Cloudflare Alternatives

[Shawn Gossman]

I hear a lot of good about Cloudflare.

But what if someone wanted an alternative to it?

What alternatives are available for CF?

 

[Cpvr]

Keycdn CDN services - KeyCDN, Akamai, Fastly, Sucuri, Stackpath, CDN77, Cloudfront, Cloudbric and Imperva are all the well known cloudflare alternatives.

I haven't tried any of them out though, but most of them have the same features, if not more than what Cloudflare provides.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

I haven't tried any of them out though, but most of them have the same features, if not more than what Cloudflare provides.

I wonder why more people aren't using them or why they don't get more of a mention. Is Cloudflare like the Walmart of these systems? LOL

 

[Cpvr]

I wonder why more people aren't using them or why they don't get more of a mention. Is Cloudflare like the Walmart of these systems? LOL

I think it's because Cloudflare is more well known and a lot of web developer choose them for security & caching systems. Cloudflare originally worked on the Alexa(radar system). Their team also has a lot of experience working for other companies, so I'd say that sets them apart on that ground.

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Cloudflare is used by major companies, so that gives them the leading advantage. Most people won't flock to a service that isn't well known nor talked about in the web developer community.