Alternatives and competitors

Sites like Cloudflare

The 20 closest content delivery network alternatives to Cloudflare, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 18 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to Cloudflare? The closest matches are Fastly, Cloudflare Status and Akamai Technologies. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.

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01 · Entity

About Cloudflare

Cloudflare cloudflare.com

Cloudflare: Build for the agent era

Welcome to Cloudflare - Powering the next generation of applications

Wikidata: American internet infrastructure and website security company

Top 100 · #2 English 18 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit Cloudflare

Summary by Claude

Cloudflare provides a global network offering content delivery, DDoS protection, DNS, web application firewall, zero trust network access, and serverless edge compute and storage for websites, applications and corporate networks.

Who it’s for
Website owners, developers and enterprises
Business model
Subscriptions and usage-based fees

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Cloudflare’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

similarity × popularity

MediaFireClaranetNextDNS182682.xyzngenix.netCDNvideobsgslb.comAkamai TechnologiesCloudflare StatusFastly

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to Cloudflare

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Cloudflare, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Only in English
  1. 01
    Fastly fastly.com English

    Powering the best of the internet | Fastly

    Fastly's edge cloud platform delivers faster, safer, and more scalable sites and apps to customers. Elevate your edge CDN, video delivery, security, and more.

  2. 02
    Cloudflare Status cloudflarestatus.com Top 10K English

    Cloudflare Status

    Real-time status and incident history for Cloudflare services, network locations, and scheduled maintenance.

  3. 03
    Akamai Technologies akamai.com Top 10K

    American content delivery network, cybersecurity, and cloud service company

  4. 04
    bsgslb.com Top 10K Chinese

    零信任_安全办公平台_远程安全访问_SASE方案_终端安全-白山云

    基于零信任理念和白山云全球边缘网络,「网络+安全+服务+情报」一体化建设,更安全、更快速、更经济地保障企业全球化高效办公,确保分布在全球各地的用户都能随时随地、快速安全地访问企业本地和云上资源。

  5. 05
    CDNvideo cdnvideo.ru Top 10K Russian

    CDNvideo - ведущий провайдер CDN в России и СНГ - www.cdnvideo.ru

    Сеть доставки контента (CDN) компании CDNvideo показывает максимальные скорости в России и СНГ и занимает лидирующую позицию в отрасли. Подключайтесь! CDNvideo - ведущий провайдер CDN или сети доставки контента. Наши решения: онлайн-трансляции в интернете, защита сайтов от DDoS-атак, ускорение загрузки контента для интернет-магазинов и онлайн игр, HTML5 видеоплеер онлайн, облачные сервера, облачные хранилища S3, облачная видеоплатформа, стабильная работа веб-ресурса при высоких нагрузках. Звоните +7 495 782 17 32!

  6. 06
    ngenix.net Top 1K Russian

    Доступ к сайту временно ограничен владельцем веб-ресурса.

  7. 07
    Atomile atomile.com Top 10K Chinese

    Atomile CDN Provider

    Deliver high-performance static and dynamic content through a global edge network and intelligent acceleration.

  8. 08
    Zscaler zscaler.com Top 10K English

    Leading Cloud Enterprise Security Provider for Zero Trust

    Zscaler is a leading cloud enterprise security provider helping global businesses adopt zero trust for secure digital transformation.

  9. 09
    bunny.net Top 10K English

    bunny.net - The Global Edge Platform that truly Hops

    Hop on bunny.net and speed up your web presence with the next-generation Content Delivery Service (CDN), Edge Storage, and Optimization Services at any scale.

  10. 10
    OVHcloud ovhcloud.com Top 10K English

    OVHcloud

    OVHcloud is a global, cloud provider delivering hosted private cloud, public cloud, and dedicated server solutions trusted by over 1.5 million developers.

  11. 11
    182682.xyz Top 10K Chinese

    微测网 - 全球云服务监测平台

    微测网 (WeTest.vip) - 提供 CloudFlare, CloudFront ,EdgeOne等全球云服务的 CDN IP 优选、节点状态监测和相关工具。

  12. 12
    Cloudinary cloudinary.com Top 1K English

    Image and Video Platform for Visual Experiences | Cloudinary

    Streamline media management and improve user experience by automatically delivering images and videos, enhanced and optimized for every user.

  13. 13
    NextDNS nextdns.io Top 10K English

    NextDNS - The new firewall for the modern Internet

    NextDNS protects you from all kinds of security threats, blocks ads and trackers on websites and in apps and provides a safe and supervised Internet for kids — on all devices and on all networks.

  14. 14
    Claranet clara.net Top 10K English

    Cloud, Cybersecurity, Managed Networks, and Communications Services | Claranet

    Modernise and protect your organisation with our expert approach and global leadership in transformation and technology.

  15. 15
    baishan-cloud.net Top 10K Chinese

    零信任_安全办公平台_远程安全访问_SASE方案_终端安全-白山云

    基于零信任理念和白山云全球边缘网络,「网络+安全+服务+情报」一体化建设,更安全、更快速、更经济地保障企业全球化高效办公,确保分布在全球各地的用户都能随时随地、快速安全地访问企业本地和云上资源。

  16. 16
    MediaFire mediafire.com Top 1K English

    File sharing and storage made simple

    MediaFire is a simple to use free service that lets you put all your photos, documents, music, and video in a single place so you can access them anywhere and share them everywhere.

  17. 17
    F5 f5.com Top 100 English

    Hybrid Multicloud App Security & Delivery for the AI Era | F5

    Unified delivery & security for applications, APIs, & AI workloads across any infrastructure, trusted by 85% of the Fortune 500. Secure your digital ecosystem.

  18. 18
    bsclink.cn Top 10K Chinese

    零信任_安全办公平台_远程安全访问_SASE方案_终端安全-白山云

    基于零信任理念和白山云全球边缘网络,「网络+安全+服务+情报」一体化建设,更安全、更快速、更经济地保障企业全球化高效办公,确保分布在全球各地的用户都能随时随地、快速安全地访问企业本地和云上资源。

  19. 19
    ClouDNS cloudns.net Top 1K English

    Free DNS hosting, Cloud DNS hosting and Domain names | ClouDNS

    ClouDNS provides Free DNS, Cloud DNS, Managed DNS, GeoDNS and DDoS Protected DNS hosting with included web redirects, mail forwards and Round-Robin load balancing. Instant updates in Europe, North and South America, Asia and Australia.

  20. 20
    Comodo Group comodo.com Top 10K English

    Advanced Website Protection for Unmatched Cyber Defense

    Safeguard your devices with Comodo's advanced endpoint protection and protect your websites from malware and cyber threats. Secure your site now!

Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to cloudflare.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Cloudflare uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What Cloudflare is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.

Built with

JavaScript frameworks
  • Astro meta generator: Astro v6.3.7
Analytics
  • Cloudflare Web Analytics asset https://static.cloudflareinsights.com/beacon.min.js/vce701823e78c4301a35b7e07294d87301792…
Tag managers
Live chat & support
  • Zendesk TXT v=spf1 ip4:199.15.212.0/22 ip4:173.245.48.0/20 include:_spf.google.co…
Cookie consent
Payments
  • Stripe TXT stripe-verification=5096d01ff2cf194285dd51cae18f24fa9c26dc928cebac363…
CDN
Email hosting
Email delivery
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
  • Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=DNnWJoArJobFJKhJ
  • Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=WxxKyN9aLnjEsoOjUYI6T0bb5vcqmKzaIkC9Rx2…
  • Canva TXT canva-site-verification=oOyaVnHC-OiFoR1BPvetNA
  • Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=C7thfNeXVahkVhniiqTI1iSVnElKR_kBBtnEHkeGDlo
  • Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=h9mm6zopj6p2po54woa16m5bskm6oo
  • Miro TXT miro-verification=bdd7dfa0a49adfb43ad6ddfaf797633246c07356
  • Salesforce TXT v=spf1 ip4:199.15.212.0/22 ip4:173.245.48.0/20 include:_spf.google.co…
  • Zoom TXT ZOOM_verify_7LFBvOO9SIigypFG2xRlMA

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