Cloudflare DDoS Web Protection
Powerful, always-on DDoS protection for web applications and websites
Cloudflare provides automatic, intelligent DDoS mitigation from the edge of our global network — mitigating most attacks in three seconds.
Benefits of DDoS for Web
No-cost mitigation
Get unlimited, unmetered DDoS mitigation, with no penalty for spikes due to attack traffic.
Unmatched network resiliency
Avoid attack-related outages with intelligent, always-on protection — powered by millions of Internet properties across our global network.
One-click onboarding
Onboard your web applications within minutes — and add security, performance, and reliability capabilities with the click of a button.
HOW IT WORKS
Mitigate layer 7 DDoS attacks at scale
Our industry-leading DDoS protection spans 330+ data centers on our global network, so threats are automatically blocked as close to end users as possible — without passing through centralized scrubbing centers first.
Advanced machine learning models continuously improve our defenses, so we can stay ahead of emerging attacks on your behalf.
ANALYST RECOGNITION
2023 Gartner® Peer Insights™ “Voice of the Customer”: DDoS Mitigation Solutions
Cloudflare was named a Customers’ Choice in the Gartner® Peer Insights™ “Voice of the Customer”: DDoS Mitigation Solutions.
What our customers are saying
“It’s been really impressive to see how Cloudflare’s DDoS mitigation continues to evolve and morph, and it’s definitely the best DDoS mitigation we’ve ever had. It’s easy. It’s a no-brainer.”
Vice President of Engineering — Zendesk
TOP DDOS PROTECTION USE CASES
Cloudflare DDoS Protection absorbs and mitigates attacks within seconds, analyzes incoming threats, and helps ensure business continuity
Mitigate attacks in three seconds
Our network automatically identifies and blocks most DDoS attacks in three seconds — no backhauling required.
Minimize outage-driven revenue loss
Attack traffic is mitigated close to the source, helping ensure a seamless end-user experience and reducing negative business impact due to latency and outages.
Monitor traffic patterns and incoming threats
Cloudflare’s built-in analytics give you deeper insights into your traffic patterns, threats observed (and blocked), and much more — right from the Cloudflare Dashboard and GraphQL API.
Trusted by millions of Internet properties
Free DDoS for websites and so much more
Free
$0 / month
Add-ons billed monthly
For personal or hobby projects that aren’t business-critical.
Pro
$20 / month
When billed annually or $25 / mo billed monthly
For professional websites that aren't business-critical.
Business
$200 / month
When billed annually or $250 / mo billed monthly
For small businesses operating online.
Contract
Custom
Billed annually
For mission-critical applications that are core to your business.
New Externa packages available
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Contract
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Unmetered DDoS Protection
Cloudflare DDoS protection secures websites and applications while ensuring the performance of legitimate traffic is not compromised.
Universal SSL Certificate
Cloudflare is compatible with your existing SSL configuration. If you do not currently use SSL, Cloudflare can provide you with SSL capabilities — no configuration required.
CDN
Our 330 data centers located across the globe provide visitors with location-based access to your website, while removing latency and improving performance.
Web Application Firewall (WAF)
Cloudflare Web Application Firewall's intuitive dashboard enables users to build powerful rules through easy clicks and also provides Terraform integration. Every request to the WAF is inspected against the rule engine and the threat intelligence curated from protecting millions of websites. Suspicious requests can be blocked, challenged, or logged per the needs of the user while legitimate requests are routed to the destination, agnostic of whether it lives on-premises or in the cloud.
Lossless Image Optimization
Polish applies "lossless" or optional "lossy" image optimization to reduce your image sizes by 35% on average.
Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP)
Mirage automatically optimizes image loading through virtualized and lazyloaded images. It detects the browser type of a visitor and optimizes performance for the particular device, improving the performance of images on a mobile connection.
Bot Mitigation
Manage good and bad bots in real time with speed and accuracy by harnessing the data from the millions of Internet properties on Cloudflare.
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