What is Cloudflare?
Cloudflare is a full edge platform. Beyond DNS and CDN, it offers Workers (edge compute), R2 (S3-compatible storage), D1 (SQLite), Pages (static hosting with functions), and a rapidly growing list of managed services.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- ✓ Generous free tier.
- ✓ DNS, CDN, WAF, edge runtime in one pane.
Cons
- ✗ Workers platform quirks.
- ✗ Dashboard UX can feel dense.
Alternatives to Cloudflare
FAQ
Cloudflare Workers vs Vercel Functions?+−
Workers for global edge-first workloads and low cost; Vercel for tight Next.js integration.