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Cloudflare's Competitors, Revenue, Number of Employees, Funding and Acquisitions

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Annual Revenue

Based on data from Cloudflare's latest SEC filings

Employees

Matthew Prince's photo - Co-Founder & CEO of Cloudflare

Co-Founder & CEO

Matthew Prince

CEO Approval Rating

80/100

OVERVIEW

Founded:

2009

Headquarters:

San Francisco, California

Status:

PublicNYSENET

Industry Sector:

IT Services

SIC Code:

7371NAICS listing »

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Trending News for Cloudflare and Cloudflare's Competitors

April 2, 2020

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Competitive Analysis

TOP COMPETITORS OR ALTERNATIVES

Imperva is one of Cloudflare's top rivals. Imperva is a Private company that was founded in 2002 in Redwood Shores, California. Like Cloudflare, Imperva also works within the IT Services industry. Compared to Cloudflare, Imperva has 264 fewer employees.

Akamai is seen as one of Cloudflare's biggest rivals. Akamai was founded in 1998 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Akamai competes in the Internet Software industry. Akamai generates $2.6B more revenue than Cloudflare.

CDNetworks is one of Cloudflare's top competitors. CDNetworks was founded in 2000, and its headquarters is in Diamond Bar, California. Like Cloudflare, CDNetworks also operates in the IT Services sector. CDNetworks has 870 fewer employees than Cloudflare.

RANK

COMPANY

LEADERSHIP

CEO SCORE

EMPLOYEES

TOTAL FUNDING

REVENUE

Matthew Prince

Co-Founder & CEO

- -
1,270
$957M
$287M
1

Pam Murphy

CEO

63/100
993
$143.7M
$351.8M
2

Tom Leighton

Co-Founder & CEO

84/100
7,519
$277.4M
$2.9B
3

CEO

- -
400
$96.5M
$99M
4

Andy Jassy

CEO

76/100
25,000
- -
$25.6B
5

Joshua Bixby

CEO

76/100
630
$607M
$200.5M
6

Robert A. Lento

President & CEO

78/100
563
$370M
$200.6M
7

Alex Kazerani

Chairman & CEO

64/100
337
$74M
$146.4M
8

Cheong Kong Wai

Co-Founder & CEO

67/100
20
- -
$ < 1M
9

CEO

- -
87
- -
$15M
10

Tony Perez

General Manager

75/100
55
- -
$15M
The top 10 competitors in Cloudflare's competitive set are Imperva, Akamai, CDNetworks, AWS, Fastly, Limelight Networks, EdgeCast, SwiftServe, MaxCDN and Sucuri. Together they have raised over 1.6B between their estimated 35.4K employees. Cloudflare has 1,270 employees and is ranked 3rd among it's top 10 competitors. The top 10 competitors average 3,352.

Quarterly and Annual Revenue

Trailing 12-Months Trend (TTM)

Annual Revenue

$287M

Cloudflare's revenue is the ranked 4th among it's top 10 competitors. The top 10 competitors average 2.7B. Over the last two quarters, Cloudflare's revenue has grown by 47.7%. Specifically, in Q3 2019's revenue was $73.9M; in Q3 2018, it was $50.1M.

Acquisitions

COMPANY ACQUIRED
ACQUISITION DATE
AMOUNT
DESCRIPTION
S2 Systems Corporation

Jan 2020

Source »
$39.2M
S2 is an online platform that provides browser isolation, security and access control solutions.
Neumob, Inc

Nov 2017

Source »
undisclosed
Neumob develops an end-to-end network acceleration software that optimizes the in-app performance and load times of mobile and desktop applications.
Eager App Store

Dec 2016

Source »
undisclosed
Eager develops and delivers a web tool that enables non-technical website owners to install client-side plugins to improve their websites.
Cryptoseal

Jun 2014

Source »
undisclosed
CryptoSeal provides Virtual Private Network services for businesses.

These are all the companies that Cloudflare has acquired. Cloudflare has acquired 4 companies and its latest acquisition was S2 Systems Corporation in Jan 2020. S2 is an online platform that provides browser isolation, security and access control solutions.

Cloudflare Funding History

Since Cloudflare was founded in 2009, it has participated in 7 rounds of funding. In total Cloudflare has raised $957.0M. Cloudflare's last funding round was on Sep 2019 for a total of $525.0M

ROUND

FUNDING DATE

AMOUNT

INVESTORS

IPO
Sep 2019
$525M

Equity
Mar 2019
$150M
Investment Fund
Jun 2017
$100M
Series D
Sep 2015
$110M
Series C
Dec 2013
$50M

Total Funding: $957M

Since Cloudflare was founded in 2009, it has participated in 7 rounds of funding. In total Cloudflare has raised $957.0M. Cloudflare's last funding round was on Sep 2019 for a total of $525.0M

Investments

No recent investments found related to Cloudflare

Cloudflare News

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Cloudflare Blogs

March 30, 2020Cloudflare Blog

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Dogfooding from Home: How Cloudflare Built our Cloud VPN Replacement

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March 28, 2020Cloudflare Blog

Migrating from VPN to Access

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Using Cloudflare to secure your cardholder data environment

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March 26, 2020Cloudflare Blog

Migrating to React land: Gatsby

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March 25, 2020Cloudflare Blog

Speeding up Linux disk encryption

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March 24, 2020Cloudflare Blog

Why We Started Putting Unpopular Assets in Memory

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Cloudflare Press Releases

August 14, 2019Korea Newswire

Cloudflare Announces Magic Transit to Make Enterprise Networks Smarter, Faster, and More Secure

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September 26, 2018PRWeb

Backblaze B2 Now Includes Free Data Transfer to Cloudflare

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June 28, 2018PRZOOM

OneLogin and Cloudflare Collaborate to Extend Zero Trust Security Across Hybrid Environments

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June 26, 2018PR Newswire

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April 27, 2018GlobeNewswire

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Cloudflare Videos

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"DDoS 방어를 위한 Cloudflare 활용법" on VIMEO

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December 14, 2018Cloudflare Vimeo Channel

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"Web Performance Matters: Challenges, Solutions, Best Practices (APAC)" on VIMEO

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November 15, 2018Cloudflare Vimeo Channel

"Introduction to the Customer Maturity Model" on VIMEO

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November 12, 2018Cloudflare Vimeo Channel

"Don't Let Legacy CDNs Hold You Back" on VIMEO

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November 1, 2018Cloudflare Vimeo Channel

"Stop Configuring Varnish and Start Coding (NAMER)" on VIMEO

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September 12, 2018Cloudflare Vimeo Channel

"¿Qué es lo nuevo de Cloudflare en 2018?" on VIMEO

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Headquarters

101 Townsend Street

San Francisco, California94107

650-319-8930

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ABOUT

Overview

Cloudflare is a content delivery network that offers cloud-based services for businesses to secure and accelerate websites. Founded by Matthew Prince, Michelle Zatlyn and Lee Holloway in 2009 and headquartered in San Francisco, California with around ...

CEO

Cloudflare's Co-Founder & CEO, Matthew Prince, currently has an approval rating of 80%. Cloudflare's primary competitors are Imperva, Akamai & CDNetworks.

Website

cloudflare.com

Frequently Asked Questions about Cloudflare

  1. When was Cloudflare founded?

    Cloudflare was founded in 2009

  2. Who is Cloudflare's CEO?

    Cloudflare's CEO is Matthew Prince

  3. How much revenue does Cloudflare generate?

    Cloudflare generates $287M in revenue

  4. How much funding does Cloudflare have?

    Cloudflare has historically raised $957M in funding

  1. Where is Cloudflare's headquarters?

    Cloudflare's headquarters is in San Francisco California, USA

  2. How many employees does Cloudflare have?

    Cloudflare has 1,270 employees

  3. What sector does Cloudflare operate in?

    Cloudflare is in IT Services

  4. Who are Cloudflare's competitors?

    Cloudflare's top competitors are Imperva, Akamai, CDNetworks
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