Is Cloudflare a European company?

No. Cloudflare is headquartered in San Francisco, United States. As a US company it falls under US law, including the CLOUD Act, wherever it stores your data.

Is there a free European alternative to Cloudflare?

Gcore, deSEC and ClouDNS have a free plan with no time limit.

Which Cloudflare alternatives keep your data in Europe?

Myra Security stores customer data in Europe by default. Gcore and bunny.net let you choose a European data region.

Is there an open-source European alternative to Cloudflare?

Yes: deSEC. Open-source tools can also be self-hosted on your own servers in Europe.

Can Cloudflare keep data in the EU?

Partly. Its network is global, but the Data Localization Suite can limit where traffic is inspected, where logs are stored and where TLS keys are kept. Cloudflare remains a US company.

Is there a European alternative to Cloudflare with a free plan?

Gcore has a free CDN tier of 1 TB a month and free DNS. For DNS alone, deSEC is free and non-profit, and ClouDNS covers one zone for free.

Checked November 2026

9 Best European Alternatives to Cloudflare (2026)

Cloudflare is a US network company, listed on the New York Stock Exchange, that sits in front of websites with a CDN, DNS, DDoS protection, a WAF and the Workers edge-compute platform. It's also known as Cloudflare CDN, Cloudflare DNS and Cloudflare Workers. The European alternatives that replace it best are Gcore (Luxembourg) for teams wanting a free CDN tier and global reach, bunny.net (Slovenia) for developers and media sites wanting low per-GB delivery costs and Myra Security (Germany) for banks, public bodies and critical infrastructure in Germany.

European alternatives: 9; From 7 countries
Keep data in Europe: 1; By default, no setting needed
With a free plan: 3; No time limit
Open source: 1; Can run on your own servers

Cloudflare alternatives from Europe, compared

Best first for someone replacing Cloudflare. Headcount and founding year come from LeadWave's database; prices, hosting and G2 ratings from each company's own pages and G2, checked in November 2026.

European alternatives to Cloudflare
Alternative	Headquarters	Founded	Employees	G2 rating	Free plan	Paid plans from	Your data	Open source
1Gcore	Contern, Luxembourg	2014	—	4.7 (86 reviews)	Yes	€0.01/GB	EU region available	No
2bunny.net	Ljubljana, Slovenia	2015	—	4.8 (564 reviews)	No	$0.01/GB	EU region available	No
3Myra Security	Munich, Germany	2012	—	—	No	€399/account/month	In Europe	No
4Link11	Frankfurt am Main, Germany	—	—	4.7 (46 reviews)	No	—	—	No
5CDN77	Prague, Czech Republic	2011	60	4.8 (69 reviews)	No	$990/account/month	—	No
6Transparent Edge	Madrid, Spain	2021	—	—	No	—	—	No
7KeyCDN	Ermatingen, Switzerland	—	—	4.5 (71 reviews)	No	$0.04/GB	—	No
8deSEC	Berlin, Germany	2019	—	—	Yes	Free	—	Yes
9ClouDNS	Sofia, Bulgaria	2010	—	4.7 (72 reviews)	Yes	$2.95/account/month	—	No

The 9 alternatives in detail

1. Gcore

Luxembourg CDN, DNS, DDoS protection and edge cloud

CDN, DNS, WAF, DDoS protection, edge functions, video streaming and GPU cloud from Luxembourg. Global network of 210+ PoPs; traffic can be pinned to chosen regions. ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II.

Compared with Cloudflare: The broadest match: CDN, DNS, WAF, DDoS protection and edge functions, with a free CDN tier of 1 TB a month. Network of 210+ PoPs; HQ in Luxembourg.

Headquarters: Contern, Luxembourg
Founded: 2014
Your data: EU region available
Price: From €0.01/GB
Free plan: Yes
G2 rating: 4.7 (86 reviews)
Best for: Teams wanting a free CDN tier and global reach

2. bunny.net

Pay-as-you-go CDN with storage, DNS, video and edge compute

Slovenian CDN billed per GB, with object storage, DNS, video streaming, a WAF and DDoS layer (Shield), edge scripting and container hosting. Global network of 119 PoPs; an EU-only routing filter is available.

Compared with Cloudflare: Pay-as-you-go CDN from $0.01 per GB with DNS, a WAF and DDoS layer, edge scripting and containers. No free plan, unlike Cloudflare; 119 PoPs.

Headquarters: Ljubljana, Slovenia
Founded: 2015
Your data: EU region available
Price: From $0.01/GB
Free plan: No
G2 rating: 4.8 (564 reviews)
Best for: Developers and media sites wanting low per-GB delivery costs

3. Myra Security

German DDoS protection, WAF and CDN for regulated organisations

Security-as-a-service from Munich: DDoS protection for websites and networks, WAF, bot management and CDN. Traffic can be processed only in German data centres; BSI-qualified DDoS provider with C5 Type 2 and ISO 27001.

Compared with Cloudflare: DDoS protection, WAF, bot management and CDN with processing in German data centres; BSI-qualified and C5-attested. From €399 a month plus setup; no free tier.

Headquarters: Munich, Germany
Founded: 2012
Your data: In Europe
Price: From €399/account/month
Free plan: No
Best for: Banks, public bodies and critical infrastructure in Germany

4. Link11

German DDoS protection, WAAP, secure CDN and DNS

Frankfurt security provider: network DDoS protection and clean transit, a WAAP suite with web DDoS protection, WAF, bot management and API security, plus a secure CDN and DNS.

Compared with Cloudflare: Enterprise network and web DDoS protection, WAAP, CDN and DNS from Frankfurt. No free tier, and no edge-compute platform like Workers listed.

Headquarters: Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Your data: Not stated
Price: On request
Free plan: No
G2 rating: 4.7 (46 reviews)
Best for: Enterprises needing network and web DDoS protection

5. CDN77

Czech-run CDN for video and high-traffic delivery

Runs its own network of 235 PoPs in 135 countries for web, media and app delivery, plus video processing, S3-compatible storage, edge compute and network-layer DDoS protection. Contracting entity is DataCamp Limited, London.

Compared with Cloudflare: High-volume CDN for video and downloads with 235 PoPs; plans start at $990 a month for 250 TB. Network-layer DDoS protection only, no full WAF suite.

Headquarters: Prague, Czech Republic
Founded: 2011
Employees: 60
Your data: Not stated
Price: From $990/account/month
Free plan: No
G2 rating: 4.8 (69 reviews)
Best for: Streaming and download platforms moving hundreds of terabytes monthly

6. Transparent Edge

Spanish CDN with WAF, DDoS and bot protection

Varnish-based CDN with WAF, anti-DDoS, bot management, image optimisation and edge video transcoding, configured with VCL. 70+ PoPs in 40 countries; ISO 27001 and Spain's ENS certified.

Compared with Cloudflare: CDN with WAF, DDoS and bot protection and Varnish-style edge logic, across 70+ PoPs. Quote-based pricing and hands-on support; aimed at Spanish media and retail.

Headquarters: Madrid, Spain
Founded: 2021
Your data: Not stated
Price: On request
Free plan: No
Best for: Spanish media and e-commerce sites wanting hands-on support

7. KeyCDN

Swiss pay-as-you-go CDN with storage and image processing

Pay-as-you-go CDN from proinity LLC, billed per GB with no request fees, plus push-zone storage and real-time image processing. 60+ data centres in 40+ countries; no DNS hosting, WAF or edge functions.

Compared with Cloudflare: Plain CDN from $0.04 per GB with no request fees. No DNS hosting, WAF or edge functions, so it replaces only Cloudflare's caching.

Headquarters: Ermatingen, Switzerland
Your data: Not stated
Price: From $0.04/GB
Free plan: No
G2 rating: 4.5 (71 reviews)
Best for: Small sites wanting a simple per-GB CDN

8. deSEC

Free, non-profit DNS hosting with DNSSEC by default

Non-profit DNS hosting from Berlin, free to use and funded by donations and grants. Zones are always DNSSEC-signed and served from two global anycast networks; REST API, dynamic DNS and open-source code.

Compared with Cloudflare: Replaces Cloudflare DNS only: free, non-profit authoritative DNS with DNSSEC and an API. No proxy, CDN or DDoS protection for websites.

Headquarters: Berlin, Germany
Founded: 2019
Your data: Not stated
Price: Free
Free plan: Yes
Best for: Technical users wanting free, DNSSEC-signed authoritative DNS

9. ClouDNS

Bulgarian managed DNS with anycast, GeoDNS and failover

Managed DNS hosting from Sofia with anycast, GeoDNS, DNS failover, DNSSEC and DDoS-protected DNS plans. 65 anycast locations worldwide; a free plan covers one zone with 50 records.

Compared with Cloudflare: Managed DNS with anycast, GeoDNS and failover; free for one zone, paid from $2.95 a month. DNS only, no CDN or WAF.

Headquarters: Sofia, Bulgaria
Founded: 2010
Your data: Not stated
Price: From $2.95/account/month
Free plan: Yes
G2 rating: 4.7 (72 reviews)
Best for: Small businesses needing cheap managed DNS with failover

Why look for a European alternative to Cloudflare?

Cloudflare is headquartered in San Francisco, United States. These are the reasons buyers in Europe most often give for looking elsewhere:

Cloudflare is a US company, so US laws such as the CLOUD Act can reach the traffic, logs and keys it handles.
Cloudflare does sell a Data Localization Suite that keeps traffic inspection, customer logs and TLS keys in a chosen region such as the EU.
German public bodies and critical-infrastructure operators often want DDoS protection from a provider qualified by Germany's BSI, which Myra Security is.

How this list was made

A company counts as European if it's headquartered in Europe: the EU, the EEA, Switzerland, the UK, or elsewhere in geographic Europe, never Russia or Belarus. Headquarters means where it's run from, not a registered office. Companies founded in Europe but headquartered elsewhere today are listed separately, and a non-European owner is always named.

Each company was checked against its own legal notice, pricing page and data-processing terms, and its G2 page. Headcount, funding and founding year come from LeadWave's database of SaaS companies. No company paid to be listed or ranked.

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Frequently asked questions

It depends on what you use Cloudflare for. Gcore (Luxembourg) for teams wanting a free CDN tier and global reach, bunny.net (Slovenia) for developers and media sites wanting low per-GB delivery costs and Myra Security (Germany) for banks, public bodies and critical infrastructure in Germany. All 9 on this page are headquartered in Europe; the table compares their hosting, prices and G2 ratings.