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# Cloudflare Alternatives
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## Self-hosting
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Self-hosting often works great, but it requires some effort to setup.
It is more aimed at technical people.
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We might create a guide for some self-hosting basics which don't require Cloudflare.
[IPFS ](https://ipfs.io/ ) may be worth consideration if performance is the main concern.
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`Apache` is vulnerable to various low-bandwidth attacks. Use other server software such as [Caddy ](https://caddyserver.com/ ), [lighttpd ](https://www.lighttpd.net/ ) or [nginx ](https://nginx.org/ ).
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## Best way to protect your server from DDoS
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- Avoid any third-party service that _can intercept_ HTTP traffic (like Cloudflare)
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- Install WAF on your loadbalancer.
- Even simple [ModSecurity ](https://www.modsecurity.org/ ) can save you.
- Add rate-limit to your nftable(firewall) and server software.
- Just drop the excessive connection.
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## Alternatives
| Alternative | Drawback | Price | Link |
| ----------------- | --------------------------------- | ------ | ---- |
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| Akamai | can be used to block Tor | ? | https://akamai.net/ |
| BunnyCDN | ? | $0.01+ | https://bunnycdn.com/ |
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| Codeberg pages | no custom domain support; tor hostility | Free | https://pages.codeberg.org/ |
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| Gitee pages | must understand Chinese | Free | https://gitee.com/help/articles/4136 |
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| Github pages | uses Microsoft servers | Free | https://pages.github.com/ (WARNING: Tor/VPN users will get their [account blocked automatically ](https://github.com/crimeflare/cloudflare-tor ) by Github) |
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| Level 3 | ? | Enterprise | https://www.centurylink.com/ |
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| PerimeterX | not gratis | ? | - |
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| Sharktech DDoS Solutions | ? | ? | https://sharktech.net/ |
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| Surge.sh | uses custom servers | Free | https://surge.sh/ |
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| Voxility | ? | ? | https://www.voxility.com/ |
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| eQualitie | not gratis | gratis during COVID19 | https://equalit.ie/ |
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| neoCities | static pages | Free | https://neocities.org/ |
| sucuri | not gratis; tor hostility at ~3.483% | $200+ | https://sucuri.net/|
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## Not researched yet
### CDNJS
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`CDNJS` is sponsored by Cloudflare. It might use it in the background.
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## Why X is not included
| X | Reason |
| ------- | ------ |
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| Cloudflare Argo | Uses Cloudflare. |
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| Gitlab pages | GitLab is now Cloudflared |
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| Imperva | Uses Cloudflare. |
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| Netlify | Uses Amazon AWS which is also a content delivery network. It would be hypocritical to include it. |
| Siteground | Tor-hostile people. |
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| jsDelivr | Uses Cloudflare, see their [network page ](https://www.jsdelivr.com/network ) |
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## History
Sucuri and eQualitie have a history of CloudFlare patronage, but no longer.
