# Cloudflare alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 147 of the 504 answers in the 2 categories where Cloudflare holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/cloudflare/alternatives/

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Akamai: 7
- Bunny.net: 5
- Akamai Prolexic: 4
- BlazingCDN: 4
- Cloudflare Magic Transit: 4
- Amazon CloudFront: 3

## DDoS protection

**Small business**: 13 of 84 answers did not name Cloudflare (Cloudflare is #1 of 10 at 100%).


**Mid-market**: 28 of 84 answers did not name Cloudflare (Cloudflare is #1 of 9 at 82%).

- Cloudflare Business or Cloudflare Contract: first choice in 1 of those 28
- Cloudflare Magic Transit: first choice in 1 of those 28

**Enterprise**: 28 of 84 answers did not name Cloudflare (Cloudflare is #1 of 8 at 57%).

- Akamai Prolexic: first choice in 4 of those 28
- Cloudflare Magic Transit: first choice in 3 of those 28
- Cloudflare Enterprise with DDoS protection: first choice in 1 of those 28
- Cloudflare’s Enterprise plan: first choice in 1 of those 28
- Imperva DDoS Protection: first choice in 1 of those 28

## Content delivery networks

**Small business**: 17 of 84 answers did not name Cloudflare (Cloudflare is #1 of 7 at 85%).

- Bunny.net: first choice in 2 of those 17
- CDN77: first choice in 1 of those 17
- Cloudflare Application Services: first choice in 1 of those 17

**Mid-market**: 28 of 84 answers did not name Cloudflare (Cloudflare is #1 of 8 at 68%).

- Bunny.net: first choice in 3 of those 28
- KeyCDN: first choice in 2 of those 28
- Amazon CloudFront: first choice in 1 of those 28

**Enterprise**: 33 of 84 answers did not name Cloudflare (Cloudflare is #1 of 8 at 46%).

- Akamai: first choice in 7 of those 33
- BlazingCDN: first choice in 4 of those 33
- Amazon CloudFront: first choice in 2 of those 33
- Fastly: first choice in 2 of those 33

Published under CC BY 4.0. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.