Argo Smart Routing

Avoid network congestion and accelerate web apps

Network congestion on the Internet can lead to slow load times. Argo Smart Routing detects and routes around real-time network congestion for 30% (on average) faster web app performance.

BENEFITS OF ARGO SMART ROUTING
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Faster loading times

Deliver web traffic over the quickest network paths available for noticeably faster app performance and an improved user experience.

Increased reliability

Route around congestion and use the most reliable paths to increase uptime.

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Reduced costs

Minimize content requests to the origin server, reducing latency, server load, and bandwidth usage.

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Integrated security

Encrypt end-to-end traffic across the Cloudflare network, protecting web traffic from attackers.

HOW IT WORKS

Make web apps faster with intelligent, real-time routing

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The Cloudflare network routes an average of 57 million HTTP requests per second, providing a unique view of traffic flow on the Internet.

Argo Smart Routing uses this information to detect the fastest network paths, then intelligently routes customer web traffic on those paths.

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Learn how Cloudflare’s connectivity cloud helps accelerate applications

ANALYST RECOGNITION
Cloudflare only new vendor in 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Security Service Edge (SSE)

Cloudflare has been recognized in the 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Security Service Edge (SSE) report. We believe our recognition validates our commitment to continue advancing our Zero Trust platform to help secure hybrid work.

Cloudflare named a Strong Performer in “The Forrester Wave™: Zero Trust Platforms, Q3 2023

Cloudflare cites continued disruptive momentum in the SSE market, receiving the highest scores possible, 5.0/5.0, in the innovation, roadmap, pricing flexibility & transparency, and hybrid workforce enablement & protection criteria.

Cloudflare named a "Leader" in 2023 KuppingerCole Leadership Compass for SASE

Through its 2023 SASE market analysis, KuppingerCole Analysts AG cited several Cloudflare strengths such as our large globally distributed presence and sophisticated traffic acceleration, massive backbone capacity, 100% uptime guarantee, and innovative Remote Browser Isolation.

What our customers are saying

"We're in a constant search for ways to improve our product experience at Discord… Argo allowed us to cut our load times by an average of 33 milliseconds with no development effort by our team."

CTO Discord — Stanislav Vishnevskiy

Top use cases
Top Argo Smart Routing use cases

Argo Smart Routing helps you speed up your web apps, minimize latency for all content, and reduce cache-miss rates

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Improve web app performance

Smart routing decisions informed by real-time network conditions ensure content reaches end users as quickly as possible

Reduce origin server load

Argo offers tiered caching in order to increase cache hit rates, lowering infrastructure costs

See how global companies are using Argo to accelerate their applications

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