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Cloudflare growth playbook

Diagnosis

Cloudflare is a public, developer-loved platform whose real visitors already get a fast site, and its hiring points to the next growth push: a Growth Sales team for AI startups through the VC ecosystem, Product Growth engineering for self-serve, Cloudflare One AI security marketing and campaigns, a social director for technical communities, AI inference and agentic commerce go-to-market, VoidZero developer relations, and BDRs in many languages.

The website has gaps right where those hires will work: the startup tiers depend on "affiliated partners" nobody can see, developers are sent to an old pricing page without prices, and the AI Security page is missing from the sitemap with no topic H1.

This playbook fixes those first, then builds partner, usage-triggered and language-led channels, and data-led content.

Growth Score

8/10

Biggest Opportunity

Win AI startups at inception through their investors and their own usage, and carry them from self-serve to enterprise.

Biggest Risk

Vercel, the hyperscalers and Zscaler market hard to the same AI builders and security buyers, and an older pricing or partner experience can send them elsewhere at the moment they choose.

01

Start here

The three moves to make first. Each one is written up in full below.

  1. 1

    Name the "affiliated partners" behind the $100k and $350k startup tiers, and give each one a tracked link

    Publish the current partner list on the Startups page.

    High impact First result in 1 month
  2. 2

    Redirect the old "Workers & Pages Pricing" page to the new compute pricing

    Add the redirect.

    High impact First result in 2 weeks
  3. 3

    Give the AI Security page a real H1 and put it in the sitemap

    Change the H1.

    High impact First result in 2 weeks

02

Your idea portfolio

21 ideas, grouped by when to run them. Open any idea for how to run it: the steps, who to approach, copy you can use, and how to measure it.

  • 7 ideas are marked Unexpected: plays you are unlikely to have tried.

Every idea placed by the effort it takes against the impact it could have. Quick wins sit top left; select a number to open that idea. The filters below narrow the list by status, timing, category and what Programmable can build.

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Showing 21 of 21 ideas

This week 5

Quick wins with a clear first action.

  • 01

    Cloudflare is hiring a Growth Sales director to win AI startups "at inception" through the VC ecosystem. The Startups page is where those founders land, and its two valuable tiers ($100k and $350k in credits) both require being "Funded by an affiliated partner", yet the page never says who the partners are. A founder backed by a fund on the list cannot tell they qualify for 10 to 35 times more credits than the $10k tier, and the funds themselves have nothing to share with their portfolio.

    High impactLow effort First result in 1 month Director

    First action

    Publish the current partner list on the Startups page.

    How to measure it

    Tier 1 and 2 applications

    Now
    –
    Target
    +50%
    By
    90 days

    Steps

    1. 1

      Confirm the list

      Current affiliated partners and which tier each unlocks.

      Startup Program team 2 days

    2. 2

      Legal check

      Permission to name each fund.

      Legal 3 days

    3. 3

      Publish

      List and "Is my investor a partner?" search on /startups/.

      Web team 2 days

    4. 4

      Partner links

      Co-branded page and tracked application link per fund.

      Systems Engineer, Growth Engineering 1 week

    5. 5

      Send the kit

      One-page summary and link to each fund's platform team.

      Director, Growth Sales (AI & Digital Natives) 1 week

    6. 6

      Route fast

      Partner-link applicants to Growth Sales within one business day.

      Senior GTM Analytics Manager 2 days

    7. 7

      Collect requests

      "My investor is not listed" form feeds the partner pipeline.

      Director, Growth Sales (AI & Digital Natives) ongoing

    First result
    1 month
    Cost
    Staff time only
    Owner
    Director, Growth Sales (AI & Digital Natives)

    Smallest test

    Email ten partner funds a tracked link and count applications in two weeks.

    Why it works

    Publish the affiliated partner list on the Startups page (with a search box: "Is my investor a partner?"), give every partner a co-branded page and tracked application link, and send a short kit to each fund's platform team. Route applicants from partner links to the Growth Sales team within a day, and add a "my investor is not listed" request so new funds become a lead source.

    Founders choose infrastructure early and rarely move. Making the higher tiers visible through investors turns each fund into a distribution channel, which is exactly what the new director is hired to build.

    Ready to use

    ChecklistStartup partner launch list

    [ ] Partner list on /startups/ with "Is my investor a partner?" search
    [ ] Which tier each partner unlocks
    [ ] Co-branded page per partner fund
    [ ] Tracked application link per fund (UTM + partner id)
    [ ] Kit for fund platform teams: tiers, credits, how to apply
    [ ] One-business-day routing to Growth Sales
    [ ] "My investor is not listed" request form

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Funds do not want to be listed

      List only funds that agree; describe the rest as "and more".

    • More applications than the team can review

      Auto-approve Tier 3 and prioritise partner-backed applicants.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteStartups page (checked October 21, 2026): credits of "$10k", "$100k" and "$350k"; the $100k and $350k tiers both require "Funded by an affiliated partner", but the page names no partner and links only to the general partner pages; the FAQ says tiers were raised from $5,000 and $250,000, that upgrades are "case-by-case" by email, and "AI Gateway: Temporarily not covered by credits"; Workers AI is covered up to $2,500, $10,000 or $50,000 by tier.Source
    • HiringDirector, Growth Sales (AI & Digital Natives) (posted October 5, 2026): leads "acquisition and expansion of our fastest-growing Startup accounts", needs "deep familiarity with the VC ecosystem to capture high-growth startups at inception", knows "how to identify high-potential, self-serve developer accounts and seamlessly transition them into enterprise expansions", and will "Act as a key executive sponsor for high-growth startups, founders, and VC partners".Source
    • Your websiteThe pricing page carries customer story tabs for Character.AI, Discord, DoorDash, Intercom, Leagued, Liveblocks, Lovable, npm, Seated, Shopify, SiteGPT and Zendesk; the sitemap has case-study pages for Discord and Liveblocks but none for Character.AI, Lovable or SiteGPT.Source
  • 02

    The Developer Platform page links three times to an older "Workers & Pages Pricing" page whose served HTML has no prices and a headline about security and reliability; it is not in the sitemap and its markdown version returns 404. The new pricing page already shows every Workers price in plain HTML.

    High impactLow effort First result in 2 weeks Systems Engineer

    First action

    Add the redirect.

    How to measure it

    Pricing-to-sign-up rate for developer traffic

    Now
    –
    Target
    +10%
    By
    60 days

    Steps

    1. 1

      Map old URLs

      Every legacy developer pricing URL.

      Systems Engineer, Growth Engineering 1 day

    2. 2

      Redirect

      301 to the compute tab.

      Web team 1 day

    3. 3

      Update links

      Developer Platform page and docs.

      Web team 2 days

    4. 4

      Check markdown

      Every linked page has a .md version.

      Web team 2 days

    5. 5

      Check search

      Search Console and AI answers.

      Systems Engineer, Growth Engineering 1 week

    6. 6

      Measure

      Sign-ups from pricing.

      Senior GTM Analytics Manager monthly

    First result
    2 weeks
    Cost
    $0
    Owner
    Systems Engineer, Growth Engineering

    Smallest test

    Redirect the one URL today and watch Search Console.

    Why it works

    Redirect /plans/developer-platform/ to /plans/#developer-platform/compute (the link the Workers product page already uses), update the Developer Platform page links, and check search results and AI answers for "Workers pricing" a week later.

    Developers and the AI agents they ask compare prices before signing up; a page without prices sends them elsewhere.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Losing old rankings

      A 301 passes them to the new page.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteThe Developer Platform page (/developer-platform/, set to index but not in the sitemap) links three times to /plans/developer-platform/, titled "Workers & Pages Pricing". That page is on the older template: its served HTML has the headline "Security, Performance, and Reliability - all in one package" and no prices, it is not in the sitemap, and its .md version returns 404.Source
    • Your websiteThe new pricing page (/plans/, "Scale predictably") shows full prices in its HTML: Free $0, Pro "$20 /mo billed annually", Business "$200 /mo billed annually"; Zero Trust free for "Teams under 50 users" and "$7 /user/month" pay-as-you-go; Workers "100k / day" free then "$0.30 / million requests". The Workers product page links to /plans/#developer-platform/compute.Source
    • Your websitellms.txt says "All pages on this site are available in markdown format by appending .md to the URL" and lists "335+ cities", "~20% of web traffic flows through Cloudflare", "42% of the Fortune 500 are paying Cloudflare customers" and "Blocks an average of 234 billion cyber threats per day (Q1 2026)"; the homepage says "Cloudflare powers 45% of the Fortune 500".Source
    • HiringSystems Engineer, Growth Engineering (posted September 3, 2026), in the Product Growth team: "Deliver customer-facing UI experiences and A/B experiments aimed at accelerating user acquisition, engagement, and retention", "track behavior attribution" and evolve "our self-service properties".Source
  • 03

    The new Cloudflare One product marketer is hired to drive "awareness, evaluation and adoption" of AI security. The AI Security page is linked from the homepage navigation, but it is missing from the sitemap and its only H1 is the shared footer line "Build without boundaries".

    High impactLow effort First result in 2 weeks Technical Product Marketing M…

    First action

    Change the H1.

    How to measure it

    Organic sessions

    Now
    –
    Target
    +50%
    By
    90 days

    Steps

    1. 1

      Rewrite the H1

      Product-specific headline.

      Technical Product Marketing Manager 1 day

    2. 2

      Fix footer H1

      Make the shared footer line a paragraph.

      Web team 1 day

    3. 3

      Sitemap

      All solution pages.

      Web team 1 day

    4. 4

      FAQ markup

      Existing FAQs.

      Web team 1 day

    5. 5

      Internal links

      From MCP and agentic AI pages.

      Technical Product Marketing Manager 2 days

    6. 6

      Track

      Rankings and AI answers.

      Senior GTM Analytics Manager weekly

    First result
    2 weeks
    Cost
    $0
    Owner
    Technical Product Marketing Manager

    Smallest test

    Fix the AI Security page first.

    Why it works

    Make "AI security for agents and GenAI apps" (or similar) the page H1, add the page and other solution pages to the sitemap, add FAQ markup to its existing FAQs, and link it from the MCP and agentic AI Learning Center pages.

    Search engines and AI assistants read the H1 and sitemap first, and AI security is a fast-growing search topic where Zscaler competes directly.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Shared footer change affects many pages

      Test the template once and roll out.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteSitemap (1,011 URLs, October 21, 2026): /learning 525, /case-studies 266, /perspectives 101, /products 71. The AI Security solution page, linked from the homepage navigation as "Secure agentic AI and GenAI applications", is not in the sitemap; its main headline is an H3 ("Secure and govern AI everywhere innovation happens") and its only H1 is the shared footer line "Build without boundaries".Source
    • HiringTechnical Product Marketing Manager, Cloudflare One (posted October 6, 2026): "Develop messaging and content that drives awareness, evaluation and adoption of our IT and AI security products", own go-to-market for "key cloud security products" and "Partner with our analyst relations team to establish Cloudflare as a security leader".Source
    • Your websitePerspectives and Learning Center pages include "4 SASE platforms to consider when moving beyond Zscaler", "Best alternatives to Browserless for browser automation", "What is Model Context Protocol (MCP)", "How to block AI crawlers" and "How to detect which AI bots crawl"; there is no comparison of the Developer Platform with Vercel, Netlify or AWS Lambda in the sitemap.Source
    • Competitor researchRivals' own homepages (October 21, 2026): Vercel, "Agentic Infrastructure" and "The autonomous stack for every app and agent"; Zscaler, "Zero trust architecture beats AI threats."; Fastly, "Move fast. Stay safe."Source
  • 04

    The homepage title says "Build for the agent era", but the description in search results is "Welcome to Cloudflare - Powering the next generation of applications". The homepage says Cloudflare powers 45% of the Fortune 500; llms.txt says 42% are paying customers.

    Medium impactLow effort First result in 2 weeks Product Marketing

    First action

    Rewrite the homepage description.

    How to measure it

    Search click-through

    Now
    –
    Target
    +5%
    By
    60 days

    Steps

    1. 1

      Rewrite

      Homepage description.

      Product Marketing 1 hour

    2. 2

      Align figures

      Fortune 500 wording.

      Product Marketing 1 day

    3. 3

      Update llms.txt

      Same wording.

      Web team 1 hour

    4. 4

      Check previews

      Social cards.

      Web team 1 hour

    5. 5

      Audit top pages

      Descriptions on the top 50 pages.

      Web team 1 week

    6. 6

      Measure

      Click-through.

      Senior GTM Analytics Manager monthly

    First result
    2 weeks
    Cost
    $0
    Owner
    Product Marketing

    Smallest test

    Change the description today.

    Why it works

    Write a description around agents, security and the network (with one proof point), and state both Fortune 500 figures with what each measures, or pick one, in the homepage, llms.txt and press kit.

    The description is the first line most searchers and AI assistants read, and consistent numbers avoid confusing summaries.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Figures measure different things

      Label each clearly.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteHomepage: title "Cloudflare: Build for the agent era", H1 "Everything we learned from powering 20% of the Internet—yours by default", but the meta description is "Welcome to Cloudflare - Powering the next generation of applications". Language versions exist for German, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese and Simplified and Traditional Chinese, with none in Dutch, Turkish, Hebrew, Arabic or the Nordic languages.Source
    • Your websitellms.txt says "All pages on this site are available in markdown format by appending .md to the URL" and lists "335+ cities", "~20% of web traffic flows through Cloudflare", "42% of the Fortune 500 are paying Cloudflare customers" and "Blocks an average of 234 billion cyber threats per day (Q1 2026)"; the homepage says "Cloudflare powers 45% of the Fortune 500".Source
  • 05

    Tier 1 founders have raised $5M or more and get an account manager, but the page offers upgrades only "case-by-case" by email. These are the accounts the Growth Sales director must grow from self-serve into enterprise.

    High impactLow effort First result in 1 month Director

    First action

    List this month's Tier 1 and 2 approvals.

    How to measure it

    Owned within a day

    Now
    –
    Target
    100%
    By
    30 days

    Steps

    1. 1

      Flag tiers

      CRM field from the application.

      Senior GTM Analytics Manager 2 days

    2. 2

      Assign owners

      Round-robin across Growth Sales.

      Director, Growth Sales (AI & Digital Natives) 1 day

    3. 3

      Book sessions

      Architecture review in two weeks.

      Director, Growth Sales (AI & Digital Natives) ongoing

    4. 4

      Track usage

      By cohort.

      Senior GTM Analytics Manager monthly

    5. 5

      Review

      Expansion by cohort.

      Director, Growth Sales (AI & Digital Natives) quarterly

    6. 6

      Feed back

      Program changes.

      Startup Program team quarterly

    First result
    1 month
    Cost
    Sales time
    Owner
    Director, Growth Sales (AI & Digital Natives)

    Smallest test

    Assign owners for this month's approvals.

    Why it works

    Flag Tier 1 and Tier 2 applications in the CRM, assign an owner the same day, and book an architecture session within the first two weeks. Track usage and expansion by cohort.

    The first architecture conversation shapes how much of the stack a startup puts on Cloudflare.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Founders feel sold to

      Lead with architecture help.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteStartups page (checked October 21, 2026): credits of "$10k", "$100k" and "$350k"; the $100k and $350k tiers both require "Funded by an affiliated partner", but the page names no partner and links only to the general partner pages; the FAQ says tiers were raised from $5,000 and $250,000, that upgrades are "case-by-case" by email, and "AI Gateway: Temporarily not covered by credits"; Workers AI is covered up to $2,500, $10,000 or $50,000 by tier.Source
    • HiringDirector, Growth Sales (AI & Digital Natives) (posted October 5, 2026): leads "acquisition and expansion of our fastest-growing Startup accounts", needs "deep familiarity with the VC ecosystem to capture high-growth startups at inception", knows "how to identify high-potential, self-serve developer accounts and seamlessly transition them into enterprise expansions", and will "Act as a key executive sponsor for high-growth startups, founders, and VC partners".Source
    • HiringGo-to-market systems: a Developer GTM Strategy Manager, Technical Programs (posted September 21, 2026) to "accelerate consumption" and partner on "account propensity"; a Senior GTM Analytics Manager (posted October 16, 2026) for answers that "an AI agent working for any of them" can trust.Source

This quarter 10

The core plays for the next three months.

  • 06

    The pricing page shows story tabs for Character.AI, Lovable and SiteGPT, but the 266 case studies include none of them. AI startups are the Growth Sales segment.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Principal Campaign Manager

    First action

    Ask the three companies for an interview.

    How to measure it

    Influenced pipeline

    Now
    –
    Target
    +20%
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Interview

      Three companies.

      Principal Campaign Manager 1 month

    2. 2

      Write

      Architecture and results.

      Product Marketing 1 month

    3. 3

      Approvals

      Customer and legal.

      Legal 2 weeks

    4. 4

      Publish

      With video.

      Web team 1 week

    5. 5

      Campaign

      Startup and VC channels.

      Principal Campaign Manager ongoing

    6. 6

      Measure

      Influenced pipeline.

      Senior GTM Analytics Manager monthly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Production time
    Owner
    Principal Campaign Manager

    Smallest test

    Publish one.

    Why it works

    Turn each tab into a full case study (architecture, products used, cost and speed results), cut short videos for social, and use them in startup and VC campaigns.

    AI founders trust what similar companies built, and these names are already approved for the page.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Approval delays

      Start with the most willing customer.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteThe pricing page carries customer story tabs for Character.AI, Discord, DoorDash, Intercom, Leagued, Liveblocks, Lovable, npm, Seated, Shopify, SiteGPT and Zendesk; the sitemap has case-study pages for Discord and Liveblocks but none for Character.AI, Lovable or SiteGPT.Source
    • HiringDirector, Growth Sales (AI & Digital Natives) (posted October 5, 2026): leads "acquisition and expansion of our fastest-growing Startup accounts", needs "deep familiarity with the VC ecosystem to capture high-growth startups at inception", knows "how to identify high-potential, self-serve developer accounts and seamlessly transition them into enterprise expansions", and will "Act as a key executive sponsor for high-growth startups, founders, and VC partners".Source
    • HiringPrincipal Campaign Manager (posted September 28, 2026): owns the campaign lifecycle "for one of Cloudflare's core solutions" across "content syndication, paid digital, email, direct mail, webinar, and sales and BDR channels"; preferred: "SASE / Zero Trust" and "competitive and vertical marketing initiatives".Source
  • 07

    The Growth Sales director must spot "high-potential, self-serve developer accounts", and the Product Growth team runs experiments on self-service properties.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Systems Engineer

    First action

    List five triggers from past expansions.

    How to measure it

    Self-serve-to-contract conversions

    Now
    –
    Target
    +25%
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Find triggers

      From past expansions.

      Senior GTM Analytics Manager 2 weeks

    2. 2

      Design the offer

      In-dashboard card.

      Systems Engineer, Growth Engineering 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Build

      Feature-flagged.

      Systems Engineer, Growth Engineering 1 month

    4. 4

      Route

      To Growth Sales.

      Senior GTM Analytics Manager 1 week

    5. 5

      Test

      Wording and timing.

      Systems Engineer, Growth Engineering 1 month

    6. 6

      Scale

      All triggers.

      Director, Growth Sales (AI & Digital Natives) 1 quarter

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Engineering time
    Owner
    Systems Engineer, Growth Engineering

    Smallest test

    Run one trigger for a month.

    Why it works

    Define triggers (spend growth, Workers AI usage, team seats, enterprise features hit), show an in-dashboard offer of an architecture session at the trigger, and route accepted offers to Growth Sales. A/B test the offer wording.

    An offer at the moment of growth feels like help, not a cold call.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Annoying prompts

      Cap frequency and allow dismissal.

    Evidence

    • HiringDirector, Growth Sales (AI & Digital Natives) (posted October 5, 2026): leads "acquisition and expansion of our fastest-growing Startup accounts", needs "deep familiarity with the VC ecosystem to capture high-growth startups at inception", knows "how to identify high-potential, self-serve developer accounts and seamlessly transition them into enterprise expansions", and will "Act as a key executive sponsor for high-growth startups, founders, and VC partners".Source
    • HiringSystems Engineer, Growth Engineering (posted September 3, 2026), in the Product Growth team: "Deliver customer-facing UI experiences and A/B experiments aimed at accelerating user acquisition, engagement, and retention", "track behavior attribution" and evolve "our self-service properties".Source
    • HiringGo-to-market systems: a Developer GTM Strategy Manager, Technical Programs (posted September 21, 2026) to "accelerate consumption" and partner on "account propensity"; a Senior GTM Analytics Manager (posted October 16, 2026) for answers that "an AI agent working for any of them" can trust.Source
  • 08

    The Startups FAQ says "AI Gateway: Temporarily not covered by credits", while Workers AI is covered and the Growth Sales and AI Inference teams are going after AI companies.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Head of GTM

    First action

    Model the cost of an allowance per tier.

    How to measure it

    AI Gateway adoption in the program

    Now
    –
    Target
    40%
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Model cost

      Allowance per tier.

      Head of GTM, AI Inference 2 weeks

    2. 2

      Decide

      With finance.

      Head of GTM, AI Inference 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Update the page

      FAQ and tiers.

      Web team 1 day

    4. 4

      Announce

      Members and partners.

      Principal Campaign Manager 1 week

    5. 5

      Track

      Adoption.

      Senior GTM Analytics Manager monthly

    6. 6

      Review

      Expansion impact.

      Head of GTM, AI Inference quarterly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Credit cost
    Owner
    Head of GTM, AI Inference

    Smallest test

    Give one cohort an allowance.

    Why it works

    Add an AI Gateway allowance to each tier (or a first-year free tier), announce it to members and partner funds, and track how many startups route model traffic through it.

    AI Gateway sits in front of every model call; startups that adopt it early are easier to grow into inference and security.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Credit abuse

      Caps per tier.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteStartups page (checked October 21, 2026): credits of "$10k", "$100k" and "$350k"; the $100k and $350k tiers both require "Funded by an affiliated partner", but the page names no partner and links only to the general partner pages; the FAQ says tiers were raised from $5,000 and $250,000, that upgrades are "case-by-case" by email, and "AI Gateway: Temporarily not covered by credits"; Workers AI is covered up to $2,500, $10,000 or $50,000 by tier.Source
    • HiringProduct bets in hiring: Head of GTM, AI Inference (open since November 2025, updated October 2026) to define "how we compete beyond the commoditized GPU/hour model"; Engineering Manager, Agentic Commerce (posted October 19, 2026) building "infrastructure that makes the web Payable" with x402 and Web Bot Auth and a "Monetization Gateway"; and a VoidZero Developer Relations Engineer (posted September 15, 2026) for "Vite, Vitest, Rolldown, Oxc, Vite+".Source
    • HiringDirector, Growth Sales (AI & Digital Natives) (posted October 5, 2026): leads "acquisition and expansion of our fastest-growing Startup accounts", needs "deep familiarity with the VC ecosystem to capture high-growth startups at inception", knows "how to identify high-potential, self-serve developer accounts and seamlessly transition them into enterprise expansions", and will "Act as a key executive sponsor for high-growth startups, founders, and VC partners".Source
  • 09

    Cloudflare is hiring BDRs who speak Dutch, Turkish, Hebrew and the Nordic languages, but the site has no version in those languages.

    Medium impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Principal Campaign Manager

    First action

    Pick two languages.

    How to measure it

    BDR meetings per language

    Now
    –
    Target
    +20%
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Pick languages

      Two first.

      Principal Campaign Manager 1 week

    2. 2

      Translate

      One page each.

      Product Marketing 1 month

    3. 3

      Route forms

      To the right BDR.

      Senior GTM Analytics Manager 1 week

    4. 4

      Use in sequences

      Links in outreach.

      Business Development Representative ongoing

    5. 5

      Local ads

      Small test budget.

      Principal Campaign Manager 1 month

    6. 6

      Measure

      Meetings.

      Senior GTM Analytics Manager monthly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Translation budget
    Owner
    Principal Campaign Manager

    Smallest test

    Launch one Dutch page.

    Why it works

    Build one localized landing page per language for the core offer (application security and Zero Trust) with a local contact form routed to those BDRs, and use it in their sequences and local ads.

    Prospects reply more to outreach that lands on a page in their language.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Maintenance

      Keep to one page per language.

    Evidence

    • HiringBusiness Development Representatives hired by language and market, all open now: LATAM Portuguese (posted September 29, 2026), Korea (October 13, 2026), Cantonese (August 20, 2026), Dutch, Turkish, Hebrew, German, and Danish, Norwegian or Swedish.Source
    • Your websiteHomepage: title "Cloudflare: Build for the agent era", H1 "Everything we learned from powering 20% of the Internet—yours by default", but the meta description is "Welcome to Cloudflare - Powering the next generation of applications". Language versions exist for German, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese and Simplified and Traditional Chinese, with none in Dutch, Turkish, Hebrew, Arabic or the Nordic languages.Source
  • 10

    Cloudflare already publishes fair comparisons for SASE and browser automation, but none for the Developer Platform, while Vercel now sells "Agentic Infrastructure".

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Product Marketing

    First action

    Pick the first rival.

    How to measure it

    Comparison-page sign-ups

    Now
    –
    Target
    +30%
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Pick rivals

      Three.

      Product Marketing 1 week

    2. 2

      Check facts

      Current pricing.

      Product Marketing 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Write

      Fair tables.

      Product Marketing 1 month

    4. 4

      Legal

      Claims.

      Legal 2 weeks

    5. 5

      Publish

      With migration guide.

      Web team 1 week

    6. 6

      Refresh

      Quarterly.

      Product Marketing quarterly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Writing time
    Owner
    Product Marketing

    Smallest test

    Publish one.

    Why it works

    Publish comparisons in the Perspectives format with pricing examples from the new pricing page, cold-start and region facts, and a migration guide.

    Comparison searches are high intent, and AI assistants use these pages to answer "which should I use".

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Stale claims

      Date each page.

    Evidence

    • Your websitePerspectives and Learning Center pages include "4 SASE platforms to consider when moving beyond Zscaler", "Best alternatives to Browserless for browser automation", "What is Model Context Protocol (MCP)", "How to block AI crawlers" and "How to detect which AI bots crawl"; there is no comparison of the Developer Platform with Vercel, Netlify or AWS Lambda in the sitemap.Source
    • Competitor researchRivals' own homepages (October 21, 2026): Vercel, "Agentic Infrastructure" and "The autonomous stack for every app and agent"; Zscaler, "Zero trust architecture beats AI threats."; Fastly, "Move fast. Stay safe."Source
    • Your websiteThe new pricing page (/plans/, "Scale predictably") shows full prices in its HTML: Free $0, Pro "$20 /mo billed annually", Business "$200 /mo billed annually"; Zero Trust free for "Teams under 50 users" and "$7 /user/month" pay-as-you-go; Workers "100k / day" free then "$0.30 / million requests". The Workers product page links to /plans/#developer-platform/compute.Source
  • 11

    Cloudflare's AI Security page lists remote MCP servers and MCP server portals, and its Learning Center explains MCP. The Campaign Manager and Technical PMM are hired to drive Zero Trust pipeline.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Technical Product Marketing M…

    First action

    Draft the checklist.

    How to measure it

    Campaign pipeline

    Now
    –
    Target
    $5M
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Checklist

      MCP exposure.

      Technical Product Marketing Manager 2 weeks

    2. 2

      Architecture

      Reference design.

      Technical Product Marketing Manager 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Webinar

      With a customer.

      Principal Campaign Manager 1 month

    4. 4

      Paid

      Syndication and ABM.

      Principal Campaign Manager ongoing

    5. 5

      BDR follow-up

      Sequences.

      Business Development Representative ongoing

    6. 6

      Measure

      Pipeline.

      Senior GTM Analytics Manager monthly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Campaign budget
    Owner
    Technical Product Marketing Manager

    Smallest test

    Publish the checklist.

    Why it works

    Run a campaign around a free MCP exposure checklist (which MCP servers your teams use and how they are governed), with a webinar, a reference architecture and BDR follow-up.

    Security teams are being asked about agent risk now and want a starting point.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Crowded topic

      Lead with a practical checklist.

    Evidence

    • HiringTechnical Product Marketing Manager, Cloudflare One (posted October 6, 2026): "Develop messaging and content that drives awareness, evaluation and adoption of our IT and AI security products", own go-to-market for "key cloud security products" and "Partner with our analyst relations team to establish Cloudflare as a security leader".Source
    • HiringPrincipal Campaign Manager (posted September 28, 2026): owns the campaign lifecycle "for one of Cloudflare's core solutions" across "content syndication, paid digital, email, direct mail, webinar, and sales and BDR channels"; preferred: "SASE / Zero Trust" and "competitive and vertical marketing initiatives".Source
    • Your websiteSitemap (1,011 URLs, October 21, 2026): /learning 525, /case-studies 266, /perspectives 101, /products 71. The AI Security solution page, linked from the homepage navigation as "Secure agentic AI and GenAI applications", is not in the sitemap; its main headline is an H3 ("Secure and govern AI everywhere innovation happens") and its only H1 is the shared footer line "Build without boundaries".Source
    • Your websitePerspectives and Learning Center pages include "4 SASE platforms to consider when moving beyond Zscaler", "Best alternatives to Browserless for browser automation", "What is Model Context Protocol (MCP)", "How to block AI crawlers" and "How to detect which AI bots crawl"; there is no comparison of the Developer Platform with Vercel, Netlify or AWS Lambda in the sitemap.Source
  • 12

    Cloudflare is hiring developer relations for the VoidZero family (Vite, Vitest, Rolldown, Oxc, Vite+). Vite is one of the most used front-end tools.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 2 quarters VoidZero Developer Relations…

    First action

    Write the first tutorial.

    How to measure it

    Vite-sourced deploys

    Now
    –
    Target
    +50%
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Template

      One command.

      VoidZero Developer Relations Engineer 1 month

    2. 2

      Guide

      Docs.

      VoidZero Developer Relations Engineer 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Videos

      YouTube.

      VoidZero Developer Relations Engineer 1 month

    4. 4

      Community

      Discord and conferences.

      VoidZero Developer Relations Engineer ongoing

    5. 5

      Track

      Deploy source.

      Senior GTM Analytics Manager monthly

    6. 6

      Iterate

      Papercuts.

      VoidZero Developer Relations Engineer ongoing

    First result
    2 quarters
    Cost
    DevRel time
    Owner
    VoidZero Developer Relations Engineer

    Smallest test

    Publish one tutorial.

    Why it works

    Ship a Vite template and guide that deploys to Workers in one command, tutorials and videos, and track deploys from Vite sources.

    Meeting developers in the tool they already use turns adoption into deployments.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Open-source neutrality

      Keep Vite neutral; make Cloudflare one great option.

    Evidence

    • HiringProduct bets in hiring: Head of GTM, AI Inference (open since November 2025, updated October 2026) to define "how we compete beyond the commoditized GPU/hour model"; Engineering Manager, Agentic Commerce (posted October 19, 2026) building "infrastructure that makes the web Payable" with x402 and Web Bot Auth and a "Monetization Gateway"; and a VoidZero Developer Relations Engineer (posted September 15, 2026) for "Vite, Vitest, Rolldown, Oxc, Vite+".Source
    • Developer footprintGitHub: 580 public repositories with 221,022 stars, the top one a coding-agent "security-audit-skill" with 35,330 stars; npm: 91 packages with about 31 million weekly downloads; Docker: cloudflared with over 256 million pulls; 4,701 Hacker News mentions.Source
    • Your websiteThe new pricing page (/plans/, "Scale predictably") shows full prices in its HTML: Free $0, Pro "$20 /mo billed annually", Business "$200 /mo billed annually"; Zero Trust free for "Teams under 50 users" and "$7 /user/month" pay-as-you-go; Workers "100k / day" free then "$0.30 / million requests". The Workers product page links to /plans/#developer-platform/compute.Source
  • 13

    The social director is hired to turn "deep data pools, research" into multi-platform stories, and Cloudflare blocks an average of 234 billion threats a day.

    Medium impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Social Media Strategy Director

    First action

    Pick the first four topics.

    How to measure it

    YouTube subscribers

    Now
    –
    Target
    +25%
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Topics

      Four.

      Social Media Strategy Director 1 week

    2. 2

      Data

      Weekly pull.

      Social Media Strategy Director weekly

    3. 3

      Produce

      Clip and chart.

      Social Media Strategy Director weekly

    4. 4

      Publish

      Native formats.

      Social Media Strategy Director weekly

    5. 5

      Listen

      Comments.

      Social Media Strategy Director ongoing

    6. 6

      Measure

      Share of voice.

      Senior GTM Analytics Manager monthly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Production time
    Owner
    Social Media Strategy Director

    Smallest test

    Publish four clips.

    Why it works

    Publish a short weekly clip and chart from network data (attacks, AI crawler traffic, outages), posted natively on YouTube, Reddit and LinkedIn, with the full data on the blog.

    Original data earns attention on technical communities where ads do not work.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Sensitive events

      Clear review path.

    Evidence

    • HiringSocial Media Strategy Director (open since July 14, 2026): "how we communicate on GitHub, Reddit, Hacker News, and YouTube matters just as much as a headline in The Wall Street Journal"; will turn "our deep data pools, research, and corporate milestones into a sophisticated, multi-platform strategy" and "foster genuine developer loyalty at scale".Source
    • Your websitellms.txt says "All pages on this site are available in markdown format by appending .md to the URL" and lists "335+ cities", "~20% of web traffic flows through Cloudflare", "42% of the Fortune 500 are paying Cloudflare customers" and "Blocks an average of 234 billion cyber threats per day (Q1 2026)"; the homepage says "Cloudflare powers 45% of the Fortune 500".Source
    • Developer footprintGitHub: 580 public repositories with 221,022 stars, the top one a coding-agent "security-audit-skill" with 35,330 stars; npm: 91 packages with about 31 million weekly downloads; Docker: cloudflared with over 256 million pulls; 4,701 Hacker News mentions.Source
  • 14

    Cloudflare's most-starred GitHub repository is a coding-agent security audit skill with 35,330 stars. Those developers care about AI and security, the Technical PMM's market.

    Medium impactLow effort First result in 1 month Technical Product Marketing M…

    First action

    Add the README section.

    How to measure it

    GitHub-referred sessions

    Now
    –
    Target
    5,000 a quarter
    By
    1 quarter

    Steps

    1. 1

      README

      Section and link.

      Technical Product Marketing Manager 1 day

    2. 2

      Guide

      Companion.

      Technical Product Marketing Manager 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Webinar

      Invite.

      Principal Campaign Manager 1 month

    4. 4

      Social

      Post.

      Social Media Strategy Director 1 week

    5. 5

      Track

      Referrals.

      Senior GTM Analytics Manager monthly

    6. 6

      Repeat

      Other popular repos.

      Technical Product Marketing Manager quarterly

    First result
    1 month
    Cost
    $0
    Owner
    Technical Product Marketing Manager

    Smallest test

    Add the README section.

    Why it works

    Add a short "secure your agents in production" section and link to the AI Security page, publish a companion guide, and invite users to a webinar.

    An existing audience with the right interest is cheaper than buying one.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Community dislikes marketing

      Keep it useful and short.

    Evidence

    • Developer footprintGitHub: 580 public repositories with 221,022 stars, the top one a coding-agent "security-audit-skill" with 35,330 stars; npm: 91 packages with about 31 million weekly downloads; Docker: cloudflared with over 256 million pulls; 4,701 Hacker News mentions.Source
    • HiringTechnical Product Marketing Manager, Cloudflare One (posted October 6, 2026): "Develop messaging and content that drives awareness, evaluation and adoption of our IT and AI security products", own go-to-market for "key cloud security products" and "Partner with our analyst relations team to establish Cloudflare as a security leader".Source
    • Your websiteSitemap (1,011 URLs, October 21, 2026): /learning 525, /case-studies 266, /perspectives 101, /products 71. The AI Security solution page, linked from the homepage navigation as "Secure agentic AI and GenAI applications", is not in the sitemap; its main headline is an H3 ("Secure and govern AI everywhere innovation happens") and its only H1 is the shared footer line "Build without boundaries".Source
  • 15

    The Learning Center has 525 pages, including MCP and agentic AI explainers, and the Product Growth team is hired to improve acquisition.

    Medium impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Systems Engineer

    First action

    Pick 20 high-traffic pages.

    How to measure it

    Learning-to-sign-up rate

    Now
    –
    Target
    +20%
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Pick pages

      20 by traffic.

      Systems Engineer, Growth Engineering 1 week

    2. 2

      Map products

      Topic to product.

      Product Marketing 1 week

    3. 3

      Build blocks

      Reusable.

      Systems Engineer, Growth Engineering 2 weeks

    4. 4

      Test

      Placement.

      Systems Engineer, Growth Engineering 1 month

    5. 5

      Roll out

      All pages.

      Web team 1 quarter

    6. 6

      Measure

      Sign-ups.

      Senior GTM Analytics Manager monthly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Engineering time
    Owner
    Systems Engineer, Growth Engineering

    Smallest test

    Test on 20 pages.

    Why it works

    Add a relevant product block and a "try in the Workers playground" or "start free" link to each page by topic, and A/B test placement.

    Learners become builders when the next step is right there.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Feels salesy

      One block, clearly separated.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteSitemap (1,011 URLs, October 21, 2026): /learning 525, /case-studies 266, /perspectives 101, /products 71. The AI Security solution page, linked from the homepage navigation as "Secure agentic AI and GenAI applications", is not in the sitemap; its main headline is an H3 ("Secure and govern AI everywhere innovation happens") and its only H1 is the shared footer line "Build without boundaries".Source
    • Your websitePerspectives and Learning Center pages include "4 SASE platforms to consider when moving beyond Zscaler", "Best alternatives to Browserless for browser automation", "What is Model Context Protocol (MCP)", "How to block AI crawlers" and "How to detect which AI bots crawl"; there is no comparison of the Developer Platform with Vercel, Netlify or AWS Lambda in the sitemap.Source
    • HiringSystems Engineer, Growth Engineering (posted September 3, 2026), in the Product Growth team: "Deliver customer-facing UI experiences and A/B experiments aimed at accelerating user acquisition, engagement, and retention", "track behavior attribution" and evolve "our self-service properties".Source

Big bets 3

Larger plays that can change the trajectory.

  • 16

    Cloudflare is building infrastructure to make "the web Payable" and already teaches site owners how to detect and block AI crawlers.

    High impactHigh effort First result in 3 quarters Engineering Manager

    First action

    Define the estimate.

    How to measure it

    Sites with monetization enabled

    Now
    –
    Target
    10,000
    By
    3 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Define estimate

      Method.

      Engineering Manager, Agentic Commerce 1 month

    2. 2

      Build view

      Dashboard.

      Engineering Manager, Agentic Commerce 1 quarter

    3. 3

      Pilot

      Publishers.

      Engineering Manager, Agentic Commerce 1 month

    4. 4

      Launch

      Blog and social.

      Social Media Strategy Director 1 month

    5. 5

      Sell

      Enterprise publishers.

      Director, Growth Sales (AI & Digital Natives) ongoing

    6. 6

      Measure

      Enablement.

      Senior GTM Analytics Manager monthly

    First result
    3 quarters
    Cost
    Engineering time
    Owner
    Engineering Manager, Agentic Commerce

    Smallest test

    Pilot with ten publishers.

    Why it works

    Give every site owner a free dashboard view of AI crawler traffic and an estimate of what it would earn under paid access, with one click to set rules through the Monetization Gateway.

    Showing owners their own numbers creates demand for the paid product.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Estimates questioned

      Show the method.

    Evidence

    • HiringProduct bets in hiring: Head of GTM, AI Inference (open since November 2025, updated October 2026) to define "how we compete beyond the commoditized GPU/hour model"; Engineering Manager, Agentic Commerce (posted October 19, 2026) building "infrastructure that makes the web Payable" with x402 and Web Bot Auth and a "Monetization Gateway"; and a VoidZero Developer Relations Engineer (posted September 15, 2026) for "Vite, Vitest, Rolldown, Oxc, Vite+".Source
    • Your websitePerspectives and Learning Center pages include "4 SASE platforms to consider when moving beyond Zscaler", "Best alternatives to Browserless for browser automation", "What is Model Context Protocol (MCP)", "How to block AI crawlers" and "How to detect which AI bots crawl"; there is no comparison of the Developer Platform with Vercel, Netlify or AWS Lambda in the sitemap.Source
  • 17

    The AI Inference GTM lead must show how Cloudflare competes "beyond the commoditized GPU/hour model".

    High impactHigh effort First result in 2 quarters Head of GTM

    First action

    Pick five tasks.

    How to measure it

    Inference pipeline

    Now
    –
    Target
    +30%
    By
    3 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Pick tasks

      Five.

      Head of GTM, AI Inference 2 weeks

    2. 2

      Benchmark

      Method.

      Head of GTM, AI Inference 1 month

    3. 3

      Calculator

      Public.

      Systems Engineer, Growth Engineering 1 month

    4. 4

      Publish

      Monthly.

      Product Marketing monthly

    5. 5

      Sales use

      Deck version.

      Head of GTM, AI Inference ongoing

    6. 6

      Measure

      Pipeline.

      Senior GTM Analytics Manager monthly

    First result
    2 quarters
    Cost
    Analyst time
    Owner
    Head of GTM, AI Inference

    Smallest test

    Publish one benchmark.

    Why it works

    Publish monthly cost-per-task benchmarks (per 1,000 chats, images, embeddings) for Workers AI versus GPU-hour setups, with a calculator, methodology and a sales version.

    Buyers compare outcomes, and published numbers win the comparison before the call.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Benchmark disputes

      Open method.

    Evidence

    • HiringProduct bets in hiring: Head of GTM, AI Inference (open since November 2025, updated October 2026) to define "how we compete beyond the commoditized GPU/hour model"; Engineering Manager, Agentic Commerce (posted October 19, 2026) building "infrastructure that makes the web Payable" with x402 and Web Bot Auth and a "Monetization Gateway"; and a VoidZero Developer Relations Engineer (posted September 15, 2026) for "Vite, Vitest, Rolldown, Oxc, Vite+".Source
    • Your websiteThe new pricing page (/plans/, "Scale predictably") shows full prices in its HTML: Free $0, Pro "$20 /mo billed annually", Business "$200 /mo billed annually"; Zero Trust free for "Teams under 50 users" and "$7 /user/month" pay-as-you-go; Workers "100k / day" free then "$0.30 / million requests". The Workers product page links to /plans/#developer-platform/compute.Source
  • 18

    The Developer GTM strategy and GTM analytics roles are hired for "account propensity" and trusted answers for people and AI agents.

    High impactHigh effort First result in 3 quarters Developer GTM Strategy Manager

    First action

    List the signals.

    How to measure it

    Win rate in top decile

    Now
    –
    Target
    +20%
    By
    3 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Signals

      List.

      Senior GTM Analytics Manager 1 month

    2. 2

      Model

      First version.

      Developer GTM Strategy Manager, Technical Programs 1 quarter

    3. 3

      Use in sales

      Routing.

      Director, Growth Sales (AI & Digital Natives) 1 month

    4. 4

      Use in product

      Offers.

      Systems Engineer, Growth Engineering 1 month

    5. 5

      Review

      Win rates.

      Developer GTM Strategy Manager, Technical Programs monthly

    6. 6

      Improve

      Quarterly.

      Senior GTM Analytics Manager quarterly

    First result
    3 quarters
    Cost
    Data team time
    Owner
    Developer GTM Strategy Manager, Technical Programs

    Smallest test

    Score last quarter's expansions.

    Why it works

    Combine usage, firmographics and engagement into one score used for Growth Sales outreach, Solutions Architect time and in-product offers, with clear definitions.

    One score points sellers, architects and product at the same accounts.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Black box

      Explain each score.

    Evidence

    • HiringGo-to-market systems: a Developer GTM Strategy Manager, Technical Programs (posted September 21, 2026) to "accelerate consumption" and partner on "account propensity"; a Senior GTM Analytics Manager (posted October 16, 2026) for answers that "an AI agent working for any of them" can trust.Source
    • HiringDirector, Growth Sales (AI & Digital Natives) (posted October 5, 2026): leads "acquisition and expansion of our fastest-growing Startup accounts", needs "deep familiarity with the VC ecosystem to capture high-growth startups at inception", knows "how to identify high-potential, self-serve developer accounts and seamlessly transition them into enterprise expansions", and will "Act as a key executive sponsor for high-growth startups, founders, and VC partners".Source
    • HiringSystems Engineer, Growth Engineering (posted September 3, 2026), in the Product Growth team: "Deliver customer-facing UI experiences and A/B experiments aimed at accelerating user acquisition, engagement, and retention", "track behavior attribution" and evolve "our self-service properties".Source

Wildcards 3

Unexpected experiments, each with a cheap way to test it.

  • 19

    Cloudflare sees how thousands of startups use Workers, Workers AI and storage. The social director is hired to turn data into stories.

    Medium impactLow effort First result in 2 quarters Social Media Strategy Director

    First action

    Pick five metrics.

    How to measure it

    Downloads

    Now
    –
    Target
    10,000
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Metrics

      Five.

      Social Media Strategy Director 2 weeks

    2. 2

      Privacy review

      Aggregation.

      Legal 1 month

    3. 3

      Write

      Report.

      Product Marketing 1 month

    4. 4

      Launch

      Social and press.

      Social Media Strategy Director 1 month

    5. 5

      VC version

      For partners.

      Director, Growth Sales (AI & Digital Natives) 1 month

    6. 6

      Repeat

      Quarterly.

      Social Media Strategy Director quarterly

    First result
    2 quarters
    Cost
    Analyst time
    Owner
    Social Media Strategy Director

    Smallest test

    Publish one chart.

    Why it works

    Publish aggregated, anonymized trends (popular models, architectures, storage patterns) quarterly, with a founder and VC version.

    Original data earns press and gives Growth Sales a reason to call funds.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Privacy

      Suppress small groups.

    Evidence

    • HiringSocial Media Strategy Director (open since July 14, 2026): "how we communicate on GitHub, Reddit, Hacker News, and YouTube matters just as much as a headline in The Wall Street Journal"; will turn "our deep data pools, research, and corporate milestones into a sophisticated, multi-platform strategy" and "foster genuine developer loyalty at scale".Source
    • HiringDirector, Growth Sales (AI & Digital Natives) (posted October 5, 2026): leads "acquisition and expansion of our fastest-growing Startup accounts", needs "deep familiarity with the VC ecosystem to capture high-growth startups at inception", knows "how to identify high-potential, self-serve developer accounts and seamlessly transition them into enterprise expansions", and will "Act as a key executive sponsor for high-growth startups, founders, and VC partners".Source
    • Your websiteStartups page (checked October 21, 2026): credits of "$10k", "$100k" and "$350k"; the $100k and $350k tiers both require "Funded by an affiliated partner", but the page names no partner and links only to the general partner pages; the FAQ says tiers were raised from $5,000 and $250,000, that upgrades are "case-by-case" by email, and "AI Gateway: Temporarily not covered by credits"; Workers AI is covered up to $2,500, $10,000 or $50,000 by tier.Source
  • 20

    Growth Sales wants a presence with VCs, and the program has many startup members.

    Medium impactLow effort First result in 1 quarter Director

    First action

    Ask 50 members to opt in.

    How to measure it

    Directory members

    Now
    –
    Target
    500
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Design

      Fields.

      Startup Program team 2 weeks

    2. 2

      Build

      Page.

      Web team 1 month

    3. 3

      Invite

      Members.

      Startup Program team 1 month

    4. 4

      Share

      With funds.

      Director, Growth Sales (AI & Digital Natives) ongoing

    5. 5

      Feature

      Social.

      Social Media Strategy Director weekly

    6. 6

      Measure

      Applications.

      Senior GTM Analytics Manager monthly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Staff time
    Owner
    Director, Growth Sales (AI & Digital Natives)

    Smallest test

    Launch with 50 members.

    Why it works

    Let members opt into a public directory (stage, sector, product built), share it with partner funds and feature new members on social.

    Startups get exposure, funds get deal flow, and Cloudflare stays in both conversations.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Low opt-in

      Offer a feature post.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteStartups page (checked October 21, 2026): credits of "$10k", "$100k" and "$350k"; the $100k and $350k tiers both require "Funded by an affiliated partner", but the page names no partner and links only to the general partner pages; the FAQ says tiers were raised from $5,000 and $250,000, that upgrades are "case-by-case" by email, and "AI Gateway: Temporarily not covered by credits"; Workers AI is covered up to $2,500, $10,000 or $50,000 by tier.Source
    • HiringDirector, Growth Sales (AI & Digital Natives) (posted October 5, 2026): leads "acquisition and expansion of our fastest-growing Startup accounts", needs "deep familiarity with the VC ecosystem to capture high-growth startups at inception", knows "how to identify high-potential, self-serve developer accounts and seamlessly transition them into enterprise expansions", and will "Act as a key executive sponsor for high-growth startups, founders, and VC partners".Source
    • HiringSocial Media Strategy Director (open since July 14, 2026): "how we communicate on GitHub, Reddit, Hacker News, and YouTube matters just as much as a headline in The Wall Street Journal"; will turn "our deep data pools, research, and corporate milestones into a sophisticated, multi-platform strategy" and "foster genuine developer loyalty at scale".Source
  • 21

    The Enterprise plan link redirects to an older-template packages page that is not in the sitemap, and both the new pricing page and the Developer Platform page send buyers there.

    Medium impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Web team

    First action

    List all links to the old page.

    How to measure it

    Enterprise page to contact

    Now
    –
    Target
    +15%
    By
    1 quarter

    Steps

    1. 1

      Inventory

      Links and redirects.

      Web team 1 week

    2. 2

      Content

      Packages and services.

      Product Marketing 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Build

      New template.

      Web team 1 month

    4. 4

      Redirect

      Old URLs.

      Web team 1 day

    5. 5

      Sitemap

      And .md.

      Web team 1 day

    6. 6

      Measure

      Contacts.

      Senior GTM Analytics Manager monthly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Web team time
    Owner
    Web team

    Smallest test

    Fix the redirect target and headline.

    Why it works

    Rebuild it on the new template with a clear headline, packages, services and a contact form; add it to the sitemap and its markdown version.

    Enterprise buyers should get the same clarity as self-serve buyers.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Localized versions

      Migrate the top languages first.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteThe Enterprise plan link (/plans/enterprise/) redirects to an older-template "Enterprise solutions packages" page that is not in the sitemap; the new pricing page's Contract tier and the Developer Platform page both link to it.Source
    • Your websiteThe new pricing page (/plans/, "Scale predictably") shows full prices in its HTML: Free $0, Pro "$20 /mo billed annually", Business "$200 /mo billed annually"; Zero Trust free for "Teams under 50 users" and "$7 /user/month" pay-as-you-go; Workers "100k / day" free then "$0.30 / million requests". The Workers product page links to /plans/#developer-platform/compute.Source
    • Your websiteThe Developer Platform page (/developer-platform/, set to index but not in the sitemap) links three times to /plans/developer-platform/, titled "Workers & Pages Pricing". That page is on the older template: its served HTML has the headline "Security, Performance, and Reliability - all in one package" and no prices, it is not in the sitemap, and its .md version returns 404.Source
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  • Exiger growth strategyAn AI-native supply chain and procurement platform (1EXIGER.AI) for supplier risk, third-party due diligence, trade compliance, software…22 growth ideas
  • Newtrends International Corporation growth strategyDistributes and retails 40+ international watch, jewelry, writing instrument, perfume and personal care brands in the Philippines, through…21 growth ideas
  • Built Technologies growth strategyAn AI-powered platform for construction and real estate finance: construction loan administration, draws, inspections, budgets, payments…21 growth ideas
  • Osmile growth strategyA Taiwanese maker of 4G/5G GPS safety watches with SOS buttons, fall alerts, video calls and health readings, for people with dementia…20 growth ideas

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30/60/90 roadmap

What to focus on in each month, and the ideas that carry it.

  1. Days 1 to 306 ideas

    Name the startup partners, redirect old pricing, fix the AI Security page and homepage description, and route Tier 1 and 2 startups to Growth Sales; start the Enterprise page move.

  2. Days 31 to 6012 ideas

    AI case studies, usage-triggered handoff, AI Gateway credits, localized pages, comparisons, the MCP campaign, Vite deploys, weekly data clips, GitHub audience and Learning Center paths; the startup report and directory.

  3. Days 61 to 903 ideas

    Commit to the big bets: crawler monetization reports, inference benchmarks and one propensity model.

The research behind the plan

3 research areas, each summarised in a few lines. Open any of them for the full detail.

Customers

What customers say

Customers value A generous free plan. The most cited problem: choosing between many products.

  • Global speed and reliability
  • Understanding usage pricing
  • In their words: “no egress fees”

Market

Competitive landscape

5 competitors compared: Vercel, AWS, Zscaler, Akamai and 1 more.

  • Gap to exploit: Clear partner path for funded startups
  • Vercel: Narrower security and network
  • AWS: Egress fees and complexity

Hiring signals

Cloudflare is hiring to grow from developers up: a Growth Sales director for AI startups through VCs and self-serve expansion (ideas 1, 5, 6, 7, 20), Product Growth engineering for self-serve experiments (ideas 2, 7…

  • Director, Growth Sales (AI & Digital Natives): AI startups via the VC ecosystem and self-serve expansion. Ideas 1, 5, 7.
  • Systems Engineer, Growth Engineering: A/B experiments on self-service properties. Ideas 2, 7, 15.
  • Technical Product Marketing Manager: Cloudflare One AI security go-to-market. Ideas 3, 11, 14.

From the team that wrote this playbook

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  • ProgrammableCommunityForums with labelled AI members, never empty (opens programmable.community in a new tab)
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