Cloudflare
Large (~4,000)
Vast AI
Small (~30)
Best For
Cloudflare
Best for: Engineers who want mission-driven work building critical internet infrastructure
Vast AI
Best for: Scrappy generalists who want a front-row seat to the AI compute revolution
Ratings
CloudflareVast AI
3.9
5.0
Overall
3.7
4.5
Work-Life Balance
4.0
5.0
Culture & Values
3.8
5.0
Comp & Benefits
3.5
5.0
Senior Mgmt
3.8
5.0
Career Opps
👍 72% Recommend
👤 77% CEO Approval (Matthew Prince)
👍 100% Recommend
👤 100% CEO Approval (Jake Cannell)
Culture Values
Cloudflare only
🎯 Direct Product Impact🌱 Learning & Growth🪟 Transparent
Vast AI only
🤝 Flat Hierarchy🧩 Wears Many Hats💎 Strong Comp & Equity
Shared
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate
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
Vast AI
- Front-row seat to the AI compute revolution — demand for GPU cloud is surging
- Strong compensation and generous equity stakes for a bootstrapped startup
- Processes are still being defined — expect ad hoc workflows
- Intense workload — the team explicitly values high output
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.
Vast AI
Choose Vast AI if you want perfect Glassdoor scores and generous equity at a tiny GPU marketplace — but expect startup chaos.
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
Vast AI — 10 jobs
💻 Engineering
6
🧠 ML / AI
2
📊 Data
1
Summary
Cloudflare scores 3.9/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.7 work-life balance rating. Vast AI scores 5.0/5.0 overall with a 4.5 WLB. That’s a 1.1-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Engineering-Driven, Ship Fast & Iterate. Cloudflare also emphasizes Direct Product Impact, Learning & Growth, Transparent. Vast AI also emphasizes Flat Hierarchy, Wears Many Hats, Strong Comp & Equity.
On the hiring front, Cloudflare has 533 open roles and Vast AI has 10 open roles.