Workers, storage and the edge as an application platform.
How well Cloudflare supports the role
- Protect93
- Change72
- Observe98
- Govern98
- Documentation95
- Data79
- Integrate84
- Support95
- Agents77
- Security92
The synopsis
AI-generated draft- ProtectLeading93
Backup and restore is a first-class part of Cloudflare, with the controls the practice needs.
- ChangeOptimizing72
Cloudflare supports code management, staging and rollback well enough to measure and tune it; much of it is self-service.
- ObserveLeading98
Schema monitoring and change visibility is a first-class part of Cloudflare, with the controls the practice needs.
- GovernLeading98
Users, authentication and access control is a first-class part of Cloudflare, with the controls the practice needs.
- DocumentationLeading95
Documentation in the platform and across teams is a first-class part of Cloudflare, with the controls the practice needs.
- DataOptimizing79
Cloudflare supports data cleansing, hygiene and integrity well enough to measure and tune it; much of it is self-service.
- IntegrateOptimizing84
Cloudflare supports integrations and how they are secured well enough to measure and tune it; much of it is self-service.
- SupportLeading95
Support from the platform and to end users is a first-class part of Cloudflare, with the controls the practice needs.
- AgentsOptimizing77
Cloudflare supports using AI in the job, and managing it inside the platform well enough to measure and tune it; much of it is self-service.
- SecurityLeading92
Access, secrets, audit and compliance is a first-class part of Cloudflare, with the controls the practice needs.
An estimate until the survey closes; then the number from everyone who answered for Cloudflare, labeled survey-generated, published with its report.
Three bodies, seats open.
The people who run Cloudflare’s corner of the Alliance. A steering committee of three decides; the certification working group writes the exam; the ops working group keeps the community.
- Platform Steering Committee3 per platform
Everything specific to one platform. Reports to the Board.
Seats open - Platform Certification Working GroupPer platform
The deep experts. Drafts platform-specific questions and scoring for the Committee to approve.
Seats open - Platform Ops Working GroupUncapped
Content and moderation within the platform’s community.
Seats open
Supported by its practitioners. Cloudflare has not joined as a participating platform member.
Join for Cloudflare.
Every name on the join form counts toward Cloudflare’s twenty, and toward a seat on its steering committee.
- Sep 2026 · nowFounding members join
Gathering initial interest: your name on the join form, and the first survey open, for every platform.
- Q1 2027Survey’s open
The industry report, the rubric published with it, and the first benchmark.
- Summer 2027The Alliance forms
Three platforms at twenty, steering committees seated, the benefit corporation filed.
- AfterCertification opens
The exam follows the nine domains the survey measures.