--- title: Argo Smart Routing description: Route traffic across the fastest network paths to reduce latency and packet loss. image: https://developers.cloudflare.com/core-services-preview.png --- > Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://developers.cloudflare.com/argo-smart-routing/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. [Skip to content](#%5Ftop) # 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. --- ## 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/) --- ## Related products **[Tiered Cache](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/how-to/tiered-cache/)** Increase cache hit ratios to reduce requests to your origin server. **[China Network](https://developers.cloudflare.com/china-network/)** Improve security and performance within mainland China. **[Magic Transit](https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-transit/)** Reduce latency and protect from DDoS attacks using the Cloudflare network. --- ## 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 ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/directory/","name":"Directory"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/argo-smart-routing/","name":"Argo Smart Routing"}}]} ``` --- --- title: Get started description: Learn how to enable Argo Smart Routing in the Cloudflare dashboard. image: https://developers.cloudflare.com/core-services-preview.png --- > Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://developers.cloudflare.com/argo-smart-routing/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. [Skip to content](#%5Ftop) # Get started 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 speeds up your global traffic by routing requests across the fastest network paths available. * [ Dashboard ](#tab-panel-4548) * [ API ](#tab-panel-4549) To enable [Argo Smart Routing ↗](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/traffic) in the dashboard: 1. In the Cloudflare dashboard, go to the **Argo Smart Routing** page. [ Go to **Argo Smart Routing** ](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/traffic) 2. For **Argo Smart Routing**, switch the toggle to **On**. 3. Provide your billing information. * If you do not have a [billing profile](https://developers.cloudflare.com/billing/get-started/create-billing-profile/), enter your billing information. * If you have a billing profile, confirm your billing information. To enable or disable Argo Smart Routing with the API, send a [PATCH](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/argo/subresources/smart%5Frouting/methods/edit/) request with the `value` parameter set to your desired setting (`"on"` or `"off"`). You will need to already have a [billing profile](https://developers.cloudflare.com/billing/get-started/create-billing-profile/) on your account to enable 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. ## Billing If Cloudflare mitigates attacks on your site - whether through DDoS protection, the WAF, or other mechanisms - that traffic will not be included in any charges for Argo Smart Routing. Since this is a service with [usage-based billing](https://developers.cloudflare.com/billing/understand/usage-based-billing/), Cloudflare recommends that you set up usage-based billing notifications to avoid unexpected bills. To set up those notifications: 1. In the Cloudflare dashboard, go to the **Notifications** page. [ Go to **Notifications** ](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/notifications) 2. On **Alert Type** of **Usage Based Billing**, click **Select**. 3. Fill out the following information: * **Name** * **Product** * **Notification limit** (exact metric will vary based on product) * **Notification email** Note Some plans also have access to alerts through [PagerDuty](https://developers.cloudflare.com/notifications/get-started/configure-pagerduty/) and [Webhooks](https://developers.cloudflare.com/notifications/get-started/configure-webhooks/). 4. Select **Save**. ## Enable Tiered Cache [Cache](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/) works by storing a copy of website content at Cloudflare's data centers. [Tiered Cache](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/how-to/tiered-cache/) organizes these data centers into a hierarchy based on location. This behavior allows Cloudflare to deliver content from data centers closest to your visitor. When used together, Argo Smart Routing optimizes the network path between Cloudflare data centers and your origin, while Tiered Cache reduces the number of requests that reach your origin. For more information, refer to [Tiered Cache](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/how-to/tiered-cache/). ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/directory/","name":"Directory"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/argo-smart-routing/","name":"Argo Smart Routing"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"/argo-smart-routing/get-started/","name":"Get started"}}]} ``` --- --- title: Analytics description: View latency improvements and response time data for Argo Smart Routing. image: https://developers.cloudflare.com/core-services-preview.png --- > Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://developers.cloudflare.com/argo-smart-routing/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. [Skip to content](#%5Ftop) ### Tags [ Analytics ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/search/?tags=Analytics) # Analytics Cloudflare provides analytics to show the performance benefits of Argo Smart Routing. You can access Argo analytics for your domain in the [Cloudflare dashboard ↗](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) at **Analytics** \> **Performance**. For information on all analytics in the dashboard, refer to [Analytics](https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/). ## How it works Analytics collects data based on the time-to-first-byte (TTFB) from your origin to the Cloudflare network. TTFB is the delay between when Cloudflare sends a request to your server and when it receives the first byte in response. Argo Smart Routing optimizes your server's network transit time to minimize this delay. Note Detailed performance data within **Origin Performance (Argo)** will only display if Argo has routed at least 500 origin requests within the last 48 hours. ## Types of analytics The dashboard displays two different views for performance data: * **Origin Response Time**: A histogram shows response time from your origin to the Cloudflare network. The blue bars show time-to-first-byte (TTFB) without Argo, while the orange bars show TTFB where Argo found a Smart Route. * **Geography**: A map shows the improvement in response time at each Cloudflare data center. * A negative value indicates that requests from that location would not have benefited from Argo Smart Routing, so instead would have been routed directly. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/directory/","name":"Directory"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/argo-smart-routing/","name":"Argo Smart Routing"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"/argo-smart-routing/analytics/","name":"Analytics"}}]} ``` --- --- title: Argo for Packets description: Optimize IP layer routing for Magic Transit, Cloudflare WAN, and Cloudflare for Offices. image: https://developers.cloudflare.com/core-services-preview.png --- > Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://developers.cloudflare.com/argo-smart-routing/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. [Skip to content](#%5Ftop) # Argo for Packets Argo for Packets optimizes IP layer network routing for Cloudflare network services products, including [Magic Transit](https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-transit/), [Cloudflare WAN](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-wan/) (formerly Magic WAN), and [Cloudflare for Offices ↗](https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-offices/). Argo for Packets monitors the performance of network paths between every Cloudflare data center and your origin. It uses existing Layer 4 traffic data and network analytics to select the fastest, most available path. Organizations with multiple origin locations benefit most from Argo for Packets, because it optimizes complex Internet paths that would otherwise route suboptimally. To begin using Argo for Packets, contact your account manager. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/directory/","name":"Directory"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/argo-smart-routing/","name":"Argo Smart Routing"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"/argo-smart-routing/argo-for-packets/","name":"Argo for Packets"}}]} ```