Cloudflare Network Interconnect
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.
CNI benefits
Use 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. |
| Magic WAN & Gateway | Secure Web Gateway inspects and protects traffic from your datacenter. | Provides a secure connection for outbound datacenter 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.