To securely serve over 260 million users, Canva adopted Cloudflare to replace legacy VPNs with Zero Trust architecture. Read this case study to learn how Canva stopped malicious artificial intelligence scraping, protected digital assets, and accelerated developer velocity using a unified global network.

3 Key Takeaways

• Edge Computing for Developer Agility: Canva uses Cloudflare Workers to process complex routing and security logic at the network edge, which simplifies backend operations and significantly boosts platform performance.
• Robust Application Security: By implementing Bot Management and Web Application Firewall solutions, Canva successfully stops malicious bots from scraping digital assets, reducing bandwidth costs and preserving partner trust.
• Frictionless Zero Trust Access: Transitioning from traditional VPNs to Zero Trust Network Access provides Canva’s employees with secure, context aware application access, accelerating onboarding and corporate integrations.