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.

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Why should you sign up for a Cloudflare plan?

These out-of-the-box solutions can help you save time and money

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.
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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

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Create an account

You only need an email and a password. That’s all!


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Pick a plan

Add your site and choose a service plan based on the level of functionality and support you need.

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Update nameservers

Make a quick change to your DNS settings in your registrar's dashboard (don't worry we'll show you how!).

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Get going

Activate Cloudflare features in minutes to take advantage of all the performance benefits.

Frequently asked questions

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