Product scores
Product scores
49 products, one operator, a decade of production. 14 recommended · 29 with caveats · 6 not recommended. Would I recommend each one today, out of 10?
| Product | Category | Score ↓ | Score meter | Updated | Open | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------- | ------- | ------------ | ------- | ---- | | CDN & Caching | Network | 10/10 | Jul 12, 2026 | | | | DDoS Protection | Security | 10/10 | Jul 12, 2026 | | | | DNS | Network | 10/10 | Jul 12, 2026 | | | | Workers | Compute | 10/10 | Jul 12, 2026 | | | | Access (Zero Trust) | SASE / Zero Trust | 9/10 | Jul 12, 2026 | | | | Cloudflare Tunnel | SASE / Zero Trust | 9/10 | Jul 12, 2026 | | | | KV | Storage | 9/10 | Jul 12, 2026 | | | | SSL/TLS | Security | 9/10 | Jul 12, 2026 | | | | WAF | Security | 9/10 | Jul 12, 2026 | | | | Email Routing | Network | 8/10 | Jul 12, 2026 | | | | Hyperdrive | Storage | 8/10 | Jul 12, 2026 | | | | Registrar | Network | 8/10 | Jul 12, 2026 | | | | Turnstile | Security | 8/10 | Jul 12, 2026 | | | | Workflows | Compute | 8/10 | Jul 12, 2026 | | | | AI Gateway | AI | 7/10 | Jul 12, 2026 | | | | Browser Run | Compute | 7/10 | Jul 12, 2026 | | | | Email Workers | Compute | 7/10 | Jul 12, 2026 | | | | Rate Limiting | Security | 7/10 | Jul 12, 2026 | | | | Rules | Network | 7/10 | Jul 12, 2026 | | | | Snippets | Network | 7/10 | Jul 12, 2026 | | | | Stream | Media | 7/10 | Jul 12, 2026 | | | | Workers Analytics Engine | Storage | 7/10 | Jul 12, 2026 | | | | Workers Observability | Compute | 7/10 | Jul 13, 2026 | | | | Argo Smart Routing | Network | 6/10 | Jul 12, 2026 | | | | Bot Management | Network | 6/10 | Jul 12, 2026 | | | | Email Service | Compute | 6/10 | Jul 12, 2026 | | | | Gateway | SASE / Zero Trust | 6/10 | Jul 12, 2026 | | | | Images | Media | 6/10 | Jul 12, 2026 | | | | Load Balancing | Network | 6/10 | Jul 12, 2026 | | | | Pages | Compute | 6/10 | Jul 12, 2026 | | | | Queues | Storage | 6/10 | Jul 12, 2026 | | | | R2 | Storage | 6/10 | Jul 12, 2026 | | | | Secrets Store | Security | 6/10 | Jul 12, 2026 | | | | Waiting Room | Network | 6/10 | Jul 12, 2026 | | | | Workers for Platforms | Compute | 6/10 | Jul 12, 2026 | | | | API Shield | Network | 5/10 | Jul 12, 2026 | | | | Containers | Compute | 5/10 | Jul 12, 2026 | | | | Pipelines | Storage | 5/10 | Jul 12, 2026 | | | | Rate Limiting (Workers binding) | Compute | 5/10 | Jul 12, 2026 | | | | Realtime | Media | 5/10 | Jul 12, 2026 | | | | Spectrum | Network | 5/10 | Jul 12, 2026 | | | | Vectorize | AI | 5/10 | Jul 12, 2026 | | | | Web Analytics | Network | 5/10 | Jul 12, 2026 | | | | AI Search | AI | 4/10 | Jul 12, 2026 | | | | Zaraz | Network | 4/10 | Jul 12, 2026 | | | | Cloudflare Fonts | Network | 3/10 | Jul 12, 2026 | | | | D1 | Storage | 3/10 | Jul 12, 2026 | | | | Workers AI | AI | 3/10 | Jul 12, 2026 | | | | Durable Objects | Compute | 2/10 | Jul 12, 2026 | | |
Scoring: 8–10 recommend · 5–7 recommend with caveats · 0–4 would not recommend. Personal, anecdotal opinions from a decade of production use — how to read these.