Cloudflare AlternativesCDNs & Web Application Firewalls like Cloudflare

Cloudflare is described as 'Software-as-a-service hosted front-end transparent proxy designed to be put in front of any website to block attacks of any size and type, and offer integrated DNS and CDN services' and is a very popular CDN in the network & admin category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Cloudflare for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, SaaS, Linux, Windows and Self-Hosted apps. The best Cloudflare alternative is Cisco Umbrella, which is free. Other great apps like Cloudflare are Amazon CloudFront, Google Cloud CDN, Imperva CDN and Duck DNS.

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  1. Cisco Umbrella icon

    Cisco Umbrella

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    Cisco Umbrella (formerly OpenDNS) provides the first line of defense against threats on the internet wherever users go.

    72 Cisco Umbrella alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online

    Cisco Umbrella Features

    1.  Dns
    2.  DNS Server
    3.  Content Filtering
    4.  Wiki-like interface
    5.  Web filter
    6.  Reporting

    Cisco Umbrella VS Cloudflare

     

    • Cisco Umbrella is the most popular Web-based alternative to Cloudflare.

    • Cisco Umbrella is the most popular free alternative to Cloudflare.

    • Cisco Umbrella is Freemium and ProprietaryCloudflare is also Freemium and Proprietary
  2. Amazon CloudFront icon

    Amazon CloudFront

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    Amazon CloudFront is a global content delivery network (CDN) service that accelerates delivery of your websites, APIs, video content or other web assets through CDN caching.

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Amazon Web Services
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    Amazon CloudFront VS Cloudflare

     

    • Amazon CloudFront is the most popular SaaS alternative to Cloudflare.

    • Amazon CloudFront is Freemium and ProprietaryCloudflare is also Freemium and Proprietary
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    Google Cloud CDN

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    Cloud CDN (Content Delivery Network) uses Google's global edge network to serve content closer to users, which accelerates your websites and applications.

    License model

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)

    Google Cloud CDN Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Real-time traffic
    3.  Load balancing
    4.  Traffic Analysis
    5.  Traffic Monitoring
    6.  DNS Caching
    7.  Support for TLS
    8.  Website traffic
    9.  Website Traffic Stats

    Google Cloud CDN VS Cloudflare

     

    • Google Cloud CDN is the most popular commercial alternative to Cloudflare.

    • Google Cloud CDN is Paid and ProprietaryCloudflare is Freemium and Proprietary
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    Imperva CDN

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    Imperva CDN is a cloud-based platform that integrates content caching, load balancing, and failover to securely distribute applications globally. It uses machine learning to cache dynamically-generated pages, reducing bandwidth consumption.

    License model

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    Imperva CDN Features

    1.  Low bandwidth usage
    2.  Load balancing
    3.  Low Latency

    Imperva CDN VS Cloudflare

     
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    Duck DNS

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    Free dynamic DNS hosted on Amazon VPC.

    25 Duck DNS alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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    Duck DNS Features

    1.  Dynamic DNS

    Duck DNS VS Cloudflare

     

    • Duck DNS is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Cloudflare.

    • Duck DNS is the most popular Open Source alternative to Cloudflare.

    • Duck DNS is Free and Open SourceCloudflare is Freemium and Proprietary
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    Fastly.com

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    Fastly helps you eliminate toil with smarter solutions, and we keep you safer on our secure-by-design platform. Find out how we make good SecOps easy for DevOps.

    License model

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Cloud platform

    Fastly.com VS Cloudflare

     
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    Sucuri

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    A web security portfolio offering a combination of on-premise installed security software in conjunction with a cloud hosted web application firewall and CDN.

    57 Sucuri alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Wordpress
    Sucuri screenshot 1

    Sucuri Features

    1.  Website Monitoring

    Sucuri VS Cloudflare

     

    • Sucuri is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Cloudflare.

    • Sucuri is Freemium and ProprietaryCloudflare is also Freemium and Proprietary
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    Akamai

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    Akamai is the leading content delivery network (CDN) services provider for media and software delivery, and cloud security solutions.

    54 Akamai alternatives

    License model

    Application types

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
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    Akamai Features

    1.  VPS

    Akamai VS Cloudflare

     

    • Akamai is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to Cloudflare.

    • Akamai is Paid and ProprietaryCloudflare is Freemium and Proprietary
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    Fly.io

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    Edge computing is the new frontier. Fly brings the untapped potential of intelligent edge-servers to your finger-tips. It's a global load balancer, a smart reverse proxy, a library of powerful Middleware; it's a CDN that developers like you control.

    50 Fly.io alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    fly.io landing page

    Fly.io Features

    1.  Load balancing
    2.  SSL

    Fly.io VS Cloudflare

     
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    Medianova

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    Medianova is a global company offering content delivery network (CDN) and cloud security solutions. Recognized by Gartner, the company specializes in areas such as Dynamic Site Caching, Static Content Delivery, Image Optimization, API Caching, Streaming, Hybrid CDN, Cloud Object...

    License model

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • TR flagTürkiye

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    Medianova Features

    1.  Low Latency
    2.  Disaster Recovery
    3.  Bypass rate limit

    Medianova VS Cloudflare

     
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    Gcore

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    Edge cloud infrastructure with low latency around the world. Approved by game publishers and media. Store, deliver and protect any content for your latency-sensitive services. Reduce capital and operating costs. The best delivery speed in Europe.

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • LU flagLuxembourg
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    Gcore screenshot 1

    Gcore Features

    1.  Multi CDN
    2.  Image CDN
    3.  Dns
    4.  SSL
    5.  DNS Server
    6.  VOD
    7.  Low Latency

    Gcore VS Cloudflare

     
    Comments about Gcore as an Alternative to Cloudflare
    geri4
    Positive •Sep 10, 2022
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    Gcore has totally free global DNS service the same as Cloudflare+free CDN plan with WAF

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    • Gcore is Freemium and ProprietaryCloudflare is also Freemium and Proprietary
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    Haproxy

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    HAProxy is free, open source software that provides a high availability load balancer and proxy server for TCP and HTTP-based applications that spreads requests across multiple servers.

    28 Haproxy alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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    Haproxy Features

    1.  Load balancing
    2.  HTTPS Support
    3.  High Availability
    4.  Continuous Configuration

    Haproxy VS Cloudflare

     
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