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Cloudflare DDoS Protection comparisons

Freemium#1 of 36 in DDoS Protection Software

Cloudflare DDoS Protection is compared head-to-head with Akamai Prolexic, Fastly DDoS Protection and AWS Shield and more: 7 head-to-heads in DDoS Protection Software, each with the specs and prices we checked.

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Cloudflare DDoS Protection head-to-head

Cloudflare DDoS Protection vs each of them

#	Tool	Free plan	Paid from	Attack layers	Mitigation mode	Deployment model	Score
1	Cloudflare DDoS Protection	Yes	$20/mo	Both	Always-on	Cloud	9.4
2	Akamai Prolexic			Network	Hybrid	Hybrid	9.2
3	Fastly DDoS Protection	Yes	$0.01/unit/mo	Both	Always-on	Cloud	9.1
4	AWS Shield	Yes		Both	Always-on	Cloud	9.0
5	Imperva DDoS Protection	No		Both	Hybrid	Cloud	8.9
6	Radware Cloud DDoS Protection	No		Both	Hybrid	Hybrid	8.8
7	A10 Thunder TPS	No		Both	Hybrid	Hybrid	8.7
8	Check Point DDoS Protector			Both	Hybrid	Hybrid	8.6

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