[lovedswain]

Gentle reminder when receiving something for free, it's useful to keep in mind what the other party is receiving from you in return, and in this case, from all your users through your consent. I'm not sure what CloudFlare gain from offering this, but traffic data would seem the most obvious angle.

So I guess from my perspective, I'd treat this with roughly the same scepticism as a free hosting service provided by Google Analytics, at least until the bigger picture is made a little more clear.

[nindalf]

It's easier to understand if you're aware of their business model. They have a generous free plan, but if you're building a serious website and need tech support you'd be willing to pay $20/month or more. That's a fair trade. This is similar to the generous free/introductory tiers on other cloud providers.