# Cloudflare Access Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/cloudflare-access/ 6 people recommended Cloudflare Access in Hacker News comments and 4 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 12 months, in 6 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule. **Verdict:** People recommend it for putting a login in front of self-hosted apps and dashboards so they are not publicly reachable, often at no cost. Critics point to outages and restrictions that do not suit some setups. Summary written by Claude from 9 comments. ## Why people recommend it - Puts login in front of apps (5 comments in the sample): "This would have helped protect the OP's Umami setup since only the OP can access the Umami dashboard." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46314840)) "Put Cloudflare Access in front of the tunnel, now you have a proper auth via Google or Github." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47302010)) "Front access with Cloudflare Access (ZeroTrust) for free." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46173816)) ## What people warn about - Restrictions that don't fit setups (2 comments in the sample): "I don't really want to use Cloudflare anymore, and they have some restrictions that don't really work for me" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49757810)) "it’s asking users to SSO login to our public website even though our zone rules" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45975899)) ## What people recommend instead - [Cloudflare Zero Trust](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cloudflare-zero-trust/): 14 recommend, 2 mixed, 17 criticize ## Where to get it - [Visit the official site](https://www.cloudflare.com/sase/products/access/) ## The badge A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged. ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Cloudflare Access", https://hackerapproved.com/p/cloudflare-access/ (6 recommend, 0 mixed, 4 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026). Counts updated 3 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.