Lacking advanced analytics and API security in Cloudflare

7/10 High

Cloudflare's built-in capabilities for critical data metrics and API security are insufficient, forcing teams to pipe data into third-party services like Datadog and build custom application logic for security concerns.

Category
monitoring
Workaround
hack
Stage
monitoring
Freshness
persistent
Scope
single_lib
Recurring
Yes
Buyer Type
enterprise
Maintainer
slow

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Collection History

Query: “What are the most common pain points with Cloudflare for developers in 2025?4/8/2026

Panelists also point to limitations in Cloudflare's built-in capabilities for critical data metrics. We pipe a lot of our stuff into Datadog, and then turn around and use things like blocking IPs or obvious sort of security concerns for people being naughty, that Cloudflare is happy to pass. There are enhancements that we've had to build from an application logic standpoint using effectively a third party, because it's not specifically baked into the platform.

Created: 4/8/2026Updated: 4/8/2026