Cloudflare One Reviews, Competitors and Pricing

Madhurya Dutta

IT Associate at GNRC Hospitals

May 24, 2023

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The rate limiting feature helps restrict unwanted requests

Pros and Cons

"The best feature is rate limiting. If I'm expecting 500 visits per hour, Cloudflare will limit the requests if I suddenly get 50,000."

"The free plan has limitations. For example, I can only set up three rules, and the application firewall is unavailable."

What is our primary use case?

Cloudflare DDoS protects against bots and DDoS attacks. I'm using the free version for my personal website.

What is most valuable?

The best feature is rate limiting. If I'm expecting 500 visits per hour, Cloudflare will limit the requests if I suddenly get 50,000.

What needs improvement?

The free plan has limitations. For example, I can only set up three rules, and the application firewall is unavailable.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have used Cloudflare DDoS for about a year.

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How was the initial setup?

The initial setup isn't difficult. When a user signs up for a Cloudflare account and adds domains, it automatically deploys basic protection.

What other advice do I have?

I rate Cloudflare DDoS 10 out of 10. Before you opt for Cloudflare DDoS, you should understand that every cloud provider includes DDoS. If you are hosting your services in AWS, Google Cloud, or Microsoft Azure, you already have DDoS, so secondary protection isn't necessary.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.

reviewer2321538

CTO at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Dec 18, 2023

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The solution mitigates DDoS attacks but provides poor technical support

Pros and Cons

"Cloudflare DDoS mitigates DDoS attacks."

"Cloudflare DDoS has poor technical support."

What is most valuable?

Cloudflare DDoS mitigates DDoS attacks.

What needs improvement?

Cloudflare DDoS mitigates DDoS attacks mostly by distributing the attacks through their network, which means many of their PoPs will hit your servers. When you have a huge DDoS attack, Cloudflare DDoS will stop the attack after some time. Until then, it will just register the DDoS attack through their network because they have a huge network, and then all those PoPs will hit your servers.

Cloudflare DDoS has poor technical support.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Cloudflare DDoS for five years.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

More than 10,000 users are using Cloudflare DDoS in our company.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I previously used F5.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The solution's pricing lacks transparency. You never know what you're paying for, and even their team sometimes cannot give you a correct answer on how they calculate something.

What other advice do I have?

Overall, I rate Cloudflare DDoS a seven out of ten.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.