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The place where Cloudflare truly doesn't have competition is in the non-enterprise space. If you're worried about your blog or SMB website getting overloaded or
by DoctorOW 6y ago
The place where Cloudflare truly doesn't have competition is in the non-enterprise space. If you're worried about your blog or SMB website getting overloaded or attacked you'd probably be pretty tempted to switch to Cloudflare's free plan. I can't imagine Akamai or Verizon even bothering themselves with a customer that small.
- manigandham 6y agoAnd many of those small customers have turned into large customers. Clearly their success shows that it's a big market so it's even more strange that there's such a lack of competition.
- ac29 6y agoAs near as I can tell, Cloudflare has never turned a profit, so its debatable to what extent they have been a "success". Not every business is comfortable running at a loss indefinitely.
- ksec 6y agoWell Cloudflare is now publicly listed, and as far as I can tell, they are investing far more in growth, hence the loss. And their cash flow is pretty damn good with growing revenue. Not a problem in today's ultra low interest rate. As a matter of fact, it is the preferred model in today's economic climate.
- manigandham 6y agoIt's a public company with about 80% gross profit margin and growing rapidly. It seems they're taking the best approach in reinvesting to scale as much as possible while they can.