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Cloudflare vs Link11 comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Cloudflare
Ranking in CDN
1st
Ranking in Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
70
Ranking in other categories
Managed DNS (1st), Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) (10th)
Link11
Ranking in CDN
23rd
Ranking in Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection
29th
Average Rating
0.0
Number of Reviews
0
Ranking in other categories
Web Application Firewall (WAF) (60th), API Security (25th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2024, in the Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection category, the mindshare of Cloudflare is 20.7%, up from 20.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Link11 is 0.6%, down from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection
 

Featured Reviews

Binuprasad Madhu - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 5, 2023
The API enables you to build a separate environment inside the solution
We use Cloudflare for our DNS service.  We previously faced so many issues with our in-house DNS servers. Cloudflare provides a backup, so if you have any issues with your environment or something goes wrong with a software hostname and IP address, you can run the backup and experience zero…

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product's pricing is minimal compared to other products."
"So far I use free tier and happy with it. You can subscribe to business package if needed."
"Cloudflare's pricing is not much higher and is good for middle-level organizations."
"The pricing depends on the usage, but the cheapest would be around 5,000 USD a month."
"We are using the free version."
"The cost primarily depends on the size of the organization."
"I give the price a five out of ten."
"The price of the solution is expensive."
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Comparison Review

it_user68487 - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 6, 2013
CloudFlare vs Incapsula: Web Application Firewall
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
25%
Computer Software Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Comms Service Provider
6%
Computer Software Company
28%
Comms Service Provider
11%
Financial Services Firm
9%
University
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

Which is the best DDoS protection solution for a big ISP for monitoring and mitigating?
Cloudflare. We are moving from Akamai prolexic to Cloudflare. Cloudflare anycast network outperforms Akamai static GRE tunnels. We have decreased site load times on Mobile 3G from 8 to 1,6 seconds ...
Which would you choose - Cloudflare DNS or Quad9?
Cloudflare DNS is a very fast, very reliable public DNS resolver. It is an enterprise-grade authoritative DNS service that offers great redundancy and advanced security with built-in unmetered and ...
What do you like most about Cloudflare?
Cloudflare offers CDN and DDoS protection. We have the front end, API, and database in how you structure applications.
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