| Arcjet | Akamai | Cloudflare | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing | |||
| Free Tier | No | Yes |
Yes
Workers Requests Per Day: 100,000
|
| Tiers |
Individual
$25/mo
|
Pay-As-You-Go
Free
|
Free
Free
|
|
Startup
$299/mo
|
Enterprise
Contact Sales
|
Pro
$25/mo
-20% annual
|
|
|
Growth
$799/mo
|
— |
Business
$250/mo
-20% annual
|
|
|
Enterprise
Contact Sales
|
— |
Enterprise
Contact Sales
|
|
| Portability | |||
| Switching Cost | moderate | architectural | moderate |
| Open Standard | Proprietary | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| What You Lose | Bot detection rules, rate limiting config, email validation integration, PII detection pipeline | Edge configurations, EdgeWorkers scripts, security rulesets, DNS settings | Cloudflare network, Workers runtime, R2 storage integration, DDoS protection, CDN cache |