What I like most about Cloudflare Application Security and Performance is how it combines strong security and performance optimization in a single platform. It provides essential features such as DDoS protection, Web Application Firewall (WAF), and a global CDN, which together significantly improve both the security and responsiveness of my applications. In my personal setup, I use Cloudflare in front of a VPS hosted on DigitalOcean. I configured Cloudflare DNS and proxy (orange cloud) to route traffic through Cloudflare’s network instead of exposing my server directly to the internet. This helps reduce direct attack exposure on the origin server. Additionally, I experimented with Cloudflare WARP connectivity in my setup to secure traffic paths and improve routing stability for VPN-style access. This setup helps me manage traffic more safely while benefiting from Cloudflare’s edge network performance improvements.

Cloudflare has a great team that is when ever there was a downfall , it didn't affect our publishers directly and came back soon. The kind of insights we get from the dashboard is crazy which helps build trust with our clients.

Cloudflare is genuinely reliable and easy to use. I’ve been using it for years, and it has protected hundreds of my sites without going down.