Cloudflare vs NTT DATA Comparison

Why choose Cloudflare

• Has a free plan (NTT DATA does not)
• Higher Cost score (9/10 vs 2/10)
• Higher Ease of Use score (7/10 vs 3/10)
• Better fit for small business (7/10 vs 1/10)

Why choose NTT DATA

• Higher Support score (7/10 vs 4/10)
• Higher Customization score (9/10 vs 8/10)

Cloudflare

Pros

• The free plan includes unmetered DDoS protection, a CDN, a WAF and universal SSL.
• R2 object storage charges no egress fees.
• Workers has very low entry pricing: a $5 monthly minimum and $0.30 per additional million requests.
• The Business plan adds a 100 percent uptime SLA and PCI DSS compliance for $200 a month billed annually.

Cons

• Reviewers report slow support on Free and Pro, which have no chat or phone support.
• Global outages in November and December 2025 disrupted many sites at the same time.
• Reviewers report billing problems, such as charges after cancelling add-ons.
• It offers no traditional shared hosting, VPS or dedicated servers, so you still need an origin host for conventional workloads.

NTT DATA

Pros

• Very large physical footprint, with over 160 data centers and more than 2 GW of IT load in 20+ countries.
• Top-tier partner status with Microsoft, AWS and Google Cloud lets one provider manage multi-cloud estates.
• Public-sector track record, with managed Azure for Virginia's VITA and public cloud services for Texas.
• Covers the full lifecycle, from strategy and migration through daily operations and cost optimization.

Cons

• No public pricing, and every engagement needs a custom sales quote.
• No self-service cloud: you cannot start a VM, use an API, or pay by the hour as you can with developer clouds.
• Public pages do not set out SLA terms or list specific compliance certifications.
• Independent reviews are scattered across service lines, and aggregate scores sit around 3.9 to 4.3.