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Industry Leading DDoS Mitigation

Highly rated web, application & network DDoS protection

A LEADER in the 2021 Forrester Wave™ DDoS Mitigation Solutions¹
Cloudflare has received the most "High" ratings when compared to 6 other DDoS vendors across 23 criteria in Gartner’s 2020 "Solution Comparison for DDoS Cloud Scrubbing Centers"

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Powerful DDoS Protection

The Cloudflare Difference

124 billion daily threats stopped

Cloudflare’s 172 Tbps network blocks 126 billion daily threats on average. Our global network spans over 275 cities & 100 countries to stop attacks on the frontlines.

Easy setup

Easily onboard in minutes from the dashboard or our API. Adding Cloudflare security, performance, and reliability functionality is as easy as flipping a switch.

24/7 email & phone support

Award winning, global, 24/7/365 email & emergency phone support (Enterprise plans). Plus on-demand resources, guides & best practice implementation.

DDoS Mitigation Options

What are you protecting?

Cloudflare offers three DDoS protection solutions designed to protect anything connected to the Internet:

Cloudflare DDoS Services:

Website DDoS Protection - Web Services (L7): unmetered and free in all Cloudflare website application service plans.
Application DDoS Protection - Spectrum (L4): reverse proxy, pay-as-you-go service for all TCP/UDP applications (gaming, VOIP, etc.).
Network DDoS Protection - Magic Transit (L3): for on-premise, cloud, & hybrid networks. Combine DDoS protection, traffic acceleration, & more.

Industry Leading

Cloudflare named a "Leader"

Forrester Wave™ DDoS Mitigation Solutions Q1 2021

According to Forrester, "Cloudflare protects against DDoS from the edge, and fast," and that "customer references view Cloudflare’s edge network as a compelling way to protect and deliver applications."

Get access to Enterprise-only features:

24/7/365 support via chat, email, and phone

Phone, chat, and email support with median response time of 15 minutes. For critical business issues, Enterprise customers have access to our 24/7/365 emergency phone support hotline.

100% uptime guarantee with 25x reimbursement SLA

In the rare event of downtime, Enterprise customers receive a 25x credit against the monthly fee, in proportion to the respective disruption and affected customer ratio.

Predictable flat-rate pricing for usage based products

Only enterprise customers can negotiate flat rate pricing on Argo, Rate limiting, Workers, Load Balancing, Live Stream and more.

Advanced Cache controls

Enterprise customers have lower TTLs and can purge cache by tag or host.

Bot management

Use the power of Cloudflare's network to intelligently manage bot traffic to your application in order to prevent credential stuffing, inventory hoarding, content scraping and other types of fraud.

Access to raw logs

Take charge of your data and run your own analytics using raw log data from web assets on Cloudflare's network.

Firewall analytics

Understand the impact of your WAF configuration. Firewall Analytics let you know if a rule is effective by illustrating the impact in an easy to digest format.

Role based access

Provide role-based access throughout your organization. Each user is given set permissions, individual API keys, and optional two-factor authentication.

Network prioritization

Enterprise web assets are placed on Cloudflare dedicated IP ranges, providing prioritized routing and protection to ensure maximum speed and availability.

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Analyst Reports & Sources:

The Forrester Wave™: DDoS Mitigation Solutions, Q1 2021 - Read report
Gartner Peer Insights ‘Voice of the Customer’: Global CDN, April 28, 2022 - Read report
Gartner Peer Insights ‘Voice of the Customer’: Web Application and API Protection, March 22, 2022 - Read report
Gartner: Market Guide for Zero Trust Network Access, February 2022 - Read report
2022 IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Commercial Content Delivery Network Services 2022 Vendor Assessment (doc #US47652821, March 2022) - Read report
KuppingerCole Leadership Compass for ZTNA, 2022 - Read report

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