Easy-to-use performance and security tools your website needs
All Cloudflare plans come with ultra-fast DNS, a global CDN, and comprehensive DDoS protection. But you may need to enable add-ons or choose a higher plan to get more features, control, and customization. So which plan should you go for? Here’s all the info you need to make the right decision, based on your needs.
95% of the internet-connected world is within 50ms of a Cloudflare server.
Cloudflare powers millions of Internet properties
All Cloudflare self-serve plans at a glance
You can find in-depth information further down the page
Free plan
Best suited for personal projects. You get access to world-class DNS, CDN, and SSL protection and can enable further add-ons at the click of a button.
Pro plan
Choose this plan for your professional websites and applications. You get the same great DNS, CDN, and SSL but also Lossless Image Optimization and Accelerated Mobile Pages for faster loading speed.
Business plan
Designed for business-critical websites and applications. It gives you the highest level of control and customization of all self-serve plans, plus 100% uptime SLA and prioritized ticket support.
Touch of modern
"Cloudflare helps keep us online, provides a faster site experience to our end users, and protects our customers' sensitive information."
- Steven Ou
CTO
Why should you sign up for a Cloudflare plan?
These out-of-the-box solutions can help you save time and money
Ultra-fast network
Each of these plans gives you instant access to Cloudflare’s vast global network placing your website or application within approximately 50 ms from 95% of the world’s internet-connected population.
Unlimited DDoS protection
Enjoy peace of mind thanks to always-on and always-learning DDoS mitigation and attack alerts. For increased protection you can upgrade your plan to enable extra security features.
No-code performance tools
You don’t really know how to code? No problem. The setup is simple, fast, and intuitive and you can turn on extra features at the simple click of a button.
Best-in-class WAF
Each plan comes with our free Managed Ruleset to protect your site from high severity vulnerabilities. Plus, you can build your own custom firewall rules to further secure your web properties.
User-friendly and easy-to-use UI
Manage all your websites and applications through one single user-friendly interface or via an API, no matter where they are hosted.
All your tools into one
Cloudflare plans are designed to provide you with all the tools you need to launch, secure and accelerate your internet properties — so you can stop managing multiple vendors and plugins.
Upgrade your website security with the Pro plan
- Cloudflare Pro is best suited for professional websites, high traffic blogs, and startups requiring increased security and performance.
- The Pro plan gives you access to 20 WAF custom rules, managed rulesets that are constantly updated, and advanced bot reporting and mitigation.
- Also includes Zone Lockdown Rules which allows for the whitelisting of specific IP addresses and IP ranges, while all other IPs are effectively blacklisted.
Enhance security and analytics with the Business plan
- Detect and challenge sophisticated bots (highly variable traffic signatures and novel bot attacks) using machine learning.
- Monitor all your HTTP traffic to identify new attacks, security gaps, and fine tune WAF settings to stop threats.
- Protect against unknown application vulnerabilities with
WAF Attack Score Lite’s machine learning models.
Why choose a Cloudflare plan?
Here's the TLDR. If you only read one thing, read this.
A robust global network at your fingertips
Uncompromised security and performance in one platform
Reduce latency, improve performance, and increase availability for all your applications
Real-time latency maps
Detailed traffic analytics
Predictable, transparent, and flexible pricing
Getting started is easy
It only takes 5 minutes and we provide you with step-by-step instructions once you sign up
Create an account
You only need an email and a password. That’s all!
Pick a plan
Add your site and choose a service plan based on the level of functionality and support you need.
Update nameservers
Make a quick change to your DNS settings in your registrar's dashboard (don't worry we'll show you how!).
Get going
Activate Cloudflare features in minutes to take advantage of all the performance benefits.
