Security

Cloudflare Security

Application security and zero-trust network access

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★4.6ratingPricing · FreemiumRising
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Data updated 2 November 2026
Opportunity
Moderate
Band
Saturation
Contested
Band
Wrapper risk
Low
Band
Momentum
Rising
Market trend
Rating
4.6
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The Brief

What Cloudflare Security does

Cloudflare provides security services for applications and infrastructure, including DDoS protection, a web application firewall (WAF), bot management, and zero-trust network access. The listing says the protection runs on a global network of more than 300 data centers. Security and IT teams use these services to guard public-facing applications and to control access to internal resources.

How Cloudflare Security compares with its closest alternatives

3 of the 5 closest alternatives have a free plan, as Cloudflare Security does. Only Vercel Security lists a starting price, $20 a month. All 5 offer an API, as Cloudflare Security does. Cloudflare Security offers a web app. Of the alternatives, 4 offer a web app. Cloudflare Security was founded in 2009; the alternatives were founded between 1999 and 2023, 1 of them earlier. The alternatives with a known headquarters are in the United States and Israel.

Market position · Security

How Cloudflare Security compares in Security

Cloudflare Security has moderate opportunity and sits in the bottom third of 361 live Security tools on FalcoScan. Across Security, the average opportunity score is 70.4 and the average saturation score 33. FalcoScan rates Cloudflare Security's own market position as contested. 121 of the 361 operating Security tools have hot momentum, and FalcoScan has recorded 1 shutdown in the category.

Cloudflare Security compared with its closest alternatives
ProductOpportunitySaturationPricingPricing fromFree planAPIPlatformsMomentum
Cloudflare SecurityFounded 2009ModerateContestedFreemium—YesYesWebRising
TeleportFounded 2015HighContestedFreemium—YesYesWeb, DesktopStable
Vercel SecurityFounded 2023 · San Francisco, United StatesModerateContestedFreemium$20/moYesYesWebRising
FalcoFounded 2016ModerateOpenFree—YesYesDesktopRising
LaceworkFounded 2015 · San Francisco, United StatesModerateContestedPaid—NoYesWebRising
CyberArkFounded 1999 · Petah Tikva, IsraelLowContestedPaid—NoYesWebStable

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What it ships with

Capabilities & who uses it

The capabilities Cloudflare Security exposes to builders and the verticals it currently serves.

AI Capabilities
Threat DetectionAnomaly DetectionPolicy Enforcement
Industry Verticals
TechnologyEnterprise
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Cloudflare Security shows up when builders search for these

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Products still running that do the same job, from the security market and related ones, closest match first.

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Teleport

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★ 4.6Opportunity High
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Vercel Security

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★ 4.6Opportunity Moderate
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Falco

Open-source runtime security for containers and Kubernetes

★ 4.5Opportunity Moderate
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Lacework

AI-powered cloud security with anomaly detection

★ 4.5Opportunity Moderate
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CyberArk

Enterprise privileged access management and identity security

★ 4.3Opportunity Low
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Prisma Cloud

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Questions

Cloudflare Security: common questions

Is Cloudflare Security free?

Cloudflare Security has a free tier, with paid plans.

What are the best alternatives to Cloudflare Security?

The closest alternatives to Cloudflare Security that are still running, matched on the AI capabilities, uses and audience they share, are Teleport, Vercel Security, Falco, Lacework, and CyberArk.

Is Cloudflare Security still running?

Yes. As of 2 November 2026, FalcoScan lists Cloudflare Security as operating at cloudflare.com.

Does Cloudflare Security have an API?

Yes. Cloudflare Security offers an API.

Who is Cloudflare Security for?

Cloudflare Security is built for developers, security teams, and enterprises.

How do I sign in to Cloudflare Security?

Sign in on Cloudflare Security's own website, cloudflare.com. FalcoScan reviews Cloudflare Security but does not run its accounts, so logins, passwords and billing are handled by Cloudflare Security directly.

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