Cloudflare
Large (~4,000)
n8n
Mid (~300)
Best For
Cloudflare
Best for: Engineers who want mission-driven work building critical internet infrastructure
n8n
Best for: Generalist engineers who love open-source tooling, want genuine async remote flexibility, and are excited by workflow automation and the developer tools space
Ratings
Cloudflaren8n
3.9
4.5
Overall
3.7
4.0
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 (Jan Oberhauser)
Culture Values
Cloudflare only
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate🎯 Direct Product Impact🌱 Learning & Growth
n8n only
🌐 Remote-Friendly🔓 Open Source🤝 Flat Hierarchy📡 Async-First🧩 Wears Many Hats
Shared
🪟 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
n8n
- Exceptional remote-first culture with high trust, autonomy, and smart collaborative teammates
- Fast-growing open-source product with real impact — lots of ownership in a low-ego environment
- Hypergrowth means priorities shift frequently and processes are still being defined
- Startup intensity can be stressful; some concerns about product leadership direction
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.
n8n
One of the highest-rated companies on the list (4.5 Glassdoor, 90% recommend) — genuinely remote-first, async, transparent, and OSS-driven. Small headcount means limited specialization but broad ownership and real impact.
Open Roles
Cloudflare — 516 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
238
💻 Engineering
149
📋 Product
23
📣 Marketing
16
📊 Data
11
👤 HR / People
7
⚖️ Legal
5
🧠 ML / AI
5
⚙️ Operations
5
🎨 Design
2
💰 Finance
1
n8n — 43 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
21
💻 Engineering
10
🎨 Design
2
💰 Finance
2
👤 HR / People
1
⚖️ Legal
1
📣 Marketing
1
🧠 ML / AI
1
⚙️ Operations
1
Summary
Cloudflare scores 3.9/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.7 work-life balance rating. n8n scores 4.5/5.0 overall with a 4.0 WLB. That’s a 0.6-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Transparent. Cloudflare also emphasizes Engineering-Driven, Ship Fast & Iterate, Direct Product Impact, Learning & Growth. n8n also emphasizes Remote-Friendly, Open Source, Flat Hierarchy, Async-First, Wears Many Hats.
On the hiring front, Cloudflare has 516 open roles and n8n has 43 open roles.