Cloudflare’s connectivity cloud is a unified platform of cloud-native services designed to help enterprises regain control over their IT environments. Powered by an intelligent, programmable global cloud network, it is built to offer security, performance, visibility, and reliability.
$20
per month
IBM NS1 Connect
Score8 out of 10
N/A
IBM NS1 Connect is a managed service for authoritative DNS and traffic steering designed to improve application performance and network resilience.
$250
per month
Pricing
Cloudflare
IBM NS1 Connect
Editions & Modules
Pro
$20
per month
Business
$200
per month
Free
Free
Enterprise
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IBM NS1 Connect Essentials
USD 250*
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Cloudflare
IBM NS1 Connect
Free Trial
No
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No
Yes
Entry-level Setup Fee
No setup fee
Optional
Additional Details
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Options include
IBM NS1 CONNECT FREE DEVELOPER ACCOUNT
The IBM® NS1 Connect® free developer account showcases IBM's authoritative DNS capabilities, allowing users to start using it in minutes. Although traffic scale is limited, the full API is available for unlimited usage. It can be used in production as a primary or secondary solution.
IBM NS1 CONNECT ESSENTIALS
Scaled for growing businesses, the Essentials plan offers features to ensure fast, reliable connections to end-users. Available for purchase on IBM.com or AWS.
IBM NS1 CONNECT PREMIUM
NS1 Connect Premium is for businesses needing scalable authoritative DNS. Pricing is based on query volume and DNS records. Additional services are also priced through query volume. Enterprise plans offer customizable support and professional services.
*(Calculated prices are estimates provided for planning purposes only taking into account potential IBM discounts, and are not a formal offer from IBM or an IBM Business Partner. The estimation may reflect the total discounted price. Certain factors such as configuration, add-ons, or additional requirements will affect final price. IBM Business Partners set and provide their own IBM NS1 Price Estimator pricing, and neither IBM nor IBM Business Partners are bound by the provided estimate.)
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Community Pulse
Cloudflare
IBM NS1 Connect
Considered Both Products
Cloudflare
Verified User
Chose Cloudflare
We use Cloudflare where we don't want to spend a lot of money, and can live with not so fast DNS speeds. NS1 is used when you need the top performance with the the DNS. Cloudflare has far more other features for which it is used alongside with NS1 as well.
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IBM
Verified User
Chose IBM NS1 Connect
NS1 connect has one of the best response times for public DNS and high uptime. We see it beating some of the other vendors hands down.
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