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CloudFlare vs Incapsula: What are the differences?
Developers describe CloudFlare as "The Web Performance & Security Company". Cloudflare speeds up and protects millions of websites, APIs, SaaS services, and other properties connected to the Internet. On the other hand, Incapsula is detailed as "Cloud-based service that makes websites safer, faster and more reliable". Through an application-aware, global content delivery network (CDN), Incapsula provides any website and web application with best-of-breed security, DDoS protection, load balancing and failover solutions.
CloudFlare and Incapsula 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, Incapsula provides the following key features:
- Website Security and WAF
- Unmatched web application security experience, enhanced by real-time big data analytics, enables Incapsula to provide best-of-breed security to the world's businesses. DDoS Protection
- Combining a robust network backbone and industry-acclaimed traffic inspection solutions, Incapsula provides protection against all application, network, and protocol-based DDoS attacks. CDN
According to the StackShare community, CloudFlare has a broader approval, being mentioned in 2324 company stacks & 726 developers stacks; compared to Incapsula, which is listed in 98 company stacks and 6 developer stacks.
I don't think I have registered a domain in the last 10 years that hasn't been linked to CloudFlare within the first 2 hours from registration.
The benefits you get from even the free version of CloudFlare are amazing. From day 0: - 30/80% of bandwidth savings thanks to their CDN - Origin IP address protection - Managed SSL
Pros of CloudFlare
- Easy setup, great cdn421
- Free ssl274
- Easy setup199
- Security188
- Ssl180
- Great cdn97
- Optimizer77
- Simple71
- Great UI44
- Great js cdn28
- HTTP/2 Support12
- Apps12
- DNS Analytics12
- AutoMinify12
- Rocket Loader9
- Ipv69
- Easy9
- IPv6 "One Click"8
- Amazing performance7
- API7
- Cheapest SSL7
- Fantastic CDN service7
- Nice DNS7
- SSHFP7
- Free GeoIP7
- DNSSEC6
- Free and reliable, Faster then anyone else6
- SPDY6
- Asynchronous resource loading5
- Global Load Balancing4
- Ubuntu4
- Easy Use4
- Performance4
- Support for SSHFP records2
- CDN2
- Registrar1
- HTTPS3/Quic1
- Web31
Pros of Incapsula
- Best of them5
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Cons of CloudFlare
- No support for SSHFP records2
- Expensive when you exceed their fair usage limits2
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