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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

84/100

OVERVIEW

Founded:

2009

Headquarters:

San FranciscoCalifornia

Status:

PublicNYSENET

Industry Sector:

IT Services

SIC Code:

7371NAICS listing »

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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 185 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 791 fewer employees than Cloudflare.

RANK

COMPANY

LEADERSHIP

CEO SCORE

EMPLOYEES

TOTAL FUNDING

REVENUE

Matthew Prince

Co-Founder & CEO

- -
1,191
$957M
$192.7M
1

Pam Murphy

CEO

64/100
993
$143.7M
$351.8M
2

Tom Leighton

Co-Founder & CEO

64/100
7,519
$277.4M
$2.8B
3

CEO

- -
400
$96.5M
$99M
4

Andy Jassy

CEO

93/100
25,000
- -
$25.6B
5

Artur Bergman

CEO

84/100
489
$607M
$199.2M
6

Robert A. Lento

President & CEO

89/100
563
$370M
$200.6M
7

Alex Kazerani

Chairman & CEO

68/100
337
$74M
$146.4M
8

Cheong Kong Wai

Co-Founder & CEO

60/100
20
- -
$ < 1M
9

CEO

- -
87
- -
$15M
10

Tony Perez

General Manager

82/100
100
- -
$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 35.1K employees. Cloudflare has 1,191 employees and is ranked 3rd among it's top 10 competitors. The top 10 competitors average 3,336.

Quarterly and Annual Revenue

Trailing 12-Months Trend (TTM)

Annual Revenue

$192.7M

Cloudflare's revenue is the ranked 6th 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

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Cloudflare News

February 14, 2020The Republic

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February 14, 2020Benzinga

101domain Becomes a Cloudflare Partner to Help Brand Owners Improve Website Security and Performance

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February 14, 2020TheMarketsDaily

Cloudflare (NYSE:NET) Releases Earnings Results, Beats Expectations By $0.04 EPS

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February 13, 2020MarketWatch

Cloudflare shares jump 5% as revenue beats expectations

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February 13, 2020MarketScreener

Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2019 Financial Results

(marketscreener.com) Fiscal year 2019 revenue totaled $287 million, growing 49% year-over-year Q4 rev... See more »
February 13, 2020Themarketsdaily

Cloudflare (NYSE:NET) Releases FY 2020 After-Hours Earnings Guidance

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February 11, 2020Data Economy

EdgeMicro completes agreement with Cloudflare for edge data centre deployment in 30+ markets

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February 11, 2020Zolmax News

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February 10, 2020CRN Australia

Cloudflare seeks more local security partners

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January 27, 2020The Next Web

Cloudflare provided CDN services to sites hosting exploitative child content

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Cloudflare Blogs

February 11, 2020Cloudflare Blog

The Serverlist: Globally Distributed Websites, $16M Series A, and more

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February 10, 2020Cloudflare Blog

Vetflare, Cloudflare's Military Veteran Employee Group Launches

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January 29, 2020Cloudflare Blog

JAMstack at the Edge: How we built Built with Workers… on Workers

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January 29, 2020Cloudflare Blog

Announcing Built with Workers

Ever since its initial release, Cloudflare Workers has given JavaScript developers a platform to enab... See more »
January 28, 2020Cloudflare Blog

Empowering Your Privacy

Happy Data Privacy Day! At Cloudflare, our mission is to help build a better Internet, and we believe... See more »
January 27, 2020Cloudflare Blog

JavaScript Libraries Are Almost Never Updated Once Installed

An analysis, based on CDNJS data, of when and if JavaScript libraries are updated after being install... See more »
January 16, 2020Cloudflare Blog

Announcing the Cloudflare Access App Launch

Every person joining your team has the same question on Day One: how do I find and connect to the app... See more »
January 14, 2020Cloudflare Blog

A cost-effective and extensible testbed for transport protocol development

At Cloudflare, we develop protocols at multiple layers of the network stack. In the past, we focused ... See more »
January 12, 2020Cloudflare Blog

Helping mitigate the Citrix NetScaler CVE with Cloudflare Access

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January 8, 2020Cloudflare Blog

Accelerating UDP packet transmission for QUIC

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Cloudflare Press Releases

November 7, 2019Business Wire

Cloudflare Announces Third Quarter Financial Results

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October 15, 2019Business Wire

Cloudflare Announces Date of Third Quarter 2019 Financial Results

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August 14, 2019Korea Newswire

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

Cloudflare, a leading Internet security, performance, and reliability company, today announced Magic ... See more »
September 26, 2018PRWeb

Backblaze B2 Now Includes Free Data Transfer to Cloudflare

As founding members of the Bandwidth Alliance, Backblaze joins Cloudflare to bring the best and most ... See more »
June 28, 2018PRZOOM

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

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June 26, 2018PR Newswire

Cloudflare and Hoplite Form Strategic Partnership & Integration

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April 27, 2018GlobeNewswire

Cloudflare在第一季度實現近30%的網絡增長

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April 27, 2018GlobeNewswire

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April 13, 2018GlobeNewswire

Cloudflare, 인터넷에 연결된 모든 대상을 보호하는 Spectrum 공개

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March 15, 2018GlobeNewswire

Cloudflare, IBM과의 협업 통해 클라우드 보안, 성능 향상시키는 네트워크 엣지 솔루션 공급

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Cloudflare Videos

November 14, 2019Cloudflare Vimeo Channel

"How to Plan for Performance and Scale for Multiplayer Games" on VIMEO

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"eCommerce Spotlight: Lucky Vitamin" on VIMEO

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"The Advent of Serverless Technologies" on VIMEO

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December 17, 2018Cloudflare Vimeo Channel

"DDoS 방어를 위한 Cloudflare 활용법" on VIMEO

최근 몇 년 동안 한국, 싱가포르, 일본, 중국 같은 국가에서 DDoS 공격이 빈번하게 발생하고 있습니다. 또한 2018년에는 Memcached 서버를 이용하는 대규모 DDoS 공격... See more »
December 14, 2018Cloudflare Vimeo Channel

"The 2019 Security Strategy" on VIMEO

How are you planning to secure your employees, your company, and your customers in 2019?Prior to join... See more »
December 8, 2018Cloudflare Vimeo Channel

"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

In this webinar, we'll discuss how to swap out wrestling Varnish Configuration Language (VCL) with wr... See more »
September 12, 2018Cloudflare Vimeo Channel

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

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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 84%. Cloudflare's primary competitors are Imperva, Akamai & CDNetworks.

Website

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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 $192.7M 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 1,191 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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