Cloudflare
Large (~4,000)
Cursor (Anysphere)
Small (~50)
Best For
Cloudflare
Best for: Engineers who want mission-driven work building critical internet infrastructure
Cursor (Anysphere)
Best for: Generalist engineers who want extreme ownership at the most-loved AI code editor
Ratings
CloudflareCursor (Anysphere)
3.9
4.0
Overall
3.7
3.5
Work-Life Balance
4.0
4.0
Culture & Values
3.8
4.2
Comp & Benefits
3.5
3.8
Senior Mgmt
3.8
3.5
Career Opps
👍 72% Recommend
👤 77% CEO Approval (Matthew Prince)
👍 85% Recommend
👤 90% CEO Approval (Michael Truell)
Culture Values
Cloudflare only
🌱 Learning & Growth🪟 Transparent
Cursor (Anysphere) only
🤝 Flat Hierarchy🧩 Wears Many Hats
Shared
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate🎯 Direct Product Impact
Pros & Cons
Cloudflare
- Mission-driven company building critical internet infrastructure — meaningful work with real impact
- Smart colleagues and a culture that values innovation, shipping quickly, and technical excellence
- Compensation can lag behind FAANG competitors, especially base salary
- Some teams experience high pressure and demanding workloads with uneven management quality
Cursor (Anysphere)
- Building the most-loved AI code editor — massive developer love and daily impact
- Tiny team, extreme ownership — every person shapes the product directly
- Extremely small team = no specialists; everyone does everything
- Intense pace — the speed of shipping can be relentless
Bottom Line
Cloudflare
Choose Cloudflare if you want mission-driven work building critical internet infrastructure with sharp engineers — but compensation lags FAANG and pressure can be high.
Cursor (Anysphere)
Choose Cursor if you want to shape the future of AI-assisted coding on a tiny team — but the pace is relentless.
Open Roles
Cloudflare — 533 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
250
💻 Engineering
151
📋 Product
26
📣 Marketing
13
📊 Data
12
👤 HR / People
8
⚙️ Operations
5
⚖️ Legal
4
🧠 ML / AI
4
🎨 Design
2
💰 Finance
2
Cursor (Anysphere) — 63 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
22
💻 Engineering
19
📊 Data
4
🎨 Design
3
🧠 ML / AI
3
⚖️ Legal
2
👤 HR / People
1
Summary
Cloudflare scores 3.9/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.7 work-life balance rating. Cursor (Anysphere) scores 4.0/5.0 overall with a 3.5 WLB. That’s a 0.1-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Engineering-Driven, Ship Fast & Iterate, Direct Product Impact. Cloudflare also emphasizes Learning & Growth, Transparent. Cursor (Anysphere) also emphasizes Flat Hierarchy, Wears Many Hats.
On the hiring front, Cloudflare has 533 open roles and Cursor (Anysphere) has 63 open roles.