Cloudflare Forces Upgrade

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• Cloudflare took down our website after trying to force us to pay 120k$ within 24h

  A SysOps engineer from a large online casino shared their troubling experience with Cloudflare, detailing how they were abruptly forced to upgrade from a $250/month Business plan to a $120,000/year Enterprise plan. Despite multiple sales calls and negotiations, Cloudflare deleted their domains, causing significant downtime and loss of customer trust. The engineer warns against Cloudflare’s aggressive sales tactics, advising users to be prepared for sudden shifts to Enterprise plans and to consider alternatives. The post underscores the importance of making backup plans and thoroughly understanding Cloudflare’s business model.