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Cloudflare SLA

Plan coverage, claim deadlines and the evidence your vendor asks for. Check the current agreement before filing a claim.

Cloudflare terms

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Plan coverage

Cloudflare Business plan customers. The Enterprise plan is governed by a separate, non-public agreement, and Free and Pro plans are not covered.

Uptime & credits

Recorded target
100%
Measurement window
Calendar month

Service-credit tiers

No credit schedule is recorded here. The agreement may use a formula or another remedy; check the source.

Filing deadline

End of the following month

Confirm the applicable billing or calendar month in the source. Earlier support-notification requirements may also apply.

Conditions & exclusions

  • Support must be notified within five business days of the incident. This is a separate, earlier deadline than the full claim deadline.

    Source wording
    the Customer must first have notified Customer Support of the Incident, using the procedures set forth by Company, within five business days following the Incident.
  • Credits over any twelve months are capped at one month of the customer's cumulative fees.

    Source wording
    The total amount of Service Credits awarded in any twelve (12) month period shall not, under any circumstance, exceed one (1) month of a Customer’s cumulative total monthly service fees.
  • The claim must carry network traceroutes and the affected URLs, plus the customer's own affected-visitor counts.

    Source wording
    Affected Customer Ratio = (Unique visitors as measured by IP address affected by Unscheduled Service Outage) ÷ Total unique visitors as measured by IP address

Evidence to prepare

  • Vendor incident source link

Where to file

Vendor support

Cloudflare requires: “To submit a Claim, Customer must contact Customer Support.” The document names no portal URL or email address.

Date in this record: . Not a live verification date.

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