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We performed a comparison between Azure Front Door and Cloudflare Web Application Firewall based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Web Application Firewall (WAF) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Azure Front Door vs. Cloudflare Web Application Firewall Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Pros
"I particularly appreciate its load-balancing capabilities as it allows us to manage multiple instances and support a global presence effectively.""It inspects the traffic at the network level before it comes into Azure. We can do SSL offloading, and it can detect abnormalities before the traffic comes into the application. It can be used globally and is easy to set up. It is also quite stable and scalable.""The most valuable feature is that you can implement resources globally. It does not depend on location and ability or something like that. This is to connect clients around the world.""Has a great application firewall and we like the security.""Rules Engine is a valuable feature.""The solution is good.""I am impressed with the tool's integrations.""The price is one of the most important aspects of the product. It's quite affordable."

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"Someone with a basic understanding of networking and security will be able to implement the firewall's basic features within 15 minutes.""Technical support has a very fast response time and they are helpful.""The initial setup process is simple.""Caching is the most valuable feature of Cloudflare Web Application Firewall.""The integration of Cloudflare with Cloud Suite is its most valuable feature.""The product has a valuable security control functionality.""The Cloudflare Web Application Firewall's most valuable feature is its ease of configuration.""It is configurable via API."

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Cons
"My suggestion for improvement would be to enhance the Data Export feature to include specific tables, particularly the Azure Diagnostics table.""The product needs to improve its latency.""There's a limitation on the amount of global rules we can add.""The product's features are limited compared to Cloudflare. The tool also doesn't work well in a hybrid environment. I would like to see a way to add personalized APIs in the system.""The user interface needs improvement as it is difficult to create the mapping to link the problem with your private address sources.""It lacks sufficient functionality.""There is room for improvement and they're working on it.""We should be able to use Front Door defenders with multiple cloud vendors. Currently, they can be used only with the Azure cloud. Azure Front Door should also be able to do global load balancing and provide internal front door services. Microsoft should clearly define what Traffic Manager, Application Gateway, and Azure Front Door products do. These are similar products, and people get confused between these products."

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"There could be an option to duplicate the cluster to maintain the consistency of rules.""The notification part could be improved. It's very much connected to Web Application Firewall, rate-limiting, and DDoS protection.""Cloudflare Web Application Firewall should improve visibility for a customer.""The blocked logs are difficult to read at times.""A key challenge arises when dealing with numerous integrations with HVAC systems. Depending on the specifics, there might be some configuration mismatches, which necessitate specific support.""The ModSecurity core rules need to be updated.""Its stability could be better.""I have experienced some difficulties with Cloudflare's support as a customer based in India."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "It is on a pay-as-you-go basis."
  • "The solution is a bit expensive."
  • "The product is expensive."
  • "The pricing of the solution is good."
  • "The transition to the premium tier has led to increased costs, making it more expensive than the classic tier."
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  • "The pricing model is very straightforward compared to the competition. You just pay per month for the product and usage."
  • "We pay $210 per month for CloudFlare WAF."
  • "The annual licensing fee is $10,000 USD."
  • "Cloudflare offers different types of subscriptions for businesses, enterprises, and personal users, and the pricing is negotiable."
  • "The solution is expensive."
  • "What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing? I believe the pricing is not the best, but it's reasonable and acceptable. We also use the McAfee system in parallel. In terms of pricing, its okay - not great, but not bad either. It falls in the middle, which is acceptable. In terms of support licensing, last time, we were searching for a solution, and we considered products from resellers rather than directly from the cloud provider. However, the pricing we encountered was exceptionally high. As a result, we are inclined to select support from the reseller."
  • "The solution's pricing option needs to be more transparent for enterprise clients."
  • "Cloudflare Web Application Firewall is more affordable than other solutions."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:We found Azure Front Door to be easily scaled and very stable. The implementation is very fast and Microsoft provides excellent support. Azure Front Door can quickly detect abnormalities before the… more »
    Top Answer:The transition to the premium tier has led to increased costs, making it more expensive than the classic tier. However, we acknowledge that this pricing reflects additional features and capabilities.
    Top Answer:The product has a valuable security control functionality.
    Top Answer:Cloudflare Web Application Firewall is more affordable than other solutions.
    Top Answer:The platform's control features related to real-time authentication and response time need improvement.
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    Also Known As
    Azure Front-Door
    Cloudflare WAF
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    Overview

    Azure Front Door is a global, scalable entry-point that uses the Microsoft global edge network to create fast, secure, and widely scalable web applications. With Front Door, you can transform your global consumer and enterprise applications into robust, high-performing personalized modern applications with contents that reach a global audience through Azure.

    To learn more about our solution, ask questions, and share feedback, join our Microsoft Security, Compliance and Identity Community.

    Cloudflare Web Application Firewall's intuitive dashboard enables users to build powerful rules through easy clicks and also provides Terraform integration. Every request to the WAF is inspected against the rule engine and the threat intelligence curated from protecting over 27 Million websites. Suspicious requests can be blocked, challenged or logged as per the needs of the user while legitimate requests are routed to the destination, agnostic of whether it lives on-premise or in the cloud. Analytics and Cloudflare Logs enable visibility into actionable metrics for the user.

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    Manufacturing Company33%
    Computer Software Company33%
    Comms Service Provider22%
    Healthcare Company11%
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    Computer Software Company18%
    Financial Services Firm12%
    Government7%
    Manufacturing Company7%
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    Computer Software Company22%
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    Educational Organization25%
    Computer Software Company15%
    Financial Services Firm7%
    Comms Service Provider6%
    Company Size
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    Small Business46%
    Large Enterprise54%
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    Small Business21%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise64%
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    Small Business61%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise28%
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    Small Business23%
    Midsize Enterprise35%
    Large Enterprise41%
    Buyer's Guide
    Azure Front Door vs. Cloudflare Web Application Firewall
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Azure Front Door vs. Cloudflare Web Application Firewall and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
    768,578 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Azure Front Door is ranked 9th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 10 reviews while Cloudflare Web Application Firewall is ranked 7th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 16 reviews. Azure Front Door is rated 8.8, while Cloudflare Web Application Firewall is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Azure Front Door writes " An easy -to-setup stable solution that enables implementing resources globally and has a good technical support team". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cloudflare Web Application Firewall writes "A cloud solution for web application firewall protection with rate-limiting, managed, and custom firewall rules". Azure Front Door is most compared with Amazon CloudFront, Cloudflare, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, Akamai and Azure Bastion, whereas Cloudflare Web Application Firewall is most compared with Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, Akamai App and API Protector, AWS WAF, Fortinet FortiWeb and NGINX App Protect. See our Azure Front Door vs. Cloudflare Web Application Firewall report.

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