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Cloudflare vs MalCare
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Cloudflare if…
- you want the lower entry price ($5/mo vs $8.25/mo)
- you're in its core audience: website owners, developers
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Choose MalCare if…
- you need an API to build on
- you're in its core audience: wordpress site owners, web agencies
Side by side
Feature Cloudflare MalCare
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starting price$5/mo$8.25/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
PlatformsWebWeb
CategoryDDoS protection & WAFWebsite malware scanning
CompanyCloudflare, Inc.MalCare · since 2014
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
M MalCare
- Off-server deep malware scans of files and database
- One-click malware removal with backup first
- Firewall that learns from a 400,000-site network
- Virtual patching for 39,000+ known vulnerabilities
- Login protection, CAPTCHA and two-factor authentication
- Country geoblocking and bot protection
- Searchable activity log of logins and changes
- Post-cleanup report showing how attackers got in
What you'd pay
The cheapest plan that fits, per month, billed yearly where the plan offers it.
| Team size | Cloudflare | MalCare |
|---|---|---|
| 1 person | $7 Zero Trust Pay-as-you-go | $8.25 Protect |
| 5 people | $20 Pro | $8.25 Protect |
| 20 people | $20 Pro | $8.25 Protect |
Work it out for your team
- CloudflareZero Trust Pay-as-you-go$7/mo
- MalCareProtect$8.25/mo
The cheapest paid plan with a published price that fits. Custom and sales-quoted plans aren't included.
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
MalCare
Free$0
Protect$99/yr per site ($299 for 5 sites), about $8.25/mo
Repair$299/yr per site ($899 for 5 sites)
Fortify$499/yr per site ($1,499 for 5 sites)
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
MalCare
- Free plan includes weekly scans, basic firewall and 2FA
- Scans run on MalCare servers, not the host
- Published 0.2% false positive rate
- 14-day refund window and prorated plan changes
- Free and Protect plans do not remove malware
- Plans are billed yearly only
- Activity logs only on Repair and Fortify
- Works only with WordPress
More comparisons
Other options to consider
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Paid
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Contact
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From $3830/mo
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From $9.99/mo
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From $19.99/mo
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Website malware scanning, removal, WAF and CDN for small business sites
Website malware scanning
Facts from each vendor's public pages, prices checked Nov 10, 2026. Editorial policy