Cloudflare
Large (~4,000)
incident.io
Small (~140)
Best For
Cloudflare
Best for: Engineers who want mission-driven work building critical internet infrastructure
incident.io
Best for: Engineers and salespeople who value a strong culture with 13 extra holidays per year and approachable, ego-free founders
Ratings
Cloudflareincident.io
3.9
4.5
Overall
3.7
4.1
Work-Life Balance
4.0
4.6
Culture & Values
3.8
4.5
Comp & Benefits
3.5
4.3
Senior Mgmt
3.8
4.3
Career Opps
👍 72% Recommend
👤 77% CEO Approval (Matthew Prince)
👍 90% Recommend
👤 95% CEO Approval (Stephen Whitworth)
Culture Values
Cloudflare only
🎯 Direct Product Impact
incident.io only
🛡️ Safe to Fail🤝 Flat Hierarchy
Shared
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate🌱 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
incident.io
- Strong culture with a dedicated culture manager — values are practiced, not just stated
- Excellent compensation and benefits with strong career growth opportunities
- Rapid scaling can create instability — some report organizational growing pains
- London-centric with limited remote options for some roles
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.
incident.io
Exceptional culture (4.5 stars) with genuine values, great benefits including 10% pension match, and kind colleagues — but London-centric with some layoff scars from 2024.
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
incident.io — 25 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
17
💻 Engineering
6
Summary
Cloudflare scores 3.9/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.7 work-life balance rating. incident.io scores 4.5/5.0 overall with a 4.1 WLB. That’s a 0.6-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Engineering-Driven, Ship Fast & Iterate, Learning & Growth, Transparent. Cloudflare also emphasizes Direct Product Impact. incident.io also emphasizes Safe to Fail, Flat Hierarchy.
On the hiring front, Cloudflare has 469 open roles and incident.io has 25 open roles.