Cloudflare Web Analytics
cloudflare.com
- Free plan
- Web
- API
What Cloudflare Web Analytics is
Cloudflare Web Analytics helps website owners understand page usage and performance, with a dashboard for exploring hostnames, URLs, countries, status codes, and other measures. Filters and time ranges help narrow the view. Performance reporting includes Largest Contentful Paint, Interaction to Next Paint, and Cumulative Layout Shift, with URL filters and a debug view. Metrics can come from a JavaScript beacon in visitors’ browsers or from Cloudflare edge servers when a site is proxied through Cloudflare. Non-proxied sites install a JavaScript snippet; proxied sites can collect metrics without adding code. The service does not use cookies or localStorage for usage metrics and does not fingerprint people through IP addresses or User-Agent strings. It is available on all Cloudflare plans at no charge. Non-proxied sites can track up to 10 websites; proxied sites have no stated site limit, while aggregate dashboard viewing is limited to 1,000 websites at once. Rules apply only to proxied sites, with limits varying by plan.
Who it suits
It suits website owners who want usage and Core Web Vitals reporting, including those running sites through Cloudflare. Non-proxied sites can use it too, with a JavaScript snippet.
Good to know, and what to watch
- Free and available on all Cloudflare plans
- Reports Core Web Vitals with a debug view
- Does not use cookies or localStorage for metrics
- Proxied sites can collect without adding site code
- Non-proxied sites are limited to 10 tracked websites
- Aggregate dashboard view is capped at 1,000 websites
- Rules apply only to proxied sites
- Beacon does not collect data from Internet Explorer 11
Plans
Every plan and priceCloudflare Free
Cloudflare Web Analytics
Cloudflare Pro
Free plan
The verdict
Cloudflare Web Analytics provides free website usage and performance reporting, with collection options for proxied and non-proxied sites. Check its site, dashboard, and rule limits against your needs before choosing it.
What the maker publishes
- API access
- Yes source
- Available plans
- Web Analytics is available on all Cloudflare plans. source
- Browser limitation
- The beacon uses modern syntax and does not collect data from Internet Explorer 11 and similarly old browsers. source
- Collection methods
- Analytics can be collected through a JavaScript beacon in client browsers or at Cloudflare edge servers when a site is proxied through Cloudflare. source
- Company headquarters
- Cloudflare lists its San Francisco office as its headquarters. source
- Data retention
- extended source
- Event tracking
- No source
- Founded
- 2009 source
- Free plan
- Yes source
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, California, United States source
- Installation
- For non-proxied websites, setup uses a JavaScript snippet; proxied websites can collect metrics without adding code to the site. source
- Integration limitation
- The data-ingestion endpoint accepts POST requests, and Cloudflare says custom integrations directly with that endpoint are not supported; requests should originate from its JavaScript beacon. source
- Performance metrics
- Core Web Vitals includes Largest Contentful Paint, Interaction to Next Paint, and Cumulative Layout Shift, with URL and other filters and a debug view. source
- Privacy
- It does not use cookies or localStorage to collect usage metrics and does not fingerprint people using their IP address or User-Agent string. source
- Purpose
- Cloudflare Web Analytics helps website owners understand the performance of their web pages as experienced by site visitors. source
- Rule limits
- Web Analytics rules apply only to sites proxied through Cloudflare and are limited to 0 on Free, 5 on Pro, 20 on Business, and 100 on Enterprise. source
- Site limits
- Non-proxied sites are limited to 10 tracked websites, while proxied sites have no stated site limit; aggregate dashboard viewing is limited to 1,000 websites at once. source
- Trust and compliance
- Cloudflare says its certifications and compliance resources cover ISO 27001, ISO 27701, PCI DSS, and SOC 2 Type II. source
- Website metrics
- The dashboard shows hostnames, URLs, countries, status codes, and other website usage metrics, with filters and time-range exploration. source
Checked against the maker's pages on 12 Oct 2026.