Industry Analyst Highlights

Learn what leading industry analysts have to say about Cloudflare and our suite of products and solutions.

  • analysts2022 Q2

    Cloudflare Named A ‘Strong Performer’ in The Forrester Wave™ for Bot Management

    Mon, April 25, 2022 

    Forrester Research, Inc. evaluated the most significant providers in the market for Bot Management based on 25-criteria across current offering, strategy, and market presence. According to Forrester, “Cloudflare has vastly improved its bot management…” with a product roadmap that “reflects Cloudflare’s goals of more-efficient detection and response.”

  • analysts2022 Q1

    Cloudflare Named A ‘Leader’ in the 2022 IDC MarketScape for WW CDN Services

    Tue, March 15, 2022 

    Cloudflare is named a LEADER in the 2022 IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Commercial Content Delivery Network Services 2022 Vendor Assessment. (doc #US47652821, March 2022). According to the IDC MarketScape, “Cloudflare is a highly innovative vendor and continues to invest in its competencies to support advanced technologies such as virtualization, serverless, AI/ML, IoT, HTTP3, 5G and (mobile) edge computing.”

  • analysts2021 Q4

    Cloudflare recognized as a 'Leader' in The Forrester New Wave for Edge Development Platforms

    Wed, October 27, 2021 

    Forrester Research, Inc. evaluated the most significant providers in the market for edge development platforms based on 10 criteria across compute, data services and web development capabilities. In the report, “The Forrester New Wave™: Edge Development Platforms, Q4 2021” Cloudflare was named a ‘Leader’.

  • analysts2021 Q3

    2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for WAAP

    Wed, September 22, 2021 

    Cloudflare placed highest on the ‘ability to execute’ axis in the challengers quadrant in the first Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Web Application and API Protection (WAAP).

  • analysts2021 Q1

    2021 Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice - Web Application Firewalls

    Thu, March 25, 2021 

    Cloudflare has been recognised as Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for WAF vendor in 2021. These distinctions recognize vendors and products that are highly rated by their customers. The data collected represents a top-level synthesis of vendor software products most valued by IT Enterprise professionals.

  • analysts2021 Q1

    The Forrester Wave™: DDoS Mitigation Solutions, Q1 2021

    Wed, March 3, 2021 

    Forrester Research, Inc. evaluated 11 of the most significant providers in the market for DDoS Mitigation based on 28-criteria across current offering, strategy, and market presence. In the report, “The Forrester WaveTM: DDoS Mitigation Solutions, Q1 2021” Cloudflare was named a ‘Leader’.

  • analysts2020 Q4

    Quadrant Knowledge Solutions 2020 SPARK Matrix of Bot Management

    Wed, December 30, 2020 

    Cloudflare is Recognized as Leader in the 2020 SPARK Matrix of Bot Management Market.

  • analysts2020 Q4

    Frost & Sullivan Frost Radar™: Global Holistic Web Protection Market

    Wed, December 30, 2020 

    Cloudflare is named as the innovation leader in the Global Holistic Web Protection Market for 2020 by Frost & Sullivan.

  • analysts2020 Q4

    Forrester Opportunity Snapshot study shows rise in Zero Trust adoption

    Thu, October 15, 2020 

    Cloudflare commissioned Forrester Consulting to explore the impact of 2020’s disruptions on security strategy and operations among companies of all sizes. This Opportunity Snapshot survey examines how the understanding and adoption of Zero Trust security has radically accelerated in 2020, and explores what security decision makers at 317 organizations around the world plan to do to enable Zero Trust security architecture in 2021.

  • analysts2020 Q3

    Cloudflare recognized as a representative vendor in Gartner's 2020 Market Guide for Zero Trust Network Access

    Mon, July 13, 2020 

    Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) platforms replace broken corporate perimeters with individual access boundaries around your most critical applications. We’re excited that Gartner has named Cloudflare as a representative ZTNA-as-a-Service vendor in the 2020 Gartner Market Guide for Zero Trust Network Access.

  • analysts2020 Q2

    Cloudflare named a Leader in the Omdia Market Radar for Zero Trust Access report

    Mon, April 13, 2020 

    Cloudflare has been named as a leading provider of Zero Trust Access (ZTA) in the Omdia Market Radar for Zero Trust Access. In the report, Omdia explores the rise of Zero Trust Access as a response to shortcomings in VPNs, and the rapid expansion of remote work and cloud computing.

  • report2020 Q1

    The Forrester New Wave™: Function-As-A-Service Platforms, Q1 2020

    Thu, February 27, 2020 

    Forrester Research, Inc. evaluated 9 of the most significant providers in the emerging market for function-as-a-service (FaaS) based on 10-criteria across current offering and strategy. In the report, “The Forrester New Wave™: Function-As-A-Service Platforms, Q1 2020” Cloudflare was named a ‘Strong Performer’.

  • white paper2019 Q3

    Forrester Opportunity Snapshot: Internet Applications Don’t Need To Sacrifice Performance for Security

    Thu, July 25, 2019 

    See the results of a commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Cloudflare on trends for cloud network adoption, usage, and challenges for enterprises around the world.

  • report2019 Q1

    IDC MarketScape: Worldwide DDoS Prevention Solutions 2019

    Fri, March 1, 2019 

    Cloudflare has been named a "Leader" in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide DDoS Prevention Solutions 2019 Vendor Assessment.