Cloudflare is a global network designed to make everything you connect to the Internet secure, private, fast, and reliable.

• Secure your websites, APIs, and Internet applications.

• Protect corporate networks, employees, and devices.

• Write and deploy code that runs on the network edge.

One free year of the Cloudflare startup plan includes Cloudflare core platform package of:

• CDN & Managed DNS (global cloud network of 200 cities; one (1) domain with one (1) custom SSL certificate; Image optimization)

• WAF (Advanced web application firewall (WAF) with 50 custom rulesets)

• Advanced DDOS (Unmetered mitigation of DDoS attacks with network prioritization)

• 100 page rules; role-based account access and 24/7/365 Email Support

Plus special access to advanced features:

Workers Ecosystem:

• Cloudflare Workers, our serverless computing platform

• Workers KV, global, low-latency, key-value data store

• Cloudflare Pages, build and deploy from git

Video streaming, Images:

• R2, store unstructured data without egress fees

• Cloudflare Stream, our video streaming service

• Cloudflare Images, store, resize, optimize and deliver images

• Image Resizing: resize, adjust quality, and convert format on the edge

Security:

• Cloudflare Zero Trust, our authentication service

• Advanced Certificate Manager (ACM)

• Cloudflare for SaaS (previously called SSL for SaaS)

• Spectrum, security and acceleration for any TCP or UDP

• Area 1 Email Security, comprehensive email security solution

And more:

• Waiting Room, queue site visitors during legitimate traffic surge

• Rate Limiting, define rate limits for requests matching an expression

• Load Balancing, distributes traffic across servers

• Argo Smart Routing, intelligently routing traffic around Internet congestion

Eligibility requirements:

• Not already on startup plan

• Raised less than $3M USD in venture capital (or equivalent in other currencies)

• Currently in accelerator program, or less than 1 year after graduation