CacheGuard Reviews

CacheGuard

5.0 out of 5 stars
Cloudflare Reviews

Cloudflare

4.8 out of 5 stars

Average Ratings 2 Ratings

Total 5 out of 5 stars
ease 5 out of 5 stars
features 5 out of 5 stars
design 5 out of 5 stars
support 5 out of 5 stars

Average Ratings 13 Ratings

Total 5 out of 5 stars
ease 4.5 out of 5 stars
features 4.5 out of 5 stars
design 4.5 out of 5 stars
support 4.5 out of 5 stars

Description

CacheGuard-OS is an open-source Linux-based UTM gateway appliance OS that has been in active development since 2002. It is designed to run on commodity x86 hardware and act as the default route between an internal network and the internet, replacing the ISP-provided router as the traffic checkpoint. The stack integrates: Squid (web cache and proxy), ClamAV (web antivirus), ModSecurity (WAF), StrongSwan (IPsec/IKEv2 VPN), IPRoute2 (QoS and WAN load balancing), NetFilter (stateful firewall), SSL inspection, and URL filtering. All components are configured through a web-based admin interface rather than directly, making the platform accessible to operators without deep Linux expertise while remaining auditable by those who want to inspect the underlying configuration. The OS has been open-source since its first release — source ships on every installed appliance. It was recently published publicly on GitHub to make the codebase easier to browse and audit. Target deployments are small to medium networks — SMBs, schools, and branch offices — where a commercial UTM appliance is overkill on budget but the threat surface is the same. Runs on bare metal or common hypervisors (VMware, VirtualBox, KVM, Hyper-V). No vendor lock-in, no subscription, no licence cost. GitHub: cacheguard/CacheGuard-OS

Description

Cloudflare is the foundation of your infrastructure, applications, teams, and software. Cloudflare protects and ensures the reliability and security of your external-facing resources like websites, APIs, applications, and other web services. It protects your internal resources, such as behind-the firewall applications, teams, devices, and devices. It is also your platform to develop globally scalable applications. Your website, APIs, applications, and other channels are key to doing business with customers and suppliers. It is essential that these resources are reliable, secure, and performant as the world shifts online. Cloudflare for Infrastructure provides a complete solution that enables this for everything connected to the Internet. Your internal teams can rely on behind-the-firewall apps and devices to support their work. Remote work is increasing rapidly and is putting a strain on many organizations' VPNs and other hardware solutions.

API Access

Has API Yes 

API Access

Has API Yes 

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Integrations

DomainRacer No 
Huckabuy Structured Data Markup No 
Incredible No 
InfraNest No 
Kimi K3 No 
Kinde No 
LanderLab No 
LaunchFast No 
MCPTotal No 
Muse Wonder No 
Observo AI No 
Right-Hand Cybersecurity No 
Rocket.net No 
RunReveal No 
Thunder Compute No 
Upsonic No 
WordPress No 
Zaraz No 
anecdotes No 
supereo No 

Integrations

DomainRacer Yes 
Huckabuy Structured Data Markup Yes 
Incredible Yes 
InfraNest Yes 
Kimi K3 Yes 
Kinde Yes 
LanderLab Yes 
LaunchFast Yes 
MCPTotal Yes 
Muse Wonder Yes 
Observo AI Yes 
Right-Hand Cybersecurity Yes 
Rocket.net Yes 
RunReveal Yes 
Thunder Compute Yes 
Upsonic Yes 
WordPress Yes 
Zaraz Yes 
anecdotes Yes 
supereo Yes 

Pricing Details

$0
Free for any number of users. Optional paid support available.
Free Trial No 
Free Version Yes 

Pricing Details

$20 per website
Pro Plan - When billed annually or $25/mo billed monthly
Free Trial No 
Free Version Yes 

Deployment

Web-Based Yes 
On-Premises Yes 
iPhone App Yes 
iPad App Yes 
Android App Yes 
Windows Yes 
Mac Yes 
Linux Yes 
Chromebook No 

Deployment

Web-Based Yes 
On-Premises No 
iPhone App No 
iPad App No 
Android App No 
Windows No 
Mac No 
Linux No 
Chromebook No 

Customer Support

Business Hours Yes 
Live Rep (24/7) No 
Online Support Yes 

Customer Support

Business Hours No 
Live Rep (24/7) No 
Online Support No 

Types of Training

Training Docs Yes 
Webinars No 
Live Training (Online) Yes 
In Person Yes 

Types of Training

Training Docs Yes 
Webinars No 
Live Training (Online) No 
In Person No 

Vendor Details

Company Name

CacheGuard Technologies

Founded

2025

Country

France

Website

www.cacheguard.com

Vendor Details

Company Name

Cloudflare

Founded

2009

Country

United States

Website

www.cloudflare.com

Product Features

Network Security

Access Control Yes 
Analytics / Reporting No 
Compliance Reporting No 
Firewalls Yes 
Internet Usage Monitoring No 
Intrusion Detection System No 
Threat Response No 
VPN Yes 
Vulnerability Scanning No 

Web Application Firewalls (WAF)

Access Control / Permissions Yes 
Alerts / Notifications No 
Automate and Orchestrate Security No 
Automated Attack Detection No 
DDoS Protection No 
Dashboard Yes 
IP Reputation Checking Yes 
Managed Rules Yes 
OWASP Protection Yes 
Reporting / Analytics Yes 
Secure App Delivery No 
Server Cloaking Yes 
Virtual Patching Yes 
Zero-Day Attack Prevention No 

Product Features

Application Performance Monitoring (APM)

Baseline Manager No 
Diagnostic Tools No 
Full Transaction Diagnostics No 
Performance Control No 
Resource Management No 
Root-Cause Diagnosis No 
Server Performance No 
Trace Individual Transactions No 

CDN

Content Acceleration Yes 
DDoS Protection Yes 
Load Balancing Yes 
Managed CDN Yes 
Multi-CDN Switching Yes 
Reporting/Analytics Yes 
Software Downloads Yes 
Transparent Caching Yes 
Video Streaming Yes 
Web Application Firewalls (WAF) Yes 

Cloud Security

Antivirus No 
Application Security Yes 
Behavioral Analytics No 
Encryption No 
Endpoint Management No 
Incident Management No 
Intrusion Detection System No 
Threat Intelligence No 
Two-Factor Authentication No 
Vulnerability Management No 

Cybersecurity

AI / Machine Learning Yes 
Behavioral Analytics No 
Endpoint Management No 
IOC Verification No 
Incident Management No 
Tokenization No 
Vulnerability Scanning No 
Whitelisting / Blacklisting No 

DDoS Protection

DNS Amplification Protection No 
DNS Reflection Protection No 
High Network Capacity No 
Illegitimate Traffic Recognition No 
Infrastructure Protection (Layer 3/Layer 4) No 
Post Attack Analysis No 
Traffic Monitoring No 
Website Protection (Layer 7) No 

Domain Name Registrars

DNS Service Yes 
Domain Parking Yes 
Domain Privacy Yes 
Email Hosting No 
Extended Expiration Protection Yes 
SSL Certificates Yes 
Web Hosting No 
Website Builder No 

Email Security

Anti Spam No 
Anti Virus No 
Email Attachment Protection No 
Encryption No 
Policy Management No 
Quarantine No 
Reporting/Analytics No 
Whitelisting / Blacklisting No 

Firewall

Alerts / Notifications Yes 
Application Visibility / Control Yes 
Automated Testing Yes 
Intrusion Prevention Yes 
LDAP Integration No 
Physical / Virtual Environment Yes 
Sandbox / Threat Simulation Yes 
Threat Identification Yes 

IT Security

Anti Spam No 
Anti Virus No 
Email Attachment Protection No 
Event Tracking Yes 
IP Protection Yes 
Internet Usage Monitoring No 
Intrusion Detection System No 
Spyware Removal No 
Two-Factor Authentication Yes 
Vulnerability Scanning No 
Web Threat Management No 
Web Traffic Reporting No 

Load Balancing

Authentication No 
Automatic Configuration No 
Content Caching No 
Content Routing No 
Data Compression No 
Health Monitoring No 
Predefined Protocols No 
Redundancy Checking No 
Reverse Proxy No 
SSL Offload No 
Schedulers No 

Managed DNS

Anti-Malware No 
Change Management No 
DDoS Protection Yes 
DNS Failover Yes 
DNS Propagation Yes 
Disaster Recovery No 
Global DNS Network Yes 
Intelligent Traffic Routing Yes 
Load Balancing Yes 
Reporting / Analytics Yes 
Secondary DNS Yes 
Web Application Firewall (WAF) No 

Network Security

Access Control Yes 
Analytics / Reporting No 
Compliance Reporting No 
Firewalls Yes 
Internet Usage Monitoring No 
Intrusion Detection System No 
Threat Response No 
VPN Yes 
Vulnerability Scanning No 

Web Application Firewalls (WAF)

Access Control / Permissions No 
Alerts / Notifications No 
Automate and Orchestrate Security No 
Automated Attack Detection No 
DDoS Protection No 
Dashboard No 
IP Reputation Checking No 
Managed Rules No 
OWASP Protection No 
Reporting / Analytics No 
Secure App Delivery No 
Server Cloaking No 
Virtual Patching No 
Zero-Day Attack Prevention No 

Website Optimization Tools

Competitor Analysis No 
Content Management No 
Keyword Research Tools No 
Link Management No 
Performance Metrics No 
Problem Area Alerts No 

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