What Is CloudFlare?

CloudFlare, a company that provides web performance and security services, is challenging traditional definitions of content delivery networks (CDNs). While CDN technology is part of what CloudFlare does, the company's broader capabilities extend beyond this. Unlike traditional CDNs, which only cache static content for some requests, CloudFlare handles all website requests, offering features such as attack mitigation, dynamic content modification, analytics, and more. Despite its growing popularity, with more websites using CloudFlare than all traditional CDNs combined, the company is still searching for a suitable category to accurately describe its services.