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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
    F5 BIG-IP APM Free trial AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac 7.1
    Cloudflare DDoS Protection vs F5 BIG-IP APM
  2. 2
    Fastly Image Optimizer Free plan apiLinuxWeb $0.01/mo6.4
    Cloudflare DDoS Protection vs Fastly Image Optimizer
  3. 3
    AWS Shield Free plan apiWeb $3,000/mo6.3
    Cloudflare DDoS Protection vs AWS Shield
  4. 4
    Gcore DDoS Protection Free plan apiWeb $275/mo6.3
    Cloudflare DDoS Protection vs Gcore DDoS Protection
  5. 5
    Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Secret Management Free plan apiWeb Free6.3
    Cloudflare DDoS Protection vs Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Secret Management
  6. 7
    Check Point DDoS Protector Linuxself-hostedWeb 5.8
    Cloudflare DDoS Protection vs Check Point DDoS Protector
  7. 8
    Huawei HiSecEngine USG6800G Web 5.7
    Cloudflare DDoS Protection vs Huawei HiSecEngine USG6800G
  8. 9
    Nexusguard DDoS Protection apiself-hostedWeb 5.7
    Cloudflare DDoS Protection vs Nexusguard DDoS Protection
  9. 10
    A10 Thunder ADC Free trial apiLinuxself-hosted 5.6
    Cloudflare DDoS Protection vs A10 Thunder ADC
  10. 11
    Nokia Deepfield Defender apiself-hosted 5.6
    Cloudflare DDoS Protection vs Nokia Deepfield Defender
  11. 12
    Alibaba Cloud Anti-DDoS Web $1,580/mo5.5
    Cloudflare DDoS Protection vs Alibaba Cloud Anti-DDoS
  12. 13
    Andrisoft Wanguard Free trial apiLinuxself-hostedWeb $49.58/mo5.5
    Cloudflare DDoS Protection vs Andrisoft Wanguard
  13. 14
    Qrator DDoS Protection Free trial apiWeb 5.5
    Cloudflare DDoS Protection vs Qrator DDoS Protection
  14. 15
    Radware Alteon apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 5.5
    Cloudflare DDoS Protection vs Radware Alteon
  15. 16
    StormWall DDoS Protection Free trial apiself-hostedWeb $500/mo5.5
    Cloudflare DDoS Protection vs StormWall DDoS Protection
  16. 17
    Cloudflare Magic Transit apiWeb 5.4
    Cloudflare DDoS Protection vs Cloudflare Magic Transit
  17. 18
    FastNetMon WebLinuxMac 5.4
    Cloudflare DDoS Protection vs FastNetMon
  18. 19
    Imperva API Security Free trial apiself-hostedWeb 5.4
    Cloudflare DDoS Protection vs Imperva API Security
  19. 20
    Juniper Security Director self-hostedWeb 5.4
    Cloudflare DDoS Protection vs Juniper Security Director
  20. 21
    Corero SmartWall ONE WebLinux 5.3
    Cloudflare DDoS Protection vs Corero SmartWall ONE

Cloudflare DDoS Protection alternatives compared

#AppScoreFree planFromRuns on
1F5 BIG-IP APM7.1No—Android, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
2Fastly Image Optimizer6.4Free plan$0.01/moAPI, Linux, Web
3AWS Shield6.3Free plan$3,000/moAPI, Web
4Gcore DDoS Protection6.3Free plan$275/moAPI, Web
5Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Secret Management6.3Free planFreeAPI, Web
7Check Point DDoS Protector5.8No—Linux, self-hosted, Web
8Huawei HiSecEngine USG6800G5.7No—Web
9Nexusguard DDoS Protection5.7No—API, self-hosted, Web
10A10 Thunder ADC5.6No—API, Linux, self-hosted
11Nokia Deepfield Defender5.6No—API, self-hosted
12Alibaba Cloud Anti-DDoS5.5No$1,580/moWeb
13Andrisoft Wanguard5.5No$49.58/moAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
14Qrator DDoS Protection5.5No—API, Web
15Radware Alteon5.5No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
16StormWall DDoS Protection5.5No$500/moAPI, self-hosted, Web
17Cloudflare Magic Transit5.4No—API, Web
18FastNetMon5.4No—Web, Linux, Mac
19Imperva API Security5.4No—API, self-hosted, Web
20Juniper Security Director5.4No—self-hosted, Web
21Corero SmartWall ONE5.3No—Web, Linux
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Questions about Cloudflare DDoS Protection alternatives

What is the best alternative to Cloudflare DDoS Protection?

F5 BIG-IP APM, number 1 in DDoS protection software with a score of 7.1 out of 10. The others here: Fastly Image Optimizer, AWS Shield, Gcore DDoS Protection 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. 4 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked mobile-first: a phone app alongside the web or desktop product, a free tier and the depth of its documentation.