PLATFORM PROFILE

Cloudflare

DNS, CDN and a free tier that hosts static sites.

6published0not published2not checked yet2026-09-07last checked

Counts, not a score. 6 of 8 things we look for are published by Cloudflare, and 2 we have not checked yet. A ratio would need a denominator from outside this site. A count does not.

What it costs you

What it really costs to startAll in, not the first-year promotional price.Free plan costs nothing; paid website plans advertised from $20 a month.Free plan, then from $20/month · source · checked 2026-09-07

What it costs to keep alivePer year, once the introductory pricing is over.Pro is billed per domain at $25/month month-to-month, so the bill scales with the number of sites, not traffic.$25/month per domain on Pro · source · checked 2026-09-07

The gate before the first cent

The gate before it pays anythingThe traffic, sales or balance you must reach before a single cent moves.We have not checked this one yet. That is our gap, not theirs.

How long before the first paymentThe gap you have to fund out of your own pocket.We have not checked this one yet. That is our gap, not theirs.

Is it yours or theirs

Who owns what you buildYours, or a room you are allowed to sit in until the rules change?The customer keeps all right, title and interest in the data, content and code sent through the services.Customer keeps title to content · source · checked 2026-09-07

Can you take it with youThe domain, the list, the content. What actually leaves with you.A registered domain can be moved to any other registrar using an auth code Cloudflare generates in the dashboard.Domain leaves with an auth code · source · checked 2026-09-07

Can it be soldIs there a resale market, and what does it pay?The account cannot be sold or assigned to a buyer without Cloudflare's prior written consent.No account transfer without consent · source · checked 2026-09-07

What takes it all awayThe single rule, ban or dependency that ends it overnight.Cloudflare may terminate or suspend the account at any time, with or without notice, for any reason or no reason at all.Termination at sole discretion · source · checked 2026-09-07

How to read this page

The ten things above are not our idea of what matters. They are what the checklists in twenty hand-written articles on this site already asked, counted up: country and eligibility came first in nineteen of them, waiting time and what you are paid in came next. The payout minimum, the number most people search for, barely appeared. It is one row here, not the headline.

A row marked not publishedmeans we opened the company's own pages looking for it and it was not there. That is a finding, and it is dated. A row marked not checked yet means we have not done the work. Those two are kept apart on purpose: an empty box because we were slow should never look like an empty box because they were quiet.

Found something that has moved? Tell us. It gets checked against the source and the change is dated on the corrections page.

ALL PLATFORMS