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Cloudflare WAN (formerly Magic WAN) comparisons

Paid#1 of 23 in Cloud Network Management SoftwareNetwork as a Service (NaaS) Platforms SD-WAN Software Cloud Access Security Broker Software +1 more

Cloudflare WAN (formerly Magic WAN) is compared head-to-head with Alkira, Equinix Fabric and OpenStack Neutron and more: 7 head-to-heads in Cloud Network Management Software, each with the specs and prices we checked.

9.2/10Editor score

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Cloudflare WAN (formerly Magic WAN) head-to-head

Cloudflare WAN (formerly Magic WAN) vs each of them

#	Tool	Free plan	Paid from	Multicloud support	Deployment model	VPN management	Firewall policy management	Network monitoring	Score
1	Cloudflare WAN (formerly Magic WAN)			Yes	Hybrid	Yes	Yes	Yes	9.2
2	Alkira			Yes	Saas	Yes	Yes	Yes	8.8
3	Equinix Fabric	No		Yes	Saas	No	No	Yes	8.6
4	OpenStack Neutron		Free		Hybrid				8.3
5	Tailscale	Yes	$8/user/mo	Yes	Saas	Yes	Yes	Yes	8.2
6	ZeroTier	Yes		Yes	Hybrid	Yes	Yes	No	8.0
7	PacketFabric	No		Yes	Saas	Yes		Yes	7.8
8	F5 WAF for Distributed Cloud	No			Hybrid				7.6

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