# Cloudflare

Tool · [Standard tools and platforms](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tools)

Also called: Cloud flare, Cloudflair, Cloudflare Workers, Cloudflare Pages, Cloud flair, CF

A company that runs a global network for websites and apps. It offers [caching](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/cdn), [DNS](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/dns), [domain](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/domain) registration, protection from attacks, and a platform for [hosting](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/hosting) sites and running [serverless](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/serverless) code on that network.

**For example:** A [founder](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/founder) [deploys](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/deployment) a [static site](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/static-site) to Cloudflare. Visitors around the world load it from a nearby location on Cloudflare's network.

Official site: <https://www.cloudflare.com>

## Connects to (9)

- [CDN](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/cdn): Content delivery network.
- [Edge](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/edge): Running code and storing data in many locations close to users, instead of in one distant data center, mainly so responses arrive faster.
- [DNS](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/dns): Domain Name System.
- [Serverless](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/serverless): A way to run code where the cloud provider sets up and looks after the servers.
- [Hosting](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/hosting): Renting space on a server so your site or app can be reached on the internet at all hours.
- [Vercel](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/vercel): A platform for deploying and hosting web apps.
- [Netlify](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/netlify): A hosting platform for websites and web apps.
- [Cloudflare D1](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/cloudflare-d1): Cloudflare's managed database built on SQLite, used by apps running on Cloudflare's network.
- [Cloudflare R2](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/cloudflare-r2): Cloudflare's object storage for files such as images and video.

## Follow

- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/cloudflare)
- [X](https://x.com/cloudflare)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/cloudflare)


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