Cloudflare Gateway

A cloud-native, low-latency Secure Web Gateway (SWG)

With visibility into approximately 20% of the web, Cloudflare’s unmatched network scale protects employee Internet browsing and blocks breach-causing threats.

Benefits of Cloudflare Gateway

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Accelerate user Internet access

No more traffic backhauling. Our single-pass inspection is 50% faster than SWG alternatives.

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Block known and unknown threats

Cloudflare's DNS and HTTP telemetry and threat detection models catch more risks.

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Monitor traffic across your network

Stack in-line Zero Trust services to provide holistic Internet traffic visibility across users, devices, and locations.

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Easy implementation and management

Streamline policy building and auditing with predefined categories.

How it works

Inspect browser traffic from our global network

Our Secure Web Gateway runs everywhere in Cloudflare’s global network, letting you inspect traffic wherever employees work.

It also runs in-line with our data loss prevention and remote browser isolation — offering secure browsing with no disruptions.

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Learn how Gateway works within Cloudflare’s SASE platform

ANALYST RECOGNITION

What top analysts say

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Cloudflare named a Visionary in 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for SASE Platforms
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Scored 2nd highest in ‘Strategy’ category in The Forrester Wave™: Zero Trust Platforms, Q3 2025
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Cloudflare a Strong Performer in The Forrester Wave™: Email, Messaging, And Collaboration Security Solutions, Q2 2025
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What our customers are saying

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“Algolia is growing pretty fast. We needed a way to have visibility across our corporate network without slowing things down for our employees. Gateway gave us a simple way to do that.”

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TOP GATEWAY USE CASES

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Protect against phishing and ransomware

Block attacks with proactive filtering and inspection policies across many security categories.

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Secure distributed remote offices

Protect office users across any location with DNS filtering or more advanced inspections.