# What is Cloudflare?

Cloudflare is one of the world’s largest connectivity cloud networks ↗. Today, anyone with an Internet presence can have faster and more secure websites and applications thanks to Cloudflare. This includes bloggers, businesses, and even non-profits.

Millions of Internet properties are on Cloudflare, and our network is growing by tens of thousands each day. Cloudflare powers Internet requests for millions of websites and serves 55 million HTTP requests per second on average.

A connectivity cloud is a new approach for delivering the many services companies need to secure and connect their digital environment.

As a unified and intelligent platform of programmable cloud-native services, a connectivity cloud enables any-to-any connectivity between all networks (enterprise and Internet), cloud environments, applications and users.

Cloudflare's connectivity cloud includes a huge array of security, performance, and developer services — not with an eye to replace everything everywhere, but with the ability to fit in wherever needed and consolidate many critical services onto a single platform.

**How Cloudflare works**

The Cloudflare global network can improve the security, performance, reliability, and privacy of anything connected to the Internet, such as your website, SaaS application, or corporate network.

**Connect your domain**

Learn how to get started by creating an account and connecting your domain.

**Reference Architectures**

Learn more about Cloudflare through the Reference Architecture library. These comprehensive guides and diagrams provide a foundational knowledge of the Cloudflare platform and products.