Cloudflare Network Interconnect
Improve the performance and security of your network infrastructure.
Enterprise-only
Cloudflare Network Interconnect (CNI) allows you to connect your network infrastructure directly with Cloudflare – rather than using the public Internet – for a more reliable and secure experience. With CNI, you can bring Cloudflare’s full suite of network functions to your physical network edge.
CNI benefits
Use Cloudflare Network Interconnect (CNI) with other products in Cloudflare’s suite for additional benefits.
| Product | Value | With CNI |
|---|---|---|
| Access | Replaces corporate VPNs with the Cloudflare network. | Securely connects your employees to your network no matter where they are when you bring your Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) network to meet Cloudflare’s network. |
| Magic WAN & Gateway | Secure Web Gateway inspects and protects traffic from your data center. | Provides a secure connection for outbound data center traffic that does not traverse the public Internet. |
| CDN | Places content closer to visitors, improving site performance. | Improves cache fill performance and reduces cost. |
| Magic Transit | Protects data center and branch networks from unwanted and malicious traffic. | Decreases jitter, drives throughput improvements, and hardens infrastructure to attack. |
| Workers | Serverless compute platform. | Provides a secure connection to serverless cloud compute that does not traverse the public Internet. |
For more detail on how CNI delivers these benefits, see Introducing Cloudflare Network Interconnect.