Cloudflare has been recognized as a Leader in “The Forrester Wave™: Web Application Firewall Solutions, Q1 2025” report. Cloudflare received the highest score in the current offering category.
Cloudflare views this recognition as validation of our platform approach to security, aligned to user workflows and built to deliver broad-based mitigations. Cloudflare’s WAF, as part of our integrated Application Security solution, provides organizations with DevOps-friendly, comprehensive application protections enhanced by machine learning and threat intelligence.
According to the report, “Cloudflare is a strong option for customers that want to manage an easy-to-use, unified web application protection platform that will continue to innovate.”
Cloudflare received the highest possible score of 5.0/5.0 in 15 criteria:
- Detection models
- Innovation
- Partner ecosystem
- DevOps & scanning integrations
- And more
