CLOUDFLARE
Cloudflare Partner & Cloudflare One Deployment
Cloudflare's global edge in front of your site, app, and network — performance, security, and identity-aware access on one platform. We deploy and tune the whole Cloudflare One stack, not just a CDN with the defaults on.
WHAT'S INCLUDED
Core capabilities
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Performance — CDN, APO, image optimization
Static-asset delivery from Cloudflare's 300+ city edge plus Automatic Platform Optimization (APO) for WordPress — full-page caching at the edge that survives logged-in dashboards. Polish and Mirage for image compression and lazy-load.
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Security — WAF, DDoS, Bot Management
OWASP-rule WAF, managed rule sets tuned to your stack, layer 3-7 DDoS mitigation that absorbs attacks at the edge, and Bot Management to separate Googlebot from credential-stuffing scripts.
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Cloudflare One — Zero Trust / SASE
Access (identity-aware ZTNA replacing VPN), Gateway (DNS + HTTP filtering for outbound traffic), Tunnel (origin connector with no inbound ports), WARP (device agent), Browser Isolation, CASB for M365 / Workspace, and DLP — all in the same dashboard.
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Turnstile CAPTCHA + Email Security
Drop-in privacy-respecting CAPTCHA for forms (replaces reCAPTCHA, no Google tracking), plus Cloudflare Email Security (formerly Area 1) for phishing and BEC defense at the inbox edge.
WHY IT MATTERS
Why Cloudflare One specifically
Cloudflare runs one of the largest networks on the public internet — 300+ cities, more than a third of the Fortune 1000 routing traffic through it. That global edge is the same delivery layer for the CDN that serves your marketing site, the WAF that filters attacks before they reach the origin, the Zero Trust Network Access that replaces your VPN, and the SWG that filters DNS lookups on your laptop. One platform, one dashboard, one set of policies — instead of bolting four vendors together.
Cloudflare One is the consolidated answer to the SASE / Zero Trust pattern most SMBs end up needing: identity-aware access to private apps without exposing them to the internet, browser-isolated access to risky sites, CASB visibility into your M365 / Workspace tenants, and DLP on outbound web traffic. We tune it for your environment — including the parts where Cloudflare defaults break WordPress admin or Google Workspace mail flow until they're configured correctly.
ONE PLATFORM, FEWER VENDORS
What Cloudflare One replaces
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Your VPN
replaced by Access + Tunnel
Identity-aware access to specific internal apps for specific users — no inbound ports, no VPN client to debug.
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A bolt-on WAF
replaced by the managed WAF
OWASP-rule WAF and layer 3–7 DDoS mitigation at the same edge that serves your site — not a second appliance to run.
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reCAPTCHA
replaced by Turnstile
Privacy-respecting CAPTCHA for forms with no Google tracking — a drop-in replacement.
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A separate email gateway
replaced by Email Security
Phishing and BEC defense in front of Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace via MX — catching threats the built-in filters miss.
COMMON QUESTIONS
Frequently Asked Questions
What's the difference between free Cloudflare and the paid plans?
Free Cloudflare gets you the CDN, basic DDoS protection, and SSL — useful, and we use it for many clients' marketing sites. Paid plans (Pro / Business / Enterprise) add WAF managed rules, Image Optimization, APO for WordPress, advanced bot management, and an SLA. Cloudflare One (Zero Trust + Gateway + CASB) is a separate set of SKUs sized per-user. We size against the actual need.
Do I need Cloudflare One just for my WordPress site?
No. A WordPress site typically benefits from Cloudflare's CDN + WAF + APO — those are the Pro or Business plan. Cloudflare One is for when you also have private apps you'd like to retire VPN for, SaaS posture you want monitored, or laptops you want browsing through a managed DNS filter.
Can Cloudflare One really replace my corporate VPN?
Yes, for most SMB use cases. Cloudflare Access + Tunnel exposes specific internal apps to specific users without a network-level tunnel — better security model, faster for the user, no VPN client to debug. WARP handles the cases where you do want a full device-level tunnel. We typically run both in parallel during a transition and cut over when the new policies are validated.
What about email — does Cloudflare do email security?
Yes — Cloudflare Email Security (formerly Area 1) is the phishing / BEC / malware defense at the inbox edge. It sits in front of Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace via MX record and catches a class of threats that Microsoft Defender / Google's built-in filter still miss. Optional but high value for any org that takes phishing seriously.
Will turning on Cloudflare break my WordPress admin?
It can if defaults are left untuned — caching admin URLs is the classic mistake. We configure page rules / cache rules to exclude /wp-admin/ and /wp-login.php, set up the Cloudflare for WordPress plugin (or APO), and validate everything before the cutover. After that, the WordPress backend is just as responsive as before — usually faster.
How does Cloudflare compare to AWS CloudFront, Akamai, or Fastly?
CloudFront is excellent if you're deep in AWS already, but it's a CDN with bolt-on security and no Zero Trust story. Akamai is enterprise-tier and priced like it. Fastly is great for engineering-heavy orgs that want VCL-level control. Cloudflare's value for SMBs is breadth + ease — performance, security, and Zero Trust on one platform you can actually manage without a dedicated team.
Ready to talk about Cloudflare?
First conversation is always free. Tell us what you're trying to solve and we'll scope a fit.