AWS Shield vs Cloudflare DDoS Protection
No leader: the top candidate Cloudflare DDoS Protection has only 0.34 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.
Capabilities
Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for ddos protection. “-” means undocumented, not absent.
What each one is
The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.
AWS Shield
A managed DDoS protection service that provides automatic, real-time defense against distributed denial-of-service attacks. Offers a free standard tier for basic infrastructure protection and a premium tier with advanced threat detection, application-layer defense, and expert incident response.
Cloudflare DDoS Protection
A DDoS mitigation service that defends against volumetric attacks by leveraging Cloudflare's global network with 500 Tbps of capacity. Protects web applications, networks, and infrastructure at layers 3-7 with 24/7 support.
Pricing
List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.
AWS Shield
Free tier included with AWS account; Advanced tier available (pricing not specified in documentation)
- AWS Shield StandardFree
- Protection against common network and transport layer DDoS attacks
- Deterministic packet filtering
- Priority-based traffic shaping
- Works with CloudFront and Route 53
- AWS Shield Advanced-
- Automatic mitigation of sophisticated DDoS events
- Customized detection based on traffic patterns
- Application-layer attack detection (HTTP floods, DNS query floods)
- Real-time notifications via CloudWatch
- 24/7 Shield Response Team support
- +2 more
Cloudflare DDoS Protection
From free to custom enterprise pricing. Unmetered DDoS protection included across all plans.
- FreeFree
- Unmetered DDoS Protection
- Fast DNS
- CDN
- Universal SSL Certificate
- Pro$20/month billed annually, $25/month billed monthly
- Unmetered DDoS Protection
- WAF
- Bot Management
- Uptime SLA
- Business$200/month billed annually, $250/month billed monthly
- Unmetered DDoS Protection
- WAF
- Bot Management
- PCI DSS 4.0 Compliance
- Uptime SLA with service credits
- EnterpriseContact sales
- Unmetered DDoS Protection
- 24/7 phone and chat support
- Uptime SLA
Platform & deployment
Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.
Integrations
What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.
AWS Shield
- AWS WAF
- Amazon CloudFront
- Amazon Route 53
- Elastic IP
- Elastic Load Balancing
- AWS Global Accelerator
- Amazon CloudWatch
- AWS Firewall Manager
Cloudflare DDoS Protection
Not documented yet.
Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.