Cloudflare vs Elastic
What each one’s own pages state, side by side. Every value is a quote AirStack found on that product’s pages; “Not observed” means AirStack has not found it on that product’s pages.
| Cloudflare | Elastic | |
|---|---|---|
| What it says it does | One platform for your apps, agents, and workforce. cloudflare.com | Elastic is a technology company. elastic.co |
| Starting at | $7 Pay-as-you-go · per user / month free plan listed | Not observed |
| Platforms | Not observed | Docker, Kubernetes, Linux, Windows, macOS, AWS, Alibaba, Azure, GCP, Google Cloud elastic.co |
| Deployment | Not observed | Elastic Cloud Hosted, Elastic Cloud Serverless, self-managed, on-premises, Self-managed Elasticsearch, Hosted, Serverless elastic.co |
| Integrations | Git, GitHub Actions, VS Code cloudflare.com | AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, BigQuery, GKE, applications, cloud-native infrastructure, content repositories, security activity and context elastic.co |
| Compliance | ISO 27001, SOC 2 cloudflare.com | HIPAA, SOC 2 elastic.co |
| Free plan | Yes cloudflare.com | Not observed |
| Plans | Free, Pro, Business, Contract, Pay-as-you-go, Enterprise plans, Individual plans, Small business plans cloudflare.com | Limited, Base, Enhanced, Premium, Enterprise, Platinum elastic.co |
| Open source | Not observed | Yes elastic.co |
| Pricing basis | Not observed | Resource based pricing elastic.co |
| Customers (their claim) | Cloudflare powers 45% of the Fortune 500 cloudflare.com | Not observed |
Where they differ
- Cloudflare’s pages state a free plan; AirStack has not found that on Elastic’s pages.
- Elastic’s pages state that it is open source; AirStack has not found that on Cloudflare’s pages.
- Elastic claims HIPAA on its own pages; Cloudflare’s pages read by AirStack do not mention it.
- Cloudflare claims ISO 27001 on its own pages; Elastic’s pages read by AirStack do not mention it.
Prices are list prices as written on each pricing page; check them before you buy. Nothing here is a ranking or a recommendation.