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Cloudflare vs DataDome
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Cloudflare if…
- you want a free plan to start with
- you want the lower entry price ($5/mo vs $3830/mo)
- you're in its core audience: website owners, developers
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Choose DataDome if…
- you're in its core audience: e-commerce companies, security teams
Side by side
Feature Cloudflare DataDome
Pricing modelFreemiumPaid
Starting price$5/mo$3830/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
PlatformsWebWeb
CategoryDDoS protection & WAFBot protection
CompanyCloudflare, Inc.DataDome
Full feature lists
C Cloudflare
- Unmetered DDoS protection on all plans
- Web application firewall and bot protection
- Global CDN and DNS in 335+ cities
- Universal SSL certificates
- Zero Trust access, SWG and DEX
- Workers serverless functions billed by CPU time
- R2 object storage without egress fees
- D1 SQL, Workers KV and Durable Objects
D DataDome
- AI-driven bot detection and blocking
- Website and web API protection
- Account takeover and fake account protection (Account Protect)
- Ad fraud protection (Ad Protect)
- 99.9% availability commitment
What you'd pay
The cheapest plan that fits, per month, billed yearly where the plan offers it.
| Team size | Cloudflare | DataDome |
|---|---|---|
| 1 person | $7 Zero Trust Pay-as-you-go | no published plan |
| 5 people | $20 Pro | no published plan |
| 20 people | $20 Pro | no published plan |
All plans and prices
Cloudflare
Free (Network & CDN)$0
Pro$20/mo billed annually or $25/mo billed monthly
Business$200/mo billed annually or $250/mo billed monthly
ContractCustom
Zero Trust Free$0
Zero Trust Pay-as-you-go$7/user/month
Workers Paid$0.30 / million requests + $0.02 / million CPU ms
DataDome
Essentials$3,830/mo
Strengths and limitations
Cloudflare
- Free plan includes unmetered DDoS protection, CDN and SSL
- Zero Trust free for up to 50 users
- Workers billed for CPU time, not idle wall time
- R2 storage has no egress fees
- Uptime SLA only on Business plan and above
- PCI DSS compliance requires Business plan
- Free Zero Trust plan keeps logs only 24 hours
DataDome
- Covers both websites and web APIs
- Add-on modules for account and ad fraud
- 99.9% availability on the entry plan
- Entry plan starts at $3,830 per month
- Account and ad protection are licensed separately
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Facts from each vendor's public pages, prices checked Nov 10, 2026. Editorial policy