprises? Name up to 8.yes
What are the best identity and access management vendors for a growing SaaS company? Name up to 8.no
Which vulnerability and exposure management tools should a security team shortlist? Name up to 8.no
What are the leading cloud observability and monitoring platforms? Name up to 8.no
Which cloud data platforms should a company consider for analytics? Name up to 8.no
What are the best CRM and marketing automation platforms for B2B marketing teams? Name up to 8.no
Which vendors lead in network security firewalls for enterprises? Name up to 8.no
What are the best software team collaboration and work management tools? Name up to 8.no
Which cloud platforms are best for startups and small development teams? Name up to 8.no

Named in 1 of 10 answers. Not every question is about this company’s category, so “no” is expected for most.

Freshness and gaps

Freshness and gaps

Source groupLast refreshedStale afterState
Home page, robots.txt, llms.txt, sitemap, trust page and the FOUND machine checks4 Nov 202614 daysfresh
Partner, marketplace, academy, events, community, analyst, customer and trust pages4 Nov 202614 daysfresh
Winner and list pages of B2B and channel awards, checked for each company's name19 Oct 202660 daysfresh
SEC EDGAR filing list (10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, 20-F)19 Oct 2026120 daysfresh
Marketing passages in the latest annual report, read again only when a new one is filed19 Oct 2026120 daysfresh

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