Cloudflare
Large (~4,000)
Glean
Large (~1,475)
Best For
Cloudflare
Best for: Engineers who want mission-driven work building critical internet infrastructure
Glean
Best for: AI engineers who want to work on enterprise search with ex-Google leadership and don't mind below-market base pay offset by strong equity upside
Ratings
CloudflareGlean
3.9
4.2
Overall
3.7
3.8
Work-Life Balance
4.0
4.3
Culture & Values
3.8
4.2
Comp & Benefits
3.5
4.0
Senior Mgmt
3.8
4.0
Career Opps
👍 72% Recommend
👤 77% CEO Approval (Matthew Prince)
👍 84% Recommend
👤 88% CEO Approval (Arvind Jain)
Culture Values
Cloudflare only
No unique values
Glean only
No unique values
Shared
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate🎯 Direct Product Impact🌱 Learning & Growth🪟 Transparent
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
Glean
- World-class AI talent — learn from ex-Google leadership on cutting-edge enterprise search
- Transparent collaborative culture with strong career growth
- Below-market compensation — comp rated only 3.6/5
- Sales org has high churn and toxicity problems in EMEA and US
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.
Glean
Top-tier AI engineering talent and explosive growth, but comp lags peers and the sales org has churn problems — the engineering side is the real draw.
Open Roles
Cloudflare — 525 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
245
💻 Engineering
152
📋 Product
25
📣 Marketing
13
📊 Data
12
👤 HR / People
8
⚙️ Operations
5
⚖️ Legal
4
🧠 ML / AI
4
🎨 Design
2
💰 Finance
2
Glean — 196 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
68
💻 Engineering
42
📋 Product
16
📣 Marketing
10
👤 HR / People
8
🧠 ML / AI
6
🎨 Design
5
📊 Data
3
⚙️ Operations
3
Summary
Cloudflare scores 3.9/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.7 work-life balance rating. Glean scores 4.2/5.0 overall with a 3.8 WLB. That’s a 0.3-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Engineering-Driven, Ship Fast & Iterate, Direct Product Impact, Learning & Growth, Transparent.
On the hiring front, Cloudflare has 525 open roles and Glean has 196 open roles.