Cloudflare CDN Product Review: Tangible Gains in Core Web Vitals and Security

Product Rating Aug 12 2025
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Faster loading, safer edge: CDN, WAF and bot protection together

Expected effects on LCP/INP/CLS with Cloudflare CDN; Practical benefits of WAF, bot management, and caching strategies.

With the right cache and security policies, tangible gains are achieved in both speed and security.

Cloudflare CDN Review

Cloudflare isn't just a CDN; WAF touches Core Web Vitals and security together with bot management and the Zero Trust family of products.

Performance Impact

  • Smart cache and stale-while-revalidate
  • Image/asset optimization and HTTP/3
  • Close calculation with edge functions

Security Layer

  • WAF rules, rate limiting, bot scoring
  • DDoS mitigation and country/ASN-based policies

Who Is It For?

  • Conversion and SEO-focused teams on e-commerce and content sites
  • Platforms with a wide global traffic and attack surface

The result: With the right configuration, CWV metrics and security score improve quickly.