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Cloudflare: Why You Should Use Cloudflare Enterprise

Boost speed and security with Cloudflare Enterprise on Cloudways. Get CDN, DDoS protection, WAF, and global performance in one click.

Written by Syed Abuzar Mehdi
Updated over 8 months ago

Website performance and security are critical for online success, and that’s where Cloudflare Enterprise comes in.

As part of the Cloudways Cloudflare Enterprise Add-on, you get access to a global CDN, advanced DDoS protection, and an intelligent WAF — all designed to keep your applications secure and lightning-fast.

Unlike the standard Cloudflare plan, the Enterprise version is built for mission-critical websites that demand reliability, compliance, and superior performance.

With seamless integration on the Cloudways Platform, you can enable Cloudflare Enterprise in just a few clicks, without worrying about manual configurations or complex setups.


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What is Cloudflare

Cloudflare is a popular cloud-based service that delivers services like Content Delivery Network, DNS, SSL, website protection, page caching, and acceleration.

Cloudflare is a global network of distributed servers designed to make everything you connect to the Internet secure, private, fast, and reliable.

The network is spread over 100+ countries (that's more than half the countries in the world), covering more than 200 unique locations.

How Does Cloudflare Work

When a website doesn’t use Cloudflare, every visitor request goes directly to the server where the site is hosted. If too many users visit at the same time, the server can become overloaded, slowing down your website.

Cloudflare solves this by acting as a proxy between your visitors and your server. Instead of reaching your server directly, requests are routed through the Cloudflare network, which stores cached copies of your website content across multiple global data centers.

This means visitors are served content from the nearest Cloudflare data center based on their location, resulting in faster load times and reduced server strain.

In addition to speeding up your site, Cloudflare continuously monitors all incoming traffic to block malicious requests, filter out bad bots, and protect against potential attacks.

For example, if your website is hosted in the United Kingdom and a visitor from Canada tries to access it, the request doesn’t have to travel all the way to the UK server. Instead, Cloudflare delivers the content directly from its nearest Canadian data center, ensuring a faster, more secure browsing experience.

Cloudflare Enterprise

The Cloudflare Enterprise add-on is for mission-critical applications that are critical to your business. By integrating the Cloudflare Enterprise add-on with your application, you access 200+ unique locations for the Global Content Delivery Network, an intelligent website firewall, and many performance and security features. Whether you are a small, medium, or large-sized business, the Enterprise plan is the right choice.

  • Priority DDoS protection

  • Enterprise Content Delivery Network (CDN)

  • Intelligent Web Application Firewall (WAF)

  • Image optimization with Polish

  • Brotli Compression

  • Mobile optimization with Mirage

  • PCI DSS Compliance

  • HTTP/3 Support

  • Reserved for Cloudways IPs & prioritized routing


Enhance your site's speed and security with Cloudflare Enterprise. Start leveraging top-tier protection today! Protect Your Site with Cloudflare.


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