Cloudflare
Large (~4,000)
Elastic
Large (~4,000)
Best For
Cloudflare
Best for: Engineers who want mission-driven work building critical internet infrastructure
Elastic
Best for: Professionals interested in Elastic
Ratings
CloudflareElastic
3.9
4.0
Overall
3.7
4.1
Work-Life Balance
4.0
4.1
Culture & Values
3.8
4.0
Comp & Benefits
3.5
3.8
Senior Mgmt
3.8
3.8
Career Opps
👍 72% Recommend
👤 77% CEO Approval (Matthew Prince)
👍 80% Recommend
👤 84% CEO Approval (CEO)
Culture Values
Cloudflare only
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate🎯 Direct Product Impact🌱 Learning & Growth🪟 Transparent
Elastic only
🌐 Remote-Friendly🔓 Open Source⚖️ Work-Life Balance📡 Async-First💎 Strong Comp & Equity
Shared
None
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
Elastic
- Fully distributed from day one — genuine remote-first culture across 40+ countries
- Open-source DNA means engineers contribute to community, not just internal products
- Cross-timezone coordination means occasional early/late meetings
- Recent leadership shifts have introduced more process and oversight
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.
Elastic
Elastic — check Glassdoor for detailed reviews.
Open Roles
Cloudflare — 469 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
226
💻 Engineering
127
📋 Product
19
📣 Marketing
18
📊 Data
10
⚙️ Operations
7
👤 HR / People
6
⚖️ Legal
6
🧠 ML / AI
4
💰 Finance
1
Elastic — 198 jobs
💻 Engineering
87
💼 Sales / GTM
67
📣 Marketing
8
📋 Product
7
👤 HR / People
4
🎨 Design
3
🧠 ML / AI
3
📊 Data
2
Summary
Cloudflare scores 3.9/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.7 work-life balance rating. Elastic scores 4.0/5.0 overall with a 4.1 WLB. That’s a 0.1-point gap on overall satisfaction.
On the hiring front, Cloudflare has 469 open roles and Elastic has 198 open roles.