Cloudflare vs Vercel: what their users struggle with

API & developer experience is where they differ most: 3 of the 51 Cloudflare reports on file (all years) against 10 of the 46 Vercel reports, each linked to where it was said. The table below counts only the recent reports.

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Every count in this table is of open reports in the recent window (Cloudflare since 2023-11, Vercel since 2023-11); older and fixed reports are not counted. The counts measure how much public discussion exists for each product, not which is better: a popular tool collects more reports.

Problems mostly raised about Cloudflare

• Cloudflare challenges affect privacy-conscious browser users · Reliability & bugs · Annoyance
• Turnstile blocks Linux and Firefox users · Permissions & security · Blocks work
• Cloudflare JS challenges make simple API scraping cumbersome · Permissions & security · Annoyance
• Cloudflare-enabled blanket bans block Hong Kong users · Permissions & security · Blocks work
• ECH causes intermittent failures for split-DNS intranet access · Reliability & bugs · Annoyance

Problems mostly raised about Vercel

• Next.js tied to Vercel creates vendor lock-in · Other · Annoyance
• CSS imports may be ordered incorrectly · Reliability & bugs · Annoyance
• Usage dashboard metrics are opaque and hard to predict on the $20 plan · Pricing & plans · Annoyance
• Vercel Cron Jobs seen as too new for serious use · Reliability & bugs · Annoyance
• Unexplained and very small URL length limit · API & developer experience · Annoyance

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How the data is built. A theme is a group of reports about the same problem; unique means not matched to a theme on the other product.