I must disagree, and wish I had more data on how many sites host with cloudflare because it's free. I just checked, fastly is $50 per month, and Akamai doesn't

I must disagree, and wish I had more data on how many sites host with cloudflare because it's free. I just checked, fastly is $50 per month, and Akamai doesn't list pricing so let's assume it's more. Cloudflare has had network affects from integration with wordpress and cpanel too I believe for some time now. without cloudflare your site can be taken offline by any random person willing to spend $20 for ddos sellers. The free plan is a pretty big moat imho, especially if 'half the internet can fail..' - I doubt 10% of those sites would be using cloudflare if there was a monthly fee pushed on them. Admittedly, my cloudflare usage is only about 30 sites, so my data point is small. The few hosting and design clients I have and their budget constraints are not indicative of 'half the internet' - but I don't believe fortune 500 and SV sites are either.