# Cloudflare Page Shield alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 195 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Cloudflare Page Shield holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/cloudflare-page-shield/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- cside: 24
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud: 18
- Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: 13
- Feroot Security: 9
- Monity: 8
- Reflectiz: 8

## Client-side protection

**Small business**: 65 of 84 answers did not name Cloudflare Page Shield (Cloudflare Page Shield is #3 of 11 at 13%).

- Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 14 of those 65
- cside: first choice in 9 of those 65
- c/side: first choice in 5 of those 65
- Monity: first choice in 4 of those 65
- Cloudflare: first choice in 3 of those 65
- Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: first choice in 3 of those 65
- Bitdefender GravityZone Business Security: first choice in 2 of those 65
- Feroot Security: first choice in 2 of those 65

**Mid-market**: 63 of 84 answers did not name Cloudflare Page Shield (Cloudflare Page Shield is #2 of 10 at 16%).

- cside: first choice in 7 of those 63
- Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: first choice in 5 of those 63
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud: first choice in 4 of those 63
- Monity: first choice in 4 of those 63
- Feroot Security: first choice in 3 of those 63
- Reflectiz: first choice in 3 of those 63
- CrowdStrike Falcon: first choice in 1 of those 63
- Fathom Analytics: first choice in 1 of those 63

**Enterprise**: 67 of 84 answers did not name Cloudflare Page Shield (Cloudflare Page Shield is #6 of 12 at 4%).

- cside: first choice in 8 of those 67
- Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: first choice in 5 of those 67
- Reflectiz: first choice in 5 of those 67
- Akamai Client-Side Protection & Compliance: first choice in 4 of those 67
- Feroot Security: first choice in 4 of those 67
- CrowdStrike: first choice in 2 of those 67
- CrowdStrike Falcon: first choice in 2 of those 67
- Cloudflare One: first choice in 1 of those 67

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