AWS Shield alternatives
On the evidence we track, the strongest alternative to AWS Shield is Fastly DDoS Protection at 92/100. AWS Shield itself ranks #5 of 6 in ddos protection. Every product below is scored on the same independent signals, so the ranking is comparable rather than a matter of opinion.
Ranked alternatives to AWS Shield
- 1vs AWS Shield →
- 2Cloudflare DDoS Protectionvs AWS Shield →
Large-scale protection against distributed denial-of-service attacks using global network infrastructure
low · 34% - 3vs AWS Shield →
- 4Google Cloud Armorvs AWS Shield →
A network security service that defends applications against denial-of-service attacks, bot-based fraud, and web application threats
low · 26% - 5Netscout Arbor DDoS Protectionvs AWS Shield →
Enterprise-grade DDoS detection and mitigation for critical internet infrastructure
low · 30%
Why these ones
An alternative here means a product in the same category as AWS Shield (DDOS Protection), ranked by the Vioscale composite: a confidence-weighted blend of independent signals such as adoption, release activity, pricing transparency and security posture. There are no user reviews in it, and no vendor can pay to appear or to rank higher. Where we have not confirmed something, we show that rather than guessing.
Generated . See the method for how the composite is built, and why we are independent.