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Product	Cloudflare API Shield by Cloudflare View product	F5 Distributed Cloud API Security by F5 View product
Overview
What it is	See what Cloudflare API Shield offers: mutual TLS enforcement. It is built for shadow API discovery, supports cloud deployment and competes with other API Security tools.	F5 built F5 Distributed Cloud API Security for API Threat Protection. Explore OpenAPI import, review cloud deployment and compare similar API Security products.
Product type	API Protection & Schema Validation Solution	API Discovery & Threat Protection SaaS
Best for	Fintech, E-commerce, Healthcare, SaaS, Banking, Financial Services, SaaS Providers, Telecommunications	Cross-industry, Fintech, Digital Enterprise, Healthcare
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	Cloud	SaaSCloud
Deployment details	Cloud Edge Platform; Cloud Edge Anycast Service	Cloud (SaaS); SaaS-delivered; Cloud edge; Kubernetes
Data residency	Global Anycast network (330+ locations)	Global; US; EU; APAC
Key features
What it offers	Automated API discovery OpenAPI schema validation Mutual TLS (mTLS) enforcement Behavioral rate limiting ML API abuse detection Shadow API identification Shadow API discovery Mobile backend protection	Automated API discovery Schema conformance OpenAPI import Behavioral anomaly detection Shadow API defense API Security API Threat Protection
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: yes
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	REST APIsGraphQL APIsgRPC endpointsMobile Backends	Multi-cloud APIsREST/GraphQLKubernetes gateways
Compliance	PCI-DSS 4.0SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001HIPAAGDPR	SOC 2ISO 27001PCI-DSS
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	Cloudflare WAFDatadogSplunkOpenAPI / SwaggerPostman	F5 Distributed CloudGitHubGitLabTerraform
Industries	FintechE-commerceHealthcareSaaSBankingFinancial Services+2 more	Cross-industryFintechDigital EnterpriseHealthcare
Regions	Global (330+ cities)	Global
Vendor
Company	Cloudflare	F5
Headquarters	San Francisco, California, USA	Seattle, Washington, USA
Company size	5,000+	6,000+
Founded	2010	1996

Cloudflare API Shield

by Cloudflare

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F5 Distributed Cloud API Security

by F5

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Overview

What it is

Cloudflare API Shield

See what Cloudflare API Shield offers: mutual TLS enforcement. It is built for shadow API discovery, supports cloud deployment and competes with other API Security tools.

F5 Distributed Cloud API Security

F5 built F5 Distributed Cloud API Security for API Threat Protection. Explore OpenAPI import, review cloud deployment and compare similar API Security products.

Product type

Cloudflare API Shield

API Protection & Schema Validation Solution

F5 Distributed Cloud API Security

API Discovery & Threat Protection SaaS

Best for

Cloudflare API Shield

Fintech, E-commerce, Healthcare, SaaS, Banking, Financial Services, SaaS Providers, Telecommunications

F5 Distributed Cloud API Security

Cross-industry, Fintech, Digital Enterprise, Healthcare

Pricing

Pricing model

Cloudflare API Shield

Contact Vendor

F5 Distributed Cloud API Security

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Cloudflare API Shield

F5 Distributed Cloud API Security

Deployment

Deployment options

Cloudflare API Shield

Cloud

F5 Distributed Cloud API Security

SaaSCloud

Deployment details

Cloudflare API Shield

Cloud Edge Platform; Cloud Edge Anycast Service

F5 Distributed Cloud API Security

Cloud (SaaS); SaaS-delivered; Cloud edge; Kubernetes

Data residency

Cloudflare API Shield

Global Anycast network (330+ locations)

F5 Distributed Cloud API Security

Global; US; EU; APAC

Key features

What it offers

Cloudflare API Shield

Automated API discovery
OpenAPI schema validation
Mutual TLS (mTLS) enforcement
Behavioral rate limiting
ML API abuse detection
Shadow API identification
Shadow API discovery
Mobile backend protection

F5 Distributed Cloud API Security

Automated API discovery
Schema conformance
OpenAPI import
Behavioral anomaly detection
Shadow API defense
API Security
API Threat Protection

Platform & access

API access

Cloudflare API Shield

F5 Distributed Cloud API Security

Single sign-on (SSO)

Cloudflare API Shield

F5 Distributed Cloud API Security

Role-based access (RBAC)

Cloudflare API Shield

F5 Distributed Cloud API Security

Multi-tenant

Cloudflare API Shield

F5 Distributed Cloud API Security

Mobile app

Cloudflare API Shield

F5 Distributed Cloud API Security

Supported platforms

Cloudflare API Shield

REST APIsGraphQL APIsgRPC endpointsMobile Backends

F5 Distributed Cloud API Security

Multi-cloud APIsREST/GraphQLKubernetes gateways

Compliance

Cloudflare API Shield

PCI-DSS 4.0SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001HIPAAGDPR

F5 Distributed Cloud API Security

SOC 2ISO 27001PCI-DSS

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Cloudflare API Shield

Cloudflare WAFDatadogSplunkOpenAPI / SwaggerPostman

F5 Distributed Cloud API Security

F5 Distributed CloudGitHubGitLabTerraform

Industries

Cloudflare API Shield

FintechE-commerceHealthcareSaaSBankingFinancial Services+2 more

F5 Distributed Cloud API Security

Cross-industryFintechDigital EnterpriseHealthcare

Regions

Cloudflare API Shield

Global (330+ cities)

F5 Distributed Cloud API Security

Global

Vendor

Company

Cloudflare API Shield

Cloudflare

F5 Distributed Cloud API Security

Headquarters

Cloudflare API Shield

San Francisco, California, USA

F5 Distributed Cloud API Security

Seattle, Washington, USA

Company size

Cloudflare API Shield

5,000+

F5 Distributed Cloud API Security

6,000+

Founded

Cloudflare API Shield

2010

F5 Distributed Cloud API Security

1996