We are thrilled to announce that Cloudflare has been named a ‘Leader’ in “The Forrester Wave™: Edge Development Platforms, Q1 2026” report.
We believe this recognition validates Cloudflare’s clear, standout vision for a serverless strategy that prioritizes performance, proximity, and developer velocity. The Cloudflare Developer Platform offers a globally distributed execution model that empowers modern engineering teams to deploy high-performance, location-optimized business logic without the daunting complexity of distributed systems.
According to the report, “Cloudflare is a strong fit for organizations that seek edge-first applications, APIs, and performance-critical user experiences, with momentum that increasingly extends into AI-driven workloads”.
Cloudflare received the highest possible scores of 5.0/5.0 in 12 criteria, including:
- Developer experience
- Initialization and deployment
- State and storage
- Scaling
- Performance and latency optimization
- Security and permissions
- AI application development
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