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# Argo Smart Routing

Speed up your global traffic with a single click

 Paid add-on 

Smart Shield

This functionality is now offered as part of Cloudflare's origin server safeguard, Smart Shield. [Learn more](https://developers.cloudflare.com/smart-shield/).

Argo Smart Routing detects real-time network issues and routes your web traffic across the most efficient network path, avoiding congestion.

This results in faster loading times, increased reliability, and reduced costs. These benefits are most apparent for users farthest from your origin server.

Learn more about the [benefits of Argo Smart Routing ↗](https://www.cloudflare.com/application-services/products/argo-smart-routing/).

Note

Enterprise customers can preview this product as a [non-contract service](https://developers.cloudflare.com/billing/understand/preview-services/), which provides full access, free of metered usage fees, limits, and certain other restrictions.

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## Features

###  Analytics 

Argo Smart Routing includes comprehensive analytics to compare performance improvements with and without Argo enabled.

[ Use Analytics ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/argo-smart-routing/analytics/) 

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## More resources

[Plans](https://www.cloudflare.com/plans/#overview) 

Compare available Cloudflare plans

[Pricing](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/traffic/) 

Explore pricing options for Argo in the dashboard

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