Cloudflare vs OVHcloud Comparison
Compare Cloudflare vs OVHcloud features, pricing, and more.
Last updated: November 2026
Cloudflare
7.6/10
Cloudflare is a global edge network. It offers CDN, DNS, DDoS protection and a WAF, plus serverless compute and storage (Workers, R2, D1) for developers and businesses.
OVHcloud
6.5/10
French cloud provider offering shared web hosting, VPS, dedicated servers and an OpenStack-based public cloud for businesses and developers.
Feature-by-Feature Comparison
| Feature | | |
|---|---|---|
| Scores | ||
| Overall Rating | 7.6/10 | 6.5/10 |
| Analytics | 7/10 | 5/10 |
| Cost | 9/10 | 9/10 |
| Customization | 8/10 | 8/10 |
| Ease of Use | 7/10 | 5/10 |
| Integration | 8/10 | 7/10 |
| Reliability | 7/10 | 6/10 |
| Scalability | 9/10 | 7/10 |
| Security | 9/10 | 7/10 |
| Support | 4/10 | 4/10 |
| Pricing | ||
| Free plan | Yes | No |
| Cheapest paid plan | $5/mo Workers Paid | $5/mo VPS-1 |
| Estimated cost for 10 users | Free Free | $5/mo VPS-1 |
| Features | ||
| Dedicated Servers | ||
| Shared Hosting | ||
| Content Delivery Network | ||
| DDoS Protection | ||
| Free SSL Certificates | ||
| Managed Databases | ||
| Object Storage | ||
| Uptime SLA | ||
| API and CLI | Not listed | |
| Automatic Backups | Not listed | |
| Cloud Compute | Not listed | |
| Git Deployments | Not listed | |
| Managed Kubernetes | Not listed | |
| Multiple Regions | Not listed | |
| Serverless Functions | Not listed | |
| VPS Hosting | Not listed | |
Cloudflare vs OVHcloud cost by team size
Cloudflare costs less at every team size we checked.
| Team size | Cloudflare | OVHcloud |
|---|---|---|
| 1 user | FreeFree | $5/moVPS-1 |
| 5 users | FreeFree | $5/moVPS-1 |
| 10 users | FreeFree | $5/moVPS-1 |
| 25 users | FreeFree | $5/moVPS-1 |
| 50 users | FreeFree | $5/moVPS-1 |
The plan that fits each team size, billed monthly, before add-ons and usage charges. Each cost opens that tool's pricing calculator for the team size.
Which One Should You Choose?
Why choose Cloudflare
- Has a free plan (OVHcloud does not)
- Lower estimated cost for 10 users: Free vs $5/mo
- Higher Analytics score (7/10 vs 5/10)
- Higher Ease of Use score (7/10 vs 5/10)
- Better fit for enterprise (8/10 vs 6/10)
Why choose OVHcloud
- Includes Dedicated Servers, which Cloudflare lacks
- Includes Shared Hosting, which Cloudflare lacks
Pros & Cons
Cloudflare
Pros
- The free plan includes unmetered DDoS protection, a CDN, a WAF and universal SSL.
- R2 object storage charges no egress fees.
- Workers has very low entry pricing: a $5 monthly minimum and $0.30 per additional million requests.
- The Business plan adds a 100 percent uptime SLA and PCI DSS compliance for $200 a month billed annually.
Cons
- Reviewers report slow support on Free and Pro, which have no chat or phone support.
- Global outages in November and December 2025 disrupted many sites at the same time.
- Reviewers report billing problems, such as charges after cancelling add-ons.
- It offers no traditional shared hosting, VPS or dedicated servers, so you still need an origin host for conventional workloads.
OVHcloud
Pros
- Entry prices are very low, with VPS from about 4.54 USD a month and unlimited traffic.
- Public cloud prices include API calls and network traffic, and Savings Plans cut up to 30 percent.
- The range is broad, from shared hosting to bare metal, GPUs, Managed Kubernetes and managed databases.
- Infrastructure can be automated through the OVHcloud API, a CLI, Terraform and OpenStack.
- Anti-DDoS protection is included on VPS and hosting plans.
Cons
- Support is the most common complaint in G2 and Trustpilot reviews, with tickets going unanswered.
- Reviewers find the control panel confusing to navigate.
- Web hosting renewal prices are several times the introductory rate.
- The 2021 Strasbourg data center fire destroyed customer data and backups, which damaged trust in its reliability.
Not sold on either?
Frequently Asked Questions
Cloudflare scores higher on our Hosting & Infrastructure criteria: 7.6/10 against 6.5/10 for OVHcloud. The largest gap is in Analytics: 7/10 for Cloudflare and 5/10 for OVHcloud.
Cloudflare costs less for 10 users: free on its Free plan, against about $5/mo on its VPS-1 plan for OVHcloud, billed monthly.
Cloudflare has a free plan; OVHcloud does not list one.
Cloudflare is the better fit for enterprise: we rate it 8/10 for them, against 6/10 for OVHcloud.
OVHcloud has Dedicated Servers and Shared Hosting, which Cloudflare lacks.
