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CloudFlare vs Google Cloud CDN: What are the differences?

What is CloudFlare? The Web Performance & Security Company. Cloudflare speeds up and protects millions of websites, APIs, SaaS services, and other properties connected to the Internet.

What is Google Cloud CDN? Low-latency, low-cost content delivery using Google's global network. Google Cloud CDN leverages Google's globally distributed edge caches to accelerate content delivery for websites and applications served out of Google Compute Engine. Cloud CDN lowers network latency, offloads origins, and reduces serving costs. Once you've set up HTTP(S) Load Balancing, simply enable Cloud CDN with a single checkbox.

CloudFlare and Google Cloud CDN can be categorized as "Content Delivery Network" tools.

Some of the features offered by CloudFlare are:

  • CDN
  • WAF (Web Application Firewall)
  • DDOS Protection

On the other hand, Google Cloud CDN provides the following key features:

  • Anycast
  • Invalidation
  • HTTP/2

According to the StackShare community, CloudFlare has a broader approval, being mentioned in 2300 company stacks & 712 developers stacks; compared to Google Cloud CDN, which is listed in 6 company stacks and 3 developer stacks.

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Pros of CloudFlare
Pros of Google Cloud CDN
  • 423
    Easy setup, great cdn
  • 276
    Free ssl
  • 199
    Easy setup
  • 190
    Security
  • 180
    Ssl
  • 98
    Great cdn
  • 77
    Optimizer
  • 71
    Simple
  • 44
    Great UI
  • 28
    Great js cdn
  • 12
    HTTP/2 Support
  • 12
    Apps
  • 12
    DNS Analytics
  • 12
    AutoMinify
  • 9
    Ipv6
  • 9
    Rocket Loader
  • 9
    Easy
  • 8
    IPv6 "One Click"
  • 7
    DNSSEC
  • 7
    Free GeoIP
  • 7
    Amazing performance
  • 7
    API
  • 7
    Cheapest SSL
  • 7
    Fantastic CDN service
  • 7
    Nice DNS
  • 7
    SSHFP
  • 6
    Free and reliable, Faster then anyone else
  • 6
    SPDY
  • 5
    Asynchronous resource loading
  • 4
    Easy Use
  • 4
    Performance
  • 4
    Global Load Balancing
  • 4
    Ubuntu
  • 3
    CDN
  • 2
    Support for SSHFP records
  • 2
    Registrar
  • 1
    Web3
  • 1
    HTTPS3/Quic
  • 2
    Extremely Fast

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Cons of CloudFlare
Cons of Google Cloud CDN
  • 2
    No support for SSHFP records
  • 2
    Expensive when you exceed their fair usage limits
  • 2
    Very expensive not for newbies

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What is CloudFlare?

Cloudflare speeds up and protects millions of websites, APIs, SaaS services, and other properties connected to the Internet.

What is Google Cloud CDN?

Google Cloud CDN leverages Google's globally distributed edge caches to accelerate content delivery for websites and applications served out of Google Compute Engine. Cloud CDN lowers network latency, offloads origins, and reduces serving costs. Once you've set up HTTP(S) Load Balancing, simply enable Cloud CDN with a single checkbox.

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MaxCDN
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Incapsula
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Netlify
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Fastly
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