Cloudflare WAF vs Sucuri WAF
Thirteen of fourteen models named Cloudflare WAF first on the direct prompt; zero named Sucuri WAF. Cloudflare WAF was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Sucuri WAF by eleven and Cloudflare WAF carries 70 labels and Sucuri WAF 17, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in two categories this edition.
Named in two categories this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the web application firewalls page.
By framing
Cloudflare WAFFirst choices, of fourteen modelsSucuri WAF
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Cloudflare WAF and Sucuri WAF were named in the same answer sixty-nine times, of the 219 answers naming Cloudflare WAF and the 72 naming Sucuri WAF. In those answers Sucuri WAF took the first choice two times and Cloudflare WAF fifty-three.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | | | ||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | | | ||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | | |
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | | ||
| Grok 4.20 | | | | | | |
| Mistral Small | | | | | | |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | | |
| Llama 4 Maverick | | | | |||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | | ||
| Kimi K2 | | | | | ||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | | ||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | | |||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | | | ||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | | |
Cloudflare WAF Sucuri WAF first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Cloudflare WAF on the left and Sucuri WAF on the right.The direct prompt
Cloudflare WAF first, Sucuri WAF not the choice
13 of 14 modelsSucuri WAF was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
1 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
Cloudflare WAF94%#1 of 9Sucuri WAF2%#2 of 9Cloudflare WAF85%#1 of 12Sucuri WAF4%#2 of 12Cloudflare WAF60%#1 of 9Sucuri WAF0%#– of 9What the models said about Cloudflare WAF
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Popular and low-latency, but criticized for outdated ModSecurity rules, support delays (e.g., 48+ hours), latency in some cases, false negatives, and bypasses” Grok 4.20 · negative prompt · soft negative
“A significant 2024 vulnerability (discovered by Zafran) revealed a pervasive misconfiguration bug affecting these major WAF providers” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · soft negative
“These avoid high licensing costs (often $5K–$50K+/year for commercial tools like Cloudflare Enterprise, AWS WAF, or Imperva)” Grok 4.20 · budget prompt · soft negative
“For most mid‑market B2B companies the Cloudflare WAF is the easiest, most cost‑effective way to get enterprise‑grade protection today.” MiniMax M2.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“Cloudflare WAF with Bot Manager is the best overall choice due to its strong security, ease of deployment, and cost-effective pricing” Mistral Small · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“For most small‑to‑midsize companies on a tight budget, Cloudflare’s free or low‑cost WAF tier is the best starting point.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · first choice
What the models said about Sucuri WAF
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.
“ModSecurity (open-source, used in many like OWASP CRS, AWS WAF, Sucuri, Azure): Very common but outdated signatures make it easy to bypass” Grok 4.20 · negative prompt · soft negative
“Small B2B sites with mainly CMS‑based content (less relevant for custom APIs)” MiniMax M2.5 · direct prompt · soft negative
“For most small businesses, Sucuri provides the best balance of protection, features, and price.” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“1. Sucuri (Best Overall for Budget)” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“Sucuri is highly recommended specifically for WordPress websites and small business sites” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · alternative
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.