Matthew Prince on why Cloudflare offers a free version and always will (2016)
Summary
Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince explains why the company offers a free tier of its CDN and security services and plans to keep it that way, framing free access as central to Cloudflare's growth and mission.
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