SAASPOCALYPSEcase · head-to-head
wedge comparison
subjects of investigation
adp.comvscloudflare.com
which is stronger?
clone time
6 months
contested6 months
adp.com
enterprise payroll, HR & tax platform
39/ 100
wedge scorefull report ↗
→vs←
clone time
∞
fortress∞
cloudflare.com
connectivity cloud: CDN, security, networking, edge compute
9/ 100
wedge scorefull report ↗
moat
how deep is each moat.
adp.com · aggregate
6.1/10real moat
moat delta+3.0
cloudflare.com · aggregate
9.1/10deep moat
8.5
capital+1.5 →
10.0
5.0
technical+5.0 →
10.0
3.0
network+5.0 →
8.0
5.0
switching+3.0 →
8.0
6.0
data+4.0 →
10.0
9.0
regulatory-1.0 →
8.0
3.6
distribution+5.9 →
9.5
floor
cost + time, side by side.
monthly floortie
adp.com
$53 + usage
cloudflare.com
usage-based
monthly floor is roughly the same on both sides.
time to cloneadp.com wins
adp.com
6 months
cloudflare.com
∞
delta · finite vs. ∞adp.com is buildable; cloudflare.com effectively isn't.
overlap
where they fight, where they don't.
features only one ships, plus the small middle they share.
only adp.com · 11
tax compliance
shared · 11
serverless / edge platform
only cloudflare.com · 11
pci dss level 1
stack
what they're built on.
shared infra and the differentiating bits.
only adp.com · 1010
Next.jsPostgresPuppeteerRailsReactResendSegmentSentrySupabaseVercel
shared infra · 22
CloudflareCloudflare R2
only cloudflare.com · 22
Cloudflare WorkersS3
the verdict
ATTACK ADP FIRST
same comparison surface, two different walls. give the adp attack a month. circle back to cloudflare only if you genuinely need what it does that the other doesn't.
the case
a full tier easiershallower moat
full reportcontested · 39
→ read the adp.com report
full reportfortress · 9
→ read the cloudflare.com report
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