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

F5 Distributed Cloud API Security

by F5

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Cloudflare API Shield

by Cloudflare

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Overview

What it is

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.

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.

Product type

F5 Distributed Cloud API Security

API Discovery & Threat Protection SaaS

Cloudflare API Shield

API Protection & Schema Validation Solution

Best for

F5 Distributed Cloud API Security

Cross-industry, Fintech, Digital Enterprise, Healthcare

Cloudflare API Shield

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

Pricing

Pricing model

F5 Distributed Cloud API Security

Contact Vendor

Cloudflare API Shield

Contact Vendor

Free trial

F5 Distributed Cloud API Security

Cloudflare API Shield

Deployment

Deployment options

F5 Distributed Cloud API Security

SaaSCloud

Cloudflare API Shield

Cloud

Deployment details

F5 Distributed Cloud API Security

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

Cloudflare API Shield

Cloud Edge Platform; Cloud Edge Anycast Service

Data residency

F5 Distributed Cloud API Security

Global; US; EU; APAC

Cloudflare API Shield

Global Anycast network (330+ locations)

Key features

What it offers

F5 Distributed Cloud API Security

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

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

Platform & access

API access

F5 Distributed Cloud API Security

Cloudflare API Shield

Single sign-on (SSO)

F5 Distributed Cloud API Security

Cloudflare API Shield

Role-based access (RBAC)

F5 Distributed Cloud API Security

Cloudflare API Shield

Multi-tenant

F5 Distributed Cloud API Security

Cloudflare API Shield

Mobile app

F5 Distributed Cloud API Security

Cloudflare API Shield

Supported platforms

F5 Distributed Cloud API Security

Multi-cloud APIsREST/GraphQLKubernetes gateways

Cloudflare API Shield

REST APIsGraphQL APIsgRPC endpointsMobile Backends

Compliance

F5 Distributed Cloud API Security

SOC 2ISO 27001PCI-DSS

Cloudflare API Shield

PCI-DSS 4.0SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001HIPAAGDPR

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

F5 Distributed Cloud API Security

F5 Distributed CloudGitHubGitLabTerraform

Cloudflare API Shield

Cloudflare WAFDatadogSplunkOpenAPI / SwaggerPostman

Industries

F5 Distributed Cloud API Security

Cross-industryFintechDigital EnterpriseHealthcare

Cloudflare API Shield

FintechE-commerceHealthcareSaaSBankingFinancial Services+2 more

Regions

F5 Distributed Cloud API Security

Global

Cloudflare API Shield

Global (330+ cities)

Vendor

Company

F5 Distributed Cloud API Security

Cloudflare API Shield

Cloudflare

Headquarters

F5 Distributed Cloud API Security

Seattle, Washington, USA

Cloudflare API Shield

San Francisco, California, USA

Company size

F5 Distributed Cloud API Security

6,000+

Cloudflare API Shield

5,000+

Founded

F5 Distributed Cloud API Security

1996

Cloudflare API Shield

2010