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Best Project Shield Alternatives in 2026

Updated

20 apps from DDoS protection software ranked against Project Shield on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    Fastly Image Optimizer Free plan apiLinuxWeb $0.01/mo6.5
    Project Shield vs Fastly Image Optimizer
  2. 2
    AWS Shield Free plan apiWeb $3,000/mo6.4
    Project Shield vs AWS Shield
  3. 3
    Gcore DDoS Protection Free plan apiWeb $275/mo6.4
    Project Shield vs Gcore DDoS Protection
  4. 4
    Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Secret Management Free plan apiWeb Free6.4
    Project Shield vs Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Secret Management
  5. 5
    Cloudflare DDoS Protection Free plan Web $20/mo6.3
    Project Shield vs Cloudflare DDoS Protection
  6. 6
    Check Point DDoS Protector Linuxself-hostedWeb 5.5
    Project Shield vs Check Point DDoS Protector
  7. 7
    F5 BIG-IP APM Free trial AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac 5.4
    Project Shield vs F5 BIG-IP APM
  8. 8
    FastNetMon WebLinuxMac 5.4
    Project Shield vs FastNetMon
  9. 9
    Nexusguard DDoS Protection apiself-hostedWeb 5.4
    Project Shield vs Nexusguard DDoS Protection
  10. 10
    Alibaba Cloud Anti-DDoS Web $1,580/mo5.3
    Project Shield vs Alibaba Cloud Anti-DDoS
  11. 11
    Huawei HiSecEngine USG6800G Web 5.3
    Project Shield vs Huawei HiSecEngine USG6800G
  12. 12
    Nokia Deepfield Defender apiself-hosted 5.3
    Project Shield vs Nokia Deepfield Defender
  13. 13
    Corero SmartWall ONE WebLinux 5.2
    Project Shield vs Corero SmartWall ONE
  14. 14
    DigitalOcean DDoS Protection Web 5.2
    Project Shield vs DigitalOcean DDoS Protection
  15. 15
    Path Network DDoS Protection Web 5.2
    Project Shield vs Path Network DDoS Protection
  16. 17
    NETSCOUT Arbor Edge Defense 5.1
    Project Shield vs NETSCOUT Arbor Edge Defense
  17. 18
    Radware Alteon apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 5.1
    Project Shield vs Radware Alteon
  18. 19
    A10 Thunder ADC Free trial apiLinuxself-hosted 5.0
    Project Shield vs A10 Thunder ADC
  19. 20
    Andrisoft Wanguard Free trial apiLinuxself-hostedWeb $49.58/mo5.0
    Project Shield vs Andrisoft Wanguard
  20. 21
    Flowtriq LinuxWeb $7.99/mo5.0
    Project Shield vs Flowtriq

Project Shield 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
5Cloudflare DDoS Protection6.3Free plan$20/moWeb
6Check Point DDoS Protector5.5No—Linux, self-hosted, Web
7F5 BIG-IP APM5.4No—Android, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
8FastNetMon5.4No—Web, Linux, Mac
9Nexusguard DDoS Protection5.4No—API, self-hosted, Web
10Alibaba Cloud Anti-DDoS5.3No$1,580/moWeb
11Huawei HiSecEngine USG6800G5.3No—Web
12Nokia Deepfield Defender5.3No—API, self-hosted
13Corero SmartWall ONE5.2No—Web, Linux
14DigitalOcean DDoS Protection5.2No—Web
15Path Network DDoS Protection5.2No—Web
17NETSCOUT Arbor Edge Defense5.1No——
18Radware Alteon5.1No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
19A10 Thunder ADC5.0No—API, Linux, self-hosted
20Andrisoft Wanguard5.0No$49.58/moAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
21Flowtriq5.0No$7.99/moLinux, Web
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Questions about Project Shield alternatives

What is the best alternative to Project Shield?

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 Project Shield?

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.