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CrimeFlarE
Why you should say "No" to Cloudflare
Self-hosting
Self-hosting often works great, but it requires some effort to setup. It is more aimed at technical people.
We might create a guide for some self-hosting basics which don't require Cloudflare. IPFS may be worth consideration if performance is the main concern.
Alternatives
| Alternative | Drawback | Price | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| eQualitie | not gratis | gratis during COVID19 | https://equalit.ie/ |
| sucuri | not gratis; tor hostility at ~3.483% | $200+ | https://sucuri.net/ |
| PerimeterX | not gratis | ? | - |
| Github pages | uses Microsoft servers | Free | https://pages.github.com/ (WARNING: Tor/VPN users will get their account blocked automatically by Github) |
| Codeberg pages | no custom domain support; tor hostility | Free | https://pages.codeberg.org/ |
| Surge.sh | uses custom servers | Free | https://surge.sh/ |
Not researched yet
CDNJS
CDNJS is sponsored by Cloudflare. It might use it in the background.
Why X is not included
| X | Reason |
|---|---|
| Netlify | Uses Amazon AWS which is also a content delivery network. It would be hypocritical to include it. |
| Siteground | Tor-hostile people. |
| Imperva | Uses Cloudflare. |
| jsDelivr | Uses Cloudflare, see their network page |
| Gitlab pages | GitLab is now Cloudflared |
History
Sucuri and eQualitie have a history of CloudFlare patronage, but no longer.
[//]: # ( go.impv is CF. | Imperva | not gratis; tor hostility at ~3.411% | ? | https://www.imperva.com |)