Azion vs Cloudflare
A detailed comparison to help you choose between Azion and Cloudflare.
Quick Verdict
3.7/5
Azion
0 reviews
4.3/5
Cloudflare
0 reviews
Cloudflare is rated higher (4.3 vs 3.7). Azion is a full edge computing platform with 100+ global PoPs. Edge Functions, Edge SQL, Edge Storage, and DDoS protection. Founded in Brazil with strong Latin American coverage. Global network that speeds up and protects websites with CDN caching, DDoS protection, free SSL and DNS. Free plan; Pro costs $20/month billed annually ($25 monthly).
Azion Edge platform with 100+ PoPs — Brazil-founded | Cloudflare Global CDN and DDoS protection with object storage | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Rating | 3.7 (0 reviews) | 4.3 (0 reviews)✓ |
| Pricing model | freemium | freemium |
| Starting price | Free tier available✓ | From $20/mo |
| Best for | LatAm-focused content, commerce, and API delivery teams wanting CDN + WAF + edge functions from one platform with published pricing | Websites and SaaS front ends that want a free or flat-priced global CDN with DDoS protection and TLS included — and can accept proxying all traffic through one vendor. |
| Features | ||
| IPv6 | ✓ | |
| DDoS protection | ||
| Automated backups | ||
| Snapshots | ||
| Managed option | ||
| Bare metal | ||
| GPU available | ||
| S3-compatible | ||
| Hourly billing | ||
| Free tier | ||
| Data-center locations | ||
| Regions | — | Global — 300+ cities |
| Tags | ||
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| Visit Azion → | Visit Cloudflare → | |
Azion
Pros
- + Strong Latin American footprint — the network was built for Brazil/LatAm first
- + Full stack at the edge: CDN, edge functions, WAF, DDoS, DNS, object storage in one platform
- + Real free tier (Hobby) plus $300 credit for 365 days without a credit card
- + DDoS protection and Network Shield included with the Firewall at no extra charge
- + All on-demand per-metric prices published, with tiered volume discounts
Cons
- - Small community and thin third-party ecosystem versus Cloudflare
- - Fragmented pricing across many metrics and four regional tiers
- - JavaScript-only edge runtime; SQL/KV stores and AI inference are preview
- - SLA credits are capped (25% max) and require customer-run third-party monitoring
- - No VMs, bare metal, or rentable GPUs
Cloudflare
Pros
- + Unmetered bandwidth and requests on every plan, including Free
- + Free managed WAF ruleset, Universal SSL and unmetered DDoS protection by default
- + 330+ city network with Anycast routing and no region pricing
- + Flat per-domain pricing is easy to budget; no egress surprises
- + Terraform provider and full API for configuration as code
Cons
- - No uptime SLA below the Business plan
- - Per-domain billing gets expensive for domain portfolios
- - Advanced WAF tuning and rate limiting are plan-gated
- - Proxy architecture is a concentration risk during network-level incidents
- - Large feature surface means caching misconfigurations can go unnoticed
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