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Cloudflare vs Sucuri
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 $9.99/mo)
- you're in its core audience: website owners, developers
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Choose Sucuri if…
- you're in its core audience: small business site owners, bloggers
Side by side
Feature Cloudflare Sucuri
Pricing modelFreemiumPaid
Starting price$5/mo$9.99/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
PlatformsWebWeb
CategoryDDoS protection & WAFWebsite malware scanning
CompanyCloudflare, Inc.GoDaddy Mediatemple, Inc.
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 Sucuri
- Unlimited manual malware and hack removal
- Cloud-based web application firewall with DDoS protection
- Anycast CDN and caching for faster page loads
- Monitoring for malware, blocklists, DNS, uptime and SEO spam
- Blocklist monitoring and removal
- Server-side file scanner for backdoors and tampering
- SSL certificate support and monitoring
- Free WordPress security plugin and website backups
Their home pages
What each vendor shows first: the pitch, the plans and the sign-up.
Cloudflare · cloudflare.com
Sucuri · sucuri.netWhat you'd pay
The cheapest plan that fits, per month, billed yearly where the plan offers it.
| Team size | Cloudflare | Sucuri |
|---|---|---|
| 1 person | $7 Zero Trust Pay-as-you-go | $9.99 Basic Firewall |
| 5 people | $20 Pro | $9.99 Basic Firewall |
| 20 people | $20 Pro | $9.99 Basic Firewall |
Work it out for your team
- CloudflareZero Trust Pay-as-you-go$7/mo
- SucuriBasic Firewall$9.99/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
Sucuri
Basic Firewall$9.99/mo
Pro Firewall$19.98/mo
Basic Platform$229/yr
Pro Platform$339/yr
Business Platform$549/yr
Junior Dev$999.98/yr
Multi-Site & CustomPrice upon request
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
Sucuri
- Every plan includes unlimited manual malware cleanups
- Works with any CMS
- 30-day money-back guarantee
- 24/7 security team
- Each standard plan covers only one site
- First ticket response on the Basic Platform plan can take 30 hours
- Multi-site and enterprise pricing is only available on request
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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SS
From $19.99/mo
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Website malware scanning, removal, WAF and CDN for small business sites
Website malware scanning
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WordPress security plugin with malware scanning, firewall and one-click cleanup
Free, from $8.25/mo
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Free, from $8.25/mo
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WordPress security plugin with malware scanning, firewall and one-click cleanup
Website malware scanningFree planAPI
Facts from each vendor's public pages, prices checked Nov 10, 2026. Editorial policy