Free Cloudflare AlternativesCDNs & Web Application Firewalls like Cloudflare

The best free alternative to Cloudflare is DNS4EU. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Cloudflare and many of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to Cloudflare are Cisco Umbrella, Duck DNS, Amazon CloudFront and Sucuri.

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  1. DNS4EU icon

    DNS4EU

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    Join DNS4EU, an EU initiative providing secure, private, and reliable DNS services for users across Europe.

    49 DNS4EU alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • CZ flagCzechia
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Online
    DNS4EU screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Security-focused

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  No Tracking
    3.  DNS Server
    4.  European data privacy
    5.  GDPR Compliant
    6.  Dns

    DNS4EU VS Cloudflare

     

    • DNS4EU is the most popular Web-based alternative to Cloudflare.

    • DNS4EU is the most popular free alternative to Cloudflare.

    • DNS4EU is Free and ProprietaryCloudflare is Freemium and Proprietary
    • DNS4EU is Privacy focusedCloudflare is not according to our users
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    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

     
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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
    Duck DNS screenshot 1

    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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    Sucuri

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

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    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
    Amazon CloudFront screenshot 1

    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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    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.

    59 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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    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.

    51 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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    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.

    18 Gcore alternatives

    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
    0

    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.

    30 Haproxy alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    Live demo

    Haproxy Features

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

    Haproxy VS Cloudflare

     
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    BunkerWeb

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    BunkerWeb is a next-generation and open-source Web Application Firewall (WAF).

    51 BunkerWeb alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted

    BunkerWeb Features

    1.  Kubernetes
    2. Docker icon  Support for Docker
    3.  Nginx

    BunkerWeb VS Cloudflare

     
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    Alviy

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    Alviy is Infrastructure-as-a-Service provides Dynamic DNS, Backup/Secondary DNS service and domain hosting with DNS zone management.

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    mobile view

    Alviy Features

    1.  Dns
    2.  Custom DNS
    3.  Domain registration
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  Ads monitoring

    Alviy VS Cloudflare

     
    Comments about Alviy as an Alternative to Cloudflare
    leoonb
    Positive Nov 9, 2024
    0

    It is not subject to extremely strict moderation and is not spammed in databases like the lesser known variant.

    Cloudflare Icon
    Alviy icon

    • Alviy is the most popular Android & Android Tablet alternative to Cloudflare.

    • Alviy is Freemium and ProprietaryCloudflare is also Freemium and Proprietary

  14. FastNetMon

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    FastNetMon is a very fast DDoS analyzer with sflow/netflow/mirror support.

    6 FastNetMon alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Perl
    FastNetMon screenshot 1

    FastNetMon VS Cloudflare

     
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    open-appsec

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    open-appsec (openappsec.io) in an open-source initiative that builds on machine learning to provide pre-emptive web app & API threat protection against OWASP-Top-10 and zero-day attacks.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Machine Learning Engine

    open-appsec Features

    1.  Nginx

    open-appsec VS Cloudflare

     
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