We performed a comparison between Cloudflare DDoS and Linode based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cloudflare, NETSCOUT, Akamai and others in Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection."The simplicity of the solution is its valuable features as almost no effort was needed to learn the configurations. It is also one of the cheapest firewalls available in this category."
"It is a stable solution."
"The blocking feature is very good."
"This solution is easy to understand and easy to configure."
"Cloudflare is by far the most effective solution that I have come across."
"It will take the blow rather than our applications should an attack occur."
"The best feature is rate limiting. If I'm expecting 500 visits per hour, Cloudflare will limit the requests if I suddenly get 50,000."
"The capabilities of the software are strong enough for me to do what it's supposed to do. For me, we don't need to do a lot of configuration on our site. We just enable it and monitor it."
"The cloud management panel is nice."
"The most valuable feature is the static IP address, which has been very helpful for being able to log into the same address over the course of more than a decade."
"Service availability is the most valuable feature. It gives every user 100 percent uptime."
"The most valuable feature is the domain settings page."
"The ability to fire up a virtual machine, use it, and then kill it, is quite a valuable feature for me."
"The fact that you can get a person on the phone has just been fantastic."
"They have a very nice web interface to allow you to manage and reorganize your server."
"The most valuable features are the simple scalability and ease of starting a new virtual machine."
"The response time for support must be reduced."
"Operating and tuning the product is difficult."
"Our customers no longer use Cloudflare because its service is subpar."
"Cloudflare DDoS has poor technical support."
"Lacks a VPN feature to provide a secure connection to the data center."
"The software has automated alerts, but the automated alerts are not available in the mobile app."
"There are premium tier live service and lower tier live service, so we opted for the lower tier. But there is no medium tier where we pay a little extra and get a bit more service. So if that can be improved."
"The tool should provide on-premise versions. Currently, all versions are cloud-based."
"Its cost can be improved."
"They are already working on the firewalls and VLANs, which need improvement, and are now in beta. I am on the beta program for the firewalls, but I can't use it yet because they are only in Mumbai and Australia, and I am not in those data centres. This is the one thing that I have been waiting for almost since the day that I joined them, so it is nice that they are doing that. The VLANs will be an improvement as well, and I am keen and waiting for that."
"The suitability of this solution depends on the features that you need. If you're an Uber-sized company then you're probably not going to want to start using Linode. If you are a large-sized organization then you're going to want to start using one of the bigger providers that gives you the scalability and the feature set that you are probably going to be needing in the future."
"There is no notification from the company regarding upgrades."
"Before they changed the dashboard, I found some of the more granular options easier to find."
"I don't know how all of their services work, but my understanding is that they're not offering the entry-level machine for someone who just wants to own their own web page."
"It would be nice if they had more data centers in Latin America."
"They don't have role-based access control, which is problematic for us."
Cloudflare DDoS is ranked 5th in Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection with 12 reviews while Linode is ranked 6th in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) with 27 reviews. Cloudflare DDoS is rated 8.6, while Linode is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Cloudflare DDoS writes "Perfect from my perspective; simple, user-friendly and easy to configure". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Linode writes "Straightforward to set up, helpful support, and the Object Storage is useful for system backups". Cloudflare DDoS is most compared with AWS Shield, Prolexic, StormWall Website Anti-DDoS Protection, Arbor DDoS and Fastly, whereas Linode is most compared with Amazon AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Cloudflare and Amazon Elastic Container Service.
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