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Cloudflare sells subscriptions to cloud services, not installed software. Application services are plans billed per domain (Free, Pro, Business, Enterprise), Zero Trust is licensed per Seat, and the developer platform is billed on metered usage, under either the Self-Serve Subscription Agreement or the Enterprise Subscription Agreement.

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Overview articleCloudflare licensingCloudflare sells subscriptions to cloud services, not installed software. Application services are plans billed per domain (Free, Pro, Business, Enterprise), Zero Trust is licensed per Seat, and the developer platform is billed on metered usage, under either the Self-Serve Subscription Agreement or the Enterprise Subscription Agreement.Cited · Edited 2026-10-07 · 16 references

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Cloudflare application services plansCited · Edited 2026-10-07Cloudflare Zero Trust seat licensingCited · Edited 2026-10-07Cloudflare Workers and developer platform pricingCited · Edited 2026-10-07Cloudflare self-serve and enterprise subscription agreementsCited · Edited 2026-10-07

Licensing Data

From the Cloudflare catalog: how usage is counted, the rules that apply, the programs licences are bought through and the SKUs. Backed by 51 verbatim excerpts from 21 Cloudflare documents.

Products

All 19 Products

Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS) Software 7

Cloudflare R2, Cloudflare Workers, Durable Objects, Pages Functions, Workers for Platforms, Workers KV, Workflows

Content Delivery Network (CDN) Software 5

Cloudflare Business plan, Cloudflare Enterprise plan, Cloudflare for SaaS, Cloudflare Free plan, Cloudflare Pro plan

Zero Trust Architecture Software 4

Cloudflare Access, Cloudflare Gateway, Cloudflare One, Cloudflare Zero Trust

Web Security Software 1

Cloudflare application services

Database Software 1

D1

Generative AI Software 1

Workers AI

Product History

All acquisitions
  1. Cloudflare acquired Area 1 SecurityAnnounced 2022-02-23 · Closed 2022-04-01

    Cloudflare acquired Area 1 Security, a cloud-native email security vendor, to add phishing and business email compromise protection to its Zero Trust platform.

    Legacy productBecame
    Area 1 Security email protectionMerged into Cloudflare email security · Integrated with Cloudflare's Zero Trust services
    Licensing impact
    • Cloudflare announced the acquisition on 23 February 2022 and expected it to close early in the second quarter of 2022.[1]
    • Before closing, Cloudflare said it planned to make enterprise-grade email security tools available to its customers once the acquisition closed.[2]
    • Cloudflare completed the acquisition on 1 April 2022.[3]
    Sources and full product history
  2. Cloudflare acquired ZarazAnnounced 2021-12-08 · Closed 2021

    Cloudflare acquired Zaraz, which loads third-party marketing and analytics tools in the cloud to speed up websites. It was the first company Cloudflare acquired that was built on Cloudflare Workers.

    Licensing impact
    • Cloudflare announced on 8 December 2021 that it had acquired Zaraz, the first company it acquired that was built on its own Workers platform.[1]
    Sources and full product history
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