Replaces Cloudflare
European alternatives to Cloudflare
CDN and DDoS protection from European operators
Browse the category: Content delivery networks (CDN) · Object storage providers
Cloudflare sits in front of websites as a reverse proxy, caching static files on a worldwide network of edge locations, terminating TLS, absorbing DDoS traffic and filtering requests with a web application firewall. Because every request passes through it, it also handles DNS, bot management and edge scripting for many of the sites that use it. Small sites and large platforms both rely on it.
A reverse proxy sees every request and, since it holds the certificates, the decrypted traffic as well, which makes it one of the more consequential suppliers in a stack under a data protection review. A European alternative to Cloudflare places that layer with an operator inside the EU or EFTA. Bunny CDN and KeyCDN provide edge caching and delivery, Myra CDN combines delivery with protection services, and Leaseweb CDN and OVHcloud CDN come from established European infrastructure companies.
European options 7
Our pick
Bunny CDN
Content delivery network from Slovenia
Bunny CDN is a content delivery network from Slovenia. Besides caching and serving files it can process images on the fly, for example scaling them, and it has dedicated features for video streaming. Edge Storage keeps objects at the edge, so requests do not have to travel back to an origin server.
Slovenia
KeyCDN
Content delivery network from Switzerland
Switzerland
BlazingCDN
Content delivery network from Poland
Poland
Myra CDN
German content delivery network with DDoS protection
Germany
Leaseweb CDN
Content delivery network from the Netherlands
Netherlands
OVHcloud CDN
Content delivery network from French provider OVHcloud
France
OVHcloud
French public cloud with a broad service range
FranceQuestions
How do I switch CDN providers?
You configure your origin at the new provider, test on a temporary hostname, and then repoint the DNS record for your site. Bunny CDN and KeyCDN both describe that setup in their own documentation.
Do these providers offer DDoS protection?
Mitigation is part of what several of these operators do, Myra CDN and OVHcloud among them. The protection levels differ, so discuss your expected attack profile and the response process before you sign.
Which European alternative is closest to Cloudflare?
No single option covers the full spread of caching, security and edge computing in one product. Bunny CDN and Myra CDN are the usual starting points, and you may end up combining a delivery network with a separate DNS or security supplier.