Cloudflare recognized as a leader in web application firewall solutions by Forrester Research

Cloudflare has received recognition from Forrester Research as a Leader in the Forrester Wave™: Web Application Firewall (WAF) Solutions, Q1 2025 report. The company's WAF earned the highest possible scores in 15 out of 22 assessed criteria, including areas such as product security and innovation.

Matthew Prince, co-founder and CEO of Cloudflare, stated, “Since our founding, Cloudflare’s WAF has been a cornerstone offering for millions of customers who depend on us to buy valuable time to patch their systems before hackers can find and exploit vulnerable applications. We're proud to be recognized as a Leader by Forrester in this space, further underscoring our continued investment and success in building the best platform for protecting APIs and application web traffic — unmatched by any competitor.”

The report highlighted that Cloudflare provides an effective unified web application protection platform, praising its efficiency features. Cloudflare asserts that its leader status reflects ongoing investments in solutions that address evolving security threats, leveraging insights from its global network to protect against vulnerabilities.

Forrester evaluated ten vendors based on criteria including current offerings, strategy, and customer feedback, underlining Cloudflare’s standing in the market.