Workers, storage and the edge as an application platform.
How well Cloudflare supports the people who look after it
- Protect93
- Change72
- Observe98
- Governance98
- Documentation95
- Data79
- Integrate84
- Support95
- Agents77
- Security92
The synopsis
AI-generated draft- ProtectLeading93
Backup and restore is a first-class part of Cloudflare, with the controls the practice needs.
- ChangeOptimizing72
Cloudflare supports code management, staging and rollback well enough to measure and tune it; much of it is self-service.
- ObserveLeading98
Schema monitoring and change visibility is a first-class part of Cloudflare, with the controls the practice needs.
- GovernanceLeading98
Users, authentication and access control is a first-class part of Cloudflare, with the controls the practice needs.
- DocumentationLeading95
Documentation in the platform and across teams is a first-class part of Cloudflare, with the controls the practice needs.
- DataOptimizing79
Cloudflare supports data cleansing, hygiene and integrity well enough to measure and tune it; much of it is self-service.
- IntegrateOptimizing84
Cloudflare supports integrations and how they are secured well enough to measure and tune it; much of it is self-service.
- SupportLeading95
Support from the platform and to end users is a first-class part of Cloudflare, with the controls the practice needs.
- AgentsOptimizing77
Cloudflare supports using AI in the job, and managing it inside the platform well enough to measure and tune it; much of it is self-service.
- SecurityLeading92
Access, secrets, audit and compliance is a first-class part of Cloudflare, with the controls the practice needs.
This is an estimate until the survey closes. After that, it is the score from everyone who answered for Cloudflare, labeled survey-generated and published with its report.
Three bodies, seats open.
The people who run Cloudflare’s part of the Alliance: a steering committee of five that makes the decisions, a certification working group that writes the exam, and an ops working group that looks after the community.
- Platform Steering Committee5 per platform
Everything specific to one platform. Reports to the Board.
Seats open - Platform Certification Working GroupPer platform
The deep experts. Drafts platform-specific questions and scoring for the Committee to approve.
Seats open - Platform Ops Working GroupUncapped
Content and moderation within the platform’s community.
Seats open
Cloudflare has not joined as a participating platform member. It is here because the people who use it registered for it.
Join for Cloudflare.
Every name on the join form counts toward the twenty Cloudflare needs to open, and toward seating its steering committee.
- Sep 2026 · nowFounding members join
Gathering initial interest: your name on the join form, and the first survey open, for every platform.
- Q1 2027First survey opens
The industry report, the rubric published with it, and the first benchmark.
- Summer 2027The Alliance forms
Three platforms at twenty, steering committees seated, the benefit corporation filed.
- AfterCertification opens
The exam follows the nine domains the survey measures.