Top Free Alternatives to Cloudflare
Stop paying expensive subscriptions for Hosting & DevOps tools. Discover the best free and open-source replacements for Cloudflare.
Why switch from Cloudflare?
Cloudflare is a giant proxy service that acts as a single point of failure for a large percentage of the internet. Open-source reverse proxies and DNS engines let you manage your own edge routing and domain resolution locally.
Nginx Proxy Manager
Free / Open Source
Docker container for easily managing Nginx proxy hosts with a clean web user interface.
Key Features
- Proxy hosting setup
- Automatic SSL via Let's Encrypt
- Access lists & user logins
- Forward auth support
Pros
- + Beautiful web UI; no need to write Nginx config files
- + Secures multiple apps on a single server
- + Fast performance
Cons
- - Does not include DDoS protection out-of-the-box like Cloudflare CDN
- - No built-in analytics dashboard