Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Cloudflare Spectrum
DDoS protection for TCP services
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Cloudflare Spectrum launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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NextDNS protects you from all kinds of security threats, blocks ads and trackers on websites and in apps and provides a safe and supervised Internet for kids — on all devices and on all networks.
2019 · nextdns.io · its alternatives →
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The Internet’s fastest, privacy-first DNS resolver
2018 · one.one.one.one · its alternatives →
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The 1.1.1.1 App▲689Faster, more private internet by Cloudflare, now on mobile
2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Cloud firewalls from Digital Ocean
2017 · digitalocean.com · its alternatives →
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1.1.1.1 Warp▲544Free VPN by Cloudflare for iOS and Android
2019 · one.one.one.one · its alternatives →
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Protect against DDoS and other types of abusive behavior
2017 · cloudflare.com · its alternatives →
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Cloudflare management made simple, right from your phone
2025 · kyno.dev · its alternatives →
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AWS Shield▲11DDoS protection service for web apps that run on AWS.
2016 · aws.amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Free VPN for Desktop — Privacy & Speed for Everyone.
2021 · one.one.one.one · its alternatives →
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Serve your own content hosted on IPFS from a custom domain
2018 · its alternatives →
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Encrypted, secure, private web connection for safe browsing
2020 · vpnunlimited.com · its alternatives →
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Cloud antibot and antispam protection for PHP websites
2021 · antibot.cloud · its alternatives →
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Read this article by Cloudflare this morning https://blog.cloudflare.com/code-mode/ the main argument being that LLMs are much better at writing typescript code than tool calls because they've seen typescript code many more times. HN Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45399204 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45386248 Deno provides a great sandbox environment for Typescript code execution because of its permissions system which made it easy to spin up code that only has access to fetch and network calls. Stick an MCP proxy…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Safeguard from service interruptions
2017 · cloudflare.com · its alternatives →
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Layer of protection to your Home Network
2020 · developers.cloudflare.com · its alternatives →
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Easily update Cloudflare records for your dynamic IP or homelab, now supporting IPv6 (A and AAAA), with the ubiquity of Bash
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Block all traffic that isn't expressly permitted by a rule
2017 · docs.digitalocean.com · its alternatives →
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The Internet’s fastest DNS resolver, now for families!
2020 · one.one.one.one · its alternatives →
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Website Optimization Services by Cloudflare
2019 · cloudflare.com · its alternatives →
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Sync your domain to dns and email providers easily
2024 · domainsync.xyz · its alternatives →
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