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Cloudflare vs Sectigo
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're in its core audience: website owners, developers
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Choose Sectigo if…
- you want to trial it before paying
- you're in its core audience: website owners, enterprise it and security teams
Side by side
Feature Cloudflare Sectigo
Pricing modelFreemiumFree trial
Starting price$5/mo—
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
PlatformsWebWeb
CategoryDDoS protection & WAFSSL certificates
CompanyCloudflare, Inc.Sectigo Limited
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
S Sectigo
- DV, OV and EV SSL/TLS certificates
- Code signing and S/MIME email certificates
- VMC/CMC certificates
- Automatic certificate discovery and inventory
- Automated issuance, deployment and renewal
- Public and private CA management in one console
- 50+ integrations with existing tools
- Cryptographic asset discovery for quantum readiness
Their home pages
What each vendor shows first: the pitch, the plans and the sign-up.
Sectigo · sectigo.comWhat you'd pay
The cheapest plan that fits, per month, billed yearly where the plan offers it.
| Team size | Cloudflare | Sectigo |
|---|---|---|
| 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
Sectigo
Free trial. Plan details aren't published.
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
Sectigo
- One provider for both single certificates and enterprise lifecycle management
- More than 50 integrations
- Free trial available
- Covers many certificate types, including code signing and S/MIME
- Enterprise CLM pricing requires contacting sales
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Facts from each vendor's public pages, prices checked Nov 10, 2026. Editorial policy