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Best Cloudflare DDoS Protection Alternatives in 2026

Updated

20 apps from DDoS protection software ranked against Cloudflare DDoS Protection on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    Fastly Image Optimizer Free plan apiLinuxWeb $0.01/mo6.5
    Cloudflare DDoS Protection vs Fastly Image Optimizer
  2. 2
    AWS Shield Free plan apiWeb $3,000/mo6.4
    Cloudflare DDoS Protection vs AWS Shield
  3. 3
    Gcore DDoS Protection Free plan apiWeb $275/mo6.4
    Cloudflare DDoS Protection vs Gcore DDoS Protection
  4. 4
    Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Secret Management Free plan apiWeb Free6.4
    Cloudflare DDoS Protection vs Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Secret Management
  5. 5
    Tencent Cloud API Gateway Free plan apiWeb Free6.4
    Cloudflare DDoS Protection vs Tencent Cloud API Gateway
  6. 7
    Check Point DDoS Protector Linuxself-hostedWeb 5.5
    Cloudflare DDoS Protection vs Check Point DDoS Protector
  7. 8
    F5 BIG-IP APM Free trial AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac 5.4
    Cloudflare DDoS Protection vs F5 BIG-IP APM
  8. 9
    FastNetMon WebLinuxMac 5.4
    Cloudflare DDoS Protection vs FastNetMon
  9. 10
    Huawei HiSecEngine USG6800G Web 5.4
    Cloudflare DDoS Protection vs Huawei HiSecEngine USG6800G
  10. 11
    Nexusguard DDoS Protection apiself-hostedWeb 5.4
    Cloudflare DDoS Protection vs Nexusguard DDoS Protection
  11. 12
    Alibaba Cloud Anti-DDoS Web $1,580/mo5.3
    Cloudflare DDoS Protection vs Alibaba Cloud Anti-DDoS
  12. 13
    Azure DDoS Protection Web $199/mo5.3
    Cloudflare DDoS Protection vs Azure DDoS Protection
  13. 14
    Nokia Deepfield Defender apiself-hosted 5.3
    Cloudflare DDoS Protection vs Nokia Deepfield Defender
  14. 15
    Corero SmartWall ONE WebLinux 5.2
    Cloudflare DDoS Protection vs Corero SmartWall ONE
  15. 16
    DigitalOcean DDoS Protection Web 5.2
    Cloudflare DDoS Protection vs DigitalOcean DDoS Protection
  16. 17
    Path Network DDoS Protection Web 5.2
    Cloudflare DDoS Protection vs Path Network DDoS Protection
  17. 18
    Project Shield Web 5.2
    Cloudflare DDoS Protection vs Project Shield
  18. 19
    NETSCOUT Arbor Edge Defense 5.1
    Cloudflare DDoS Protection vs NETSCOUT Arbor Edge Defense
  19. 20
    Radware Alteon apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 5.1
    Cloudflare DDoS Protection vs Radware Alteon
  20. 21
    A10 Thunder ADC Free trial apiLinuxself-hosted 5.0
    Cloudflare DDoS Protection vs A10 Thunder ADC

Cloudflare DDoS Protection alternatives compared

#AppScoreFree planFromRuns on
1Fastly Image Optimizer6.5Free plan$0.01/moAPI, Linux, Web
2AWS Shield6.4Free plan$3,000/moAPI, Web
3Gcore DDoS Protection6.4Free plan$275/moAPI, Web
4Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Secret Management6.4Free planFreeAPI, Web
5Tencent Cloud API Gateway6.4Free planFreeAPI, Web
7Check Point DDoS Protector5.5No—Linux, self-hosted, Web
8F5 BIG-IP APM5.4No—Android, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
9FastNetMon5.4No—Web, Linux, Mac
10Huawei HiSecEngine USG6800G5.4No—Web
11Nexusguard DDoS Protection5.4No—API, self-hosted, Web
12Alibaba Cloud Anti-DDoS5.3No$1,580/moWeb
13Azure DDoS Protection5.3No$199/moWeb
14Nokia Deepfield Defender5.3No—API, self-hosted
15Corero SmartWall ONE5.2No—Web, Linux
16DigitalOcean DDoS Protection5.2No—Web
17Path Network DDoS Protection5.2No—Web
18Project Shield5.2No—Web
19NETSCOUT Arbor Edge Defense5.1No——
20Radware Alteon5.1No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
21A10 Thunder ADC5.0No—API, Linux, self-hosted
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Questions about Cloudflare DDoS Protection alternatives

What is the best alternative to Cloudflare DDoS Protection?

Fastly Image Optimizer, number 1 in DDoS protection software with a score of 6.5 out of 10. The others here: AWS Shield, Gcore DDoS Protection, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Secret Management and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to Cloudflare DDoS Protection?

Fastly Image Optimizer is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 5 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked free-and-open first: a usable free tier and open-source code, then the platforms it runs on and its documentation.