--- title: "Cloudflare: vendor profile | Agent Ready Checkout" description: "Cloudflare: Network and CDN that verifies signed agent traffic with Web Bot Auth, the authentication layer under Visa's Trusted Agent. Sourced vendor profile." canonical: https://agentreadycheckout.com/vendors/cloudflare site: "Agent Ready Checkout" last_updated: 2026-11-05 section: "Vendors" --- # Cloudflare: vendor profile | Agent Ready Checkout > Cloudflare: Network and CDN that verifies signed agent traffic with Web Bot Auth, the authentication layer under Visa's Trusted Agent. Sourced vendor profile. Source: https://agentreadycheckout.com/vendors/cloudflare Site: Agent Ready Checkout Last reviewed: 2026-11-05 Vendor profile, rules or identity programme # Cloudflare In short Cloudflare verifies signed agent traffic for merchants with Web Bot Auth, which it first proposed in May 2025 and which Visa and Mastercard use as the authentication layer under their agent programmes. Its Agents documentation also covers x402 and MPP payments. Cloudflare issues no payment credentials, and its NET Dollar stablecoin was only a plan when announced. ## At a glance What it is Network and CDN that verifies signed agent traffic with Web Bot Auth, the authentication layer under Visa's Trusted Agent Protocol and Mastercard Agent Pay, and a co-developer of x402 with agent payment tooling in its Agents SDK. Type [Rules or identity programme](https://agentreadycheckout.com/vendors/by-type/rules-programme) Homepage [cloudflare.com](https://www.cloudflare.com/) Last read 5 Nov 2026 ## What it does for this layer - Cloudflare announced on 24 Oct 2025 that it is partnering with Visa and Mastercard to help secure agent commerce, with both networks using Web Bot Auth as the agent authentication layer. [blog.cloudflare.com](https://blog.cloudflare.com/secure-agentic-commerce/), read 5 Nov 2026, dated 24 Oct 2025. - Cloudflare says it first proposed Web Bot Auth in May 2025 to authenticate agent traffic cryptographically, because user agent and IP address can be spoofed. [blog.cloudflare.com](https://blog.cloudflare.com/secure-agentic-commerce/), read 5 Nov 2026. - Cloudflare says merchants rely on networks such as Cloudflare to verify an agent's cryptographic signatures, for both the browsing phase and the final payment interaction. [blog.cloudflare.com](https://blog.cloudflare.com/secure-agentic-commerce/), read 5 Nov 2026. - Cloudflare's Web Bot Auth documentation says the method relies on two IETF drafts, one for a key directory and one for attaching identity to HTTP requests, and that Cloudflare supports the Ed25519 key algorithm. [developers.cloudflare.com](https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/reference/bot-verification/web-bot-auth/), read 5 Nov 2026. - Cloudflare's Web Bot Auth documentation lists the steps for an agent operator as generating a signing key, hosting a key directory, registering the bot and directory, then signing requests. [developers.cloudflare.com](https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/reference/bot-verification/web-bot-auth/), read 5 Nov 2026. - Cloudflare announced plans on 25 Sep 2025 for NET Dollar, a U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin intended for instant transactions on the agentic web. [cloudflare.com](https://www.cloudflare.com/press-releases/2025/cloudflare-introduces-net-dollar-to-support-a-new-business-model-for-the-ai-driven-internet/), read 5 Nov 2026, dated 25 Sep 2025. - The Linux Foundation names Cloudflare, with Coinbase and Stripe, as an initial developer of the x402 Foundation's work. [linuxfoundation.org](https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-foundation-is-launching-the-x402-foundation-and-welcoming-the-contribution-of-the-x402-protocol), read 5 Nov 2026, dated 2 Apr 2026. Secondary source - Cloudflare's Agents documentation says the Agents SDK supports agentic payments through two protocols, x402 and the Machine Payments Protocol (MPP). [developers.cloudflare.com](https://developers.cloudflare.com/agents/tools/payments/), read 5 Nov 2026. - The MPP site lists Cloudflare Agents among its partner integrations. [mpp.dev](https://mpp.dev/), read 5 Nov 2026. Secondary source ## Products and plans | Product | What it is | Price on file | | --- | --- | --- | | Web Bot Auth verification | Verification of HTTP Message Signatures from registered bots and agents at Cloudflare's edge. | No price on file | | Agents SDK payments | x402 and MPP support in Cloudflare's Agents documentation and SDK. | No price on file | | NET Dollar | A planned U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin for agent transactions, announced September 2025. | No price on file | ## Standards | Standard | Status | Evidence and source | | --- | --- | --- | | ACP | no statement | None in the pages read, 5 Nov 2026 | | UCP | no statement | None in the pages read, 5 Nov 2026 | | AP2 | no statement | None in the pages read, 5 Nov 2026 | | Visa TAP | supports | Visa developed TAP in collaboration with Cloudflare; TAP uses Web Bot Auth, which Cloudflare verifies. blog.cloudflare.com, read 5 Nov 2026 | | Visa IC | no statement | None in the pages read, 5 Nov 2026 | | Mastercard Agent Pay | supports | Mastercard Agent Pay uses Web Bot Auth as the agent authentication layer that networks like Cloudflare verify. blog.cloudflare.com, read 5 Nov 2026 | | Agent Pay for Machines | no statement | None in the pages read, 5 Nov 2026 | | Amex ACE | no statement | None in the pages read, 5 Nov 2026 | | x402 | supports | Cloudflare's Agents documentation has an x402 section; Cloudflare is an x402 Foundation premier member. developers.cloudflare.com, read 5 Nov 2026 | | MPP | supports | Cloudflare's Agents documentation says the Agents SDK supports agentic payments through x402 and the Machine Payments Protocol (MPP). developers.cloudflare.com, read 5 Nov 2026 | | Link for agents | no statement | None in the pages read, 5 Nov 2026 | | Verifiable Intent | no statement | None in the pages read, 5 Nov 2026 | ## Checks on this vendor's domains | Check | Result | Domain read | Dated | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Ora agent-readiness score (cached) | 81/100 (B) | cloudflare.com | 4 Nov 2026 | ora.ai | | robots.txt | HTTP 200, 9 user-agent groups | cloudflare.com | 4 Nov 2026 | cloudflare.com | | llms.txt | HTTP 200 | cloudflare.com | 4 Nov 2026 | cloudflare.com | | UCP profile at /.well-known/ucp.json | HTTP 404 | cloudflare.com | 4 Nov 2026 | cloudflare.com | | Cloudflare isitagentready scan | 60/100 (L4 Agent-Integrated) | cloudflare.com | 5 Nov 2026 | POST /api/scan on isitagentready.com, documented in llms-full.txt | | Homepage fetch at build | HTTP 200 | cloudflare.com | 5 Nov 2026 | cloudflare.com | [How each check is read](https://agentreadycheckout.com/vendors#checks) ## What it does not do - Cloudflare does not issue payment credentials or process card payments; it verifies agent identity in front of the merchant. - Cloudflare's NET Dollar was announced as a plan in September 2025, not as a live payment method. ## Related pages on this site - [Visa Trusted Agent Protocol (TAP)](https://agentreadycheckout.com/protocols/visa-trusted-agent-protocol), protocol profile - [x402](https://agentreadycheckout.com/protocols/x402), protocol profile - [All rules and identity programmes](https://agentreadycheckout.com/vendors/by-type/rules-programme) in the vendors section - [All vendors](https://agentreadycheckout.com/vendors) ## Sources 1. [cloudflare.com](https://www.cloudflare.com/), read 5 Nov 2026 2. [Cloudflare: Secure agentic commerce](https://blog.cloudflare.com/secure-agentic-commerce/), read 5 Nov 2026 3. [Web Bot Auth · Cloudflare bot solutions docs](https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/reference/bot-verification/web-bot-auth/), read 5 Nov 2026 4. [Cloudflare Introduces NET Dollar to Support a New Business Model for the AI-Driven Internet | Cloudflare](https://www.cloudflare.com/press-releases/2025/cloudflare-introduces-net-dollar-to-support-a-new-business-model-for-the-ai-driven-internet/), read 5 Nov 2026 5. [Linux Foundation launches the x402 Foundation](https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-foundation-is-launching-the-x402-foundation-and-welcoming-the-contribution-of-the-x402-protocol), read 5 Nov 2026 6. [Agentic Payments | Cloudflare Agents documentation](https://developers.cloudflare.com/agents/tools/payments/), read 5 Nov 2026 7. [Machine Payments Protocol](https://mpp.dev/), read 5 Nov 2026 8. [x402 · Cloudflare Agents docs](https://developers.cloudflare.com/agents/x402/), read 5 Nov 2026 9. [Ora cached score record for cloudflare.com](https://ora.ai/api/score/cloudflare.com?utm_source=agentreadycheckout.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=vendor), read 4 Nov 2026 10. [robots.txt of cloudflare.com](https://cloudflare.com/robots.txt), read 4 Nov 2026 11. [llms.txt of cloudflare.com](https://cloudflare.com/llms.txt), read 4 Nov 2026 12. [UCP profile path on cloudflare.com](https://cloudflare.com/.well-known/ucp.json), read 4 Nov 2026 13. [isitagentready scan service documentation (llms-full.txt)](https://isitagentready.com/llms-full.txt), read 5 Nov 2026 Last reviewed 5 Nov 2026 ## Edition Matrix edition of 4 Nov 2026. Reviewed 5 Nov 2026, [13 sources](#sources-h). ## Method [How cells, sources and read dates are defined](https://agentreadycheckout.com/method)