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Product	Azure DDoS Protection by Microsoft View product	Cloudflare Spectrum by Cloudflare View product
Overview
What it is	Azure DDoS Protection delivers DDoS mitigation and adaptive tuning for DDoS mitigation. Explore its DDoS Protection capabilities, deployment choices and top competitors.	Cloudflare Spectrum helps teams with gaming server DDoS defense. Explore features like origin IP cloaking, cloud deployment and the closest Network Security competitors.
Product type	DDoS Protection Service	Layer 4 TCP/UDP Reverse Proxy & DDoS Defense
Best for	Cross-industry	Gaming, Financial Services, Cryptocurrency, VoIP, Enterprise, Online Gaming, IoT, Telecommunications
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: no	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	Cloud	Cloud
Deployment details	Cloud; Azure	Cloud Anycast Network (Layer 4); Cloud Edge Anycast Proxy
Data residency	Selected Azure region	Global Anycast edge (330+ locations)
Key features
What it offers	DDoS mitigation Adaptive tuning Attack analytics Metrics Alerts Protection policies Public application protection Network resilience	Layer 4 TCP/UDP reverse proxy Automated DDoS mitigation Origin IP cloaking Edge TLS termination Argo Smart Routing acceleration Real-time telemetry Gaming server DDoS defense SSH/RDP bastion protection
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: no
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: yes
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: yes
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	Azure resources	Custom TCP/UDP ApplicationsGaming ServersSSH/RDP EndpointsIoT MQTT Brokers
Compliance	Azure compliance portfolioregion dependent	SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001PCI-DSSGDPR
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	Azure MonitorAzure Virtual NetworkMicrosoft Defender for Cloud	Cloudflare DDoSArgo Smart RoutingSplunkDatadogMinecraft / Gaming engines
Industries	Cross-industry	GamingFinancial ServicesCryptocurrencyVoIPEnterpriseOnline Gaming+2 more
Regions	Azure regions	Global (330+ cities)
Vendor
Company	Microsoft	Cloudflare
Headquarters	Redmond, Washington, USA	San Francisco, California, USA
Company size	200,000+	5,000+
Founded	1975	2010

Azure DDoS Protection

by Microsoft

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Cloudflare Spectrum

by Cloudflare

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Overview

What it is

Azure DDoS Protection

Azure DDoS Protection delivers DDoS mitigation and adaptive tuning for DDoS mitigation. Explore its DDoS Protection capabilities, deployment choices and top competitors.

Cloudflare Spectrum

Cloudflare Spectrum helps teams with gaming server DDoS defense. Explore features like origin IP cloaking, cloud deployment and the closest Network Security competitors.

Product type

Azure DDoS Protection

DDoS Protection Service

Cloudflare Spectrum

Layer 4 TCP/UDP Reverse Proxy & DDoS Defense

Best for

Azure DDoS Protection

Cross-industry

Cloudflare Spectrum

Gaming, Financial Services, Cryptocurrency, VoIP, Enterprise, Online Gaming, IoT, Telecommunications

Pricing

Pricing model

Azure DDoS Protection

Contact Vendor

Cloudflare Spectrum

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Azure DDoS Protection

Cloudflare Spectrum

Deployment

Deployment options

Azure DDoS Protection

Cloud

Cloudflare Spectrum

Cloud

Deployment details

Azure DDoS Protection

Cloud; Azure

Cloudflare Spectrum

Cloud Anycast Network (Layer 4); Cloud Edge Anycast Proxy

Data residency

Azure DDoS Protection

Selected Azure region

Cloudflare Spectrum

Global Anycast edge (330+ locations)

Key features

What it offers

Azure DDoS Protection

DDoS mitigation
Adaptive tuning
Attack analytics
Metrics
Alerts
Protection policies
Public application protection
Network resilience

Cloudflare Spectrum

Layer 4 TCP/UDP reverse proxy
Automated DDoS mitigation
Origin IP cloaking
Edge TLS termination
Argo Smart Routing acceleration
Real-time telemetry
Gaming server DDoS defense
SSH/RDP bastion protection

Platform & access

API access

Azure DDoS Protection

Cloudflare Spectrum

Single sign-on (SSO)

Azure DDoS Protection

Cloudflare Spectrum

Role-based access (RBAC)

Azure DDoS Protection

Cloudflare Spectrum

Multi-tenant

Azure DDoS Protection

Cloudflare Spectrum

Mobile app

Azure DDoS Protection

Cloudflare Spectrum

Supported platforms

Azure DDoS Protection

Azure resources

Cloudflare Spectrum

Custom TCP/UDP ApplicationsGaming ServersSSH/RDP EndpointsIoT MQTT Brokers

Compliance

Azure DDoS Protection

Azure compliance portfolioregion dependent

Cloudflare Spectrum

SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001PCI-DSSGDPR

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Azure DDoS Protection

Azure MonitorAzure Virtual NetworkMicrosoft Defender for Cloud

Cloudflare Spectrum

Cloudflare DDoSArgo Smart RoutingSplunkDatadogMinecraft / Gaming engines

Industries

Azure DDoS Protection

Cross-industry

Cloudflare Spectrum

GamingFinancial ServicesCryptocurrencyVoIPEnterpriseOnline Gaming+2 more

Regions

Azure DDoS Protection

Azure regions

Cloudflare Spectrum

Global (330+ cities)

Vendor

Company

Azure DDoS Protection

Microsoft

Cloudflare Spectrum

Cloudflare

Headquarters

Azure DDoS Protection

Redmond, Washington, USA

Cloudflare Spectrum

San Francisco, California, USA

Company size

Azure DDoS Protection

200,000+

Cloudflare Spectrum

5,000+

Founded

Azure DDoS Protection

1975

Cloudflare Spectrum

2010