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Cloudflare DDoS Protection

Composite Score
8.2 /10
CX Score
8.5 /10
Category
Cloudflare DDoS Protection
8.2 /10

What is Cloudflare DDoS Protection?

DDoS protection that mitigates the biggest, most advanced attacks. DDoS attacks can slow or shut down services, but Cloudflare stops them all. With 405 Tbps of network capacity, Cloudflare has mitigated some of the largest DDoS attacks ever recorded, without slowing down performance for customers.

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Cloudflare DDoS Protection Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

94 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

100 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value


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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+99 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Cloudflare DDoS Protection?

0% Negative
0% Neutral
100% Positive

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing

Feature Ratings

Average 90

Intelligent Defense Stack

96

Packet Inspection

96

Autonomous Mitigation

96

Web Application Protection

92

Threat Analytics

92

Machine Learning

92

Attack Notifications

88

SIEM Integration

88

Resource Scaling

88

IP Address Quarantine/Blacklist

83

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 91

Ease of IT Administration

100

Ease of Implementation

96

Availability and Quality of Training

92

Ease of Customization

92

Ease of Data Integration

92

Vendor Support

92

Breadth of Features

92

Business Value Created

92

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

88

Quality of Features

83

Usability and Intuitiveness

79

Cloudflare DDoS Protection Reviews

Carmen B.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Other
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2025

Keeping Digital Ads Alive When the Bots Attack.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Cloudflare DDoS Protection from other similar products?

Cloudflare’s layer 7 protection was honestly what sealed it for us. Our campaigns rely heavily on landing pages built on lightweight Node.js microservices, and before we integrated Cloudflare, one DDoS attempt could drag the whole cluster down. The rate limiting with adaptive thresholds really fits marketing workloads because traffic surges during promotions can look suspicious to traditional firewalls.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The real-time analytics dashboard is probably my favorite part. I can visualize attack vectors, IP origin, and layer-specific threat data while watching live campaign traffic. During one project for a client in Singapore, we used the logs API to feed attack telemetry into Grafana and built a quick custom view showing bot traffic vs human sessions it was oddly satisfying.

What do you dislike most about this product?

while the default alerting is reliable, I wish it had deeper Slack integration with context-rich alerts rather than basic IP hits.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you’re coming from a marketing or eCommerce background, I’d recommend configuring separate WAF and DDoS profiles for live campaigns versus steady-state traffic. Don’t rely on the default templates. Take time to train Cloudflare’s rate limiting using real campaign data first. I’d also suggest pairing it with log analysis tools like Datadog or Grafana for faster root cause isolation when something spikes unexpectedly.

Pros

  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Enables Productivity
  • Unique Features

Moiz G.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Technology
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2025

my site feels professional now.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Cloudflare DDoS Protection from other similar products?

using cloudflare just makes my small blog feel more professional. it loads fast from anywhere in the world. it has the https lock icon. it never goes down. these are things that only big company websites used to have. now i have them too, for free. this is the biggest difference for me.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

i love that cloudflare has leveled the playing field. it gives small creators like me access to the same world-class infrastructure as the big guys. this is very empowering. it makes me proud of my website. it has given my small project a professional and trustworthy image. i feel like a real business.

What do you dislike most about this product?

the support for free users is only on the community forum. you can't talk to a real person quickly.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

if you want to make your website feel more serious and professional, this is the first step. it is easy, free, and it works.

Pros

  • Continually Improving Product
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Enables Productivity
  • Trustworthy