8 Best Cloudflare Alternatives (Free + Premium)

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CloudFlare

Cloudflare is a web infrastructure and security company that offers content delivery network (CDN), DNS, DDoS protection, and web application firewall (WAF) services. Cloudflare’s solutions help improve website performance, security, and reliability by distributing web content across a global network of data centers and protecting against malicious traffic.

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Akamai

However, being a large CDN provider, Akamai may be somewhat restrictive and less flexible than smaller ones. Unlike Cloudflare, Akamai does not have a free plan, and their pricing is given only upon consultation. That said, if you have ample money in your pockets, Akamai could be the best Cloudflare alternative.

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Imperva

Imperva prides itself in its cloud-based application delivery solution; Imperva CDN provides built-in load balancing, caching, and failover features into its WAAP solution so that applications are seamlessly delivered. Pages are cached efficiently, with bandwidth consumption reduced by 60%. Connection speeds may also see improvements by up to 50%.

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StackPath

StackPath was founded in 2015 by Lance Crosby but now operates under the same people who ran SoftLayer, a cloud solutions and services provider, bought over by IBM. Having acquired several strategic companies, StackPath gradually built an upgraded network of servers across more than 50 edge locations worldwide.

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Sucuri

Sucuri’s WAF cheapest plan doesn’t come with malware cleanup. If you need this, you’ll have to subscribe to Business’s highest tiered plan. Unlike Cloudflare, Sucuri does not have any free plan. That said, Sucuri remains a solid alternative to Cloudflare for all its quality offered features.

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Fastly

With a decade of experience in the CDN market, Fastly was founded by Artur Bergman in 2011. Fastly is one of those whirlwind service providers that expanded quickly through the years to become a force to be reckoned with today. Google recognized this and selected Fastly to be one of its CDN partners in 2015.

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Edgio

Their highly acclaimed CDN comes with Limelight Origin Storage, a solution specially designed to manage content more efficiently so that you always end up with high availability and performance. You’ll get reporting tools to help you strategize better for the future.

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Amazon CloudFront

Operated by Amazon Web Services, Amazon Cloudfront had a beta launch in 2008. AWS then decided to make Cloudfront part of their free tier offerings in 2014. As of current writing, Cloudfront boasts of more than 310 POPs scattered throughout the globe.

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Microsoft Azure CDN

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