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Product	Cloudflare API Shield by Cloudflare View product	Noname API Protection by Noname Security 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.	Get the facts on Noname API Protection: BOLA/BFLA prevention. Built for runtime API threat defense. Compare it with other API Security options before you decide.
Product type	API Protection & Schema Validation Solution	Runtime API Behavioral Threat Protection
Best for	Fintech, E-commerce, Healthcare, SaaS, Banking, Financial Services, SaaS Providers, Telecommunications	FinTech, Healthcare, Technology, Retail
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; In-line / Out-of-band Sensor; Cloud SaaS; In-line / Out-of-band Sensor
Data residency	Global Anycast network (330+ locations)	United States; European Union
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	Behavioral API anomaly detection OWASP API Top 10 blocking BOLA/BFLA prevention Real-time WAF & gateway automated blocking Runtime API threat defense BOLA exploit mitigation Automated threat containment
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	API GatewaysMicroservicesWeb Application Firewalls
Compliance	PCI-DSS 4.0SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001HIPAAGDPR	SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPRPCI DSS
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	Cloudflare WAFDatadogSplunkOpenAPI / SwaggerPostman	AWS WAFCloudflareImpervaPalo Alto NetworksSplunk
Industries	FintechE-commerceHealthcareSaaSBankingFinancial Services+2 more	FinTechHealthcareTechnologyRetail
Regions	Global (330+ cities)	Global
Vendor
Company	Cloudflare	Noname Security
Headquarters	San Francisco, California, USA	Palo Alto, California, USA
Company size	5,000+	201-500
Founded	2010	2020

Cloudflare API Shield

by Cloudflare

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Noname API Protection

by Noname Security

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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.

Noname API Protection

Get the facts on Noname API Protection: BOLA/BFLA prevention. Built for runtime API threat defense. Compare it with other API Security options before you decide.

Product type

Cloudflare API Shield

API Protection & Schema Validation Solution

Noname API Protection

Runtime API Behavioral Threat Protection

Best for

Cloudflare API Shield

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

Noname API Protection

FinTech, Healthcare, Technology, Retail

Pricing

Pricing model

Cloudflare API Shield

Contact Vendor

Noname API Protection

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Cloudflare API Shield

Noname API Protection

Deployment

Deployment options

Cloudflare API Shield

Cloud

Noname API Protection

SaaSCloud

Deployment details

Cloudflare API Shield

Cloud Edge Platform; Cloud Edge Anycast Service

Noname API Protection

Cloud SaaS; In-line / Out-of-band Sensor; Cloud SaaS; In-line / Out-of-band Sensor

Data residency

Cloudflare API Shield

Global Anycast network (330+ locations)

Noname API Protection

United States; European Union

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

Noname API Protection

Behavioral API anomaly detection
OWASP API Top 10 blocking
BOLA/BFLA prevention
Real-time WAF & gateway automated blocking
Runtime API threat defense
BOLA exploit mitigation
Automated threat containment

Platform & access

API access

Cloudflare API Shield

Noname API Protection

Single sign-on (SSO)

Cloudflare API Shield

Noname API Protection

Role-based access (RBAC)

Cloudflare API Shield

Noname API Protection

Multi-tenant

Cloudflare API Shield

Noname API Protection

Mobile app

Cloudflare API Shield

Noname API Protection

Supported platforms

Cloudflare API Shield

REST APIsGraphQL APIsgRPC endpointsMobile Backends

Noname API Protection

API GatewaysMicroservicesWeb Application Firewalls

Compliance

Cloudflare API Shield

PCI-DSS 4.0SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001HIPAAGDPR

Noname API Protection

SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPRPCI DSS

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Cloudflare API Shield

Cloudflare WAFDatadogSplunkOpenAPI / SwaggerPostman

Noname API Protection

AWS WAFCloudflareImpervaPalo Alto NetworksSplunk

Industries

Cloudflare API Shield

FintechE-commerceHealthcareSaaSBankingFinancial Services+2 more

Noname API Protection

FinTechHealthcareTechnologyRetail

Regions

Cloudflare API Shield

Global (330+ cities)

Noname API Protection

Global

Vendor

Company

Cloudflare API Shield

Cloudflare

Noname API Protection

Noname Security

Headquarters

Cloudflare API Shield

San Francisco, California, USA

Noname API Protection

Palo Alto, California, USA

Company size

Cloudflare API Shield

5,000+

Noname API Protection

201-500

Founded

Cloudflare API Shield

2010

Noname API Protection

2020