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Internet Services

Using Cloudflare, Cloud Internet Services (CIS) provides Domain Name Service (DNS), Global Load Balancer (GLB), DDoS protection, Web Application Firewall (WAF), Transport Layer Security (TLS), Rate Limiting, Smart Routing, and Caching.

  • Date of last update: 04/23/2025
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Pricing plans

Prices shown are for country or location: United States
PlanFeatures and capabilitiesPricing
Free Trial
  • Free Trial plan of Cloud Internet Services, using Cloudflare, for the following Services:
  • 30 day free trial of Cloud Internet Services
  • DDoS Protection: On (with Proxy) or Off (no Proxy)
  • WAF: configurable to protect against common threats
  • TLS: wildcard, dedicated, custom and upload certificates
  • DNS: 3500 records supported per Domain
  • GLB: 6 origin servers, 60 second health checks, geo routing and a health probe from 1 region
  • Caching: 50 page rules
  • Free

Cloud Internet Services Free 30 day Trial

  • Free Trial plan of Cloud Internet Services, using Cloudflare, for the following Services:
  • 30 day free trial of Cloud Internet Services
  • DDoS Protection: On (with Proxy) or Off (no Proxy)
  • WAF: configurable to protect against common threats
  • TLS: wildcard, dedicated, custom and upload certificates
  • DNS: 3500 records supported per Domain
  • GLB: 6 origin servers, 60 second health checks, geo routing and a health probe from 1 region
  • Caching: 50 page rules

Cloud Internet Services Free 30 day Trial

Standard Next
  • Standard Next plan of Cloud Internet Services, using Cloudflare, with monthly subscription, for the following Services:
  • 1 domain, 500 GB traffic, 1 Million DNS Queries, 5 Million HTTP requests included.
  • DDoS Protection: On (with Proxy) or Off (no Proxy).
  • WAF: Configurable to protect against common threats with custom WAF policies.
  • IP Firewall: Allow, block, and challenge visitors by IP address, country, or AS number.
  • DNS: 250 records supported per Domain.
  • $283.25 USD/Instance
  • $103.00 USD/Domain
  • $0.2266 USD/GB (Protected Traffic)
  • $0.412 USD/Million DNS Query Event
  • $1.4935 USD/Million HTTP Request Event
  • $0.618 USD/Million Edge Function Requests
Enterprise Essential
  • Enterprise Essential plan of Cloud Internet Services, using Cloudflare, with monthly subscription, for the following Services:
  • 1 domain, 5 TB traffic, 150 million requests included. DDoS Protection: On (with Proxy) or Off (no Proxy).
  • WAF: Configurable to protect against common threats with custom WAF policies.
  • IP Firewall: Allow, block, and challenge visitors by IP address, country, or AS number.
  • TLS: Dedicated Certs, Dedicated-Custom Certs, Cert Uploads, Mutual TLS.
  • DNS: 3500 records supported per Domain.
  • Smart Routing: Optimize Edge to Origin traffic.
  • GLB: 20 origin servers, as low as 5 second health checks, geo routing and health probes from all Cloudflare regions.
  • Caching with Page Rules.
  • $7,313.00 USD/Instance
  • $309.00 USD/Domain
  • $1.751 USD/GB (Protected Traffic)
  • $0.1751 USD/Million Request Event
  • $1.545 USD/Million Edge Function Requests
  • $123.60 USD/Advanced Certificate Manager Custom Certificates
  • $123.60 USD/Load Balancing Origin
Enterprise Advanced
  • Enterprise Advanced plan of Cloud Internet Services, using Cloudflare, with monthly subscription, for the following Services:
  • 2 domains, 5 TB traffic, 150 million requests included.
  • DDoS Protection: On (with Proxy) or Off (no Proxy).
  • Range: TCP/UDP Based Proxy
  • Advanced WAF: Configurable to protect against common threats with custom WAF policies.
  • IP Firewall: Allow, block, and challenge visitors by IP address, country, or AS number.
  • TLS: Dedicated Cert, Dedicated-Custom Certs, Cert Upload, Mutual TLS.
  • DNS: 3500 records supported per Domain.
  • Smart Routing: Optimize Edge to Origin traffic.
  • Rate Limiting: Configure and manage traffic thresholds and define responses.
  • GLB: 20 origin servers, as low as 5 second health checks, geo routing and health probes from all Cloudflare regions.
  • Caching with Page Rules.
  • $8,343.00 USD/Instance
  • $309.00 USD/Domain
  • $1.751 USD/GB (Protected Traffic)
  • $0.1751 USD/Million Request Event
  • $1.545 USD/Million Edge Function Requests
  • $123.60 USD/Advanced Certificate Manager Custom Certificates
  • $123.60 USD/Load Balancing Origin
Enterprise Premier
  • Enterprise Premier plan of Cloud Internet Services, using Cloudflare, with monthly subscription, for the following Services:
  • 2 domains, 5 TB traffic, 150 million requests included.
  • DDoS Protection: On (with Proxy) or Off (no Proxy).
  • Range: TCP/UDP Based Proxy
  • WAF: Configurable to protect against common threats with custom WAF policies.
  • IP Firewall: Allow, block, and challenge visitors by IP address, country, or AS number.
  • TLS: Dedicated Cert, Dedicated-Custom Certs, Cert Upload, Mutual TLS.
  • DNS: 3500 records supported per Domain.
  • Smart Routing: Optimize Edge to Origin traffic.
  • Advanced Rate Limiting: Configure and manage traffic thresholds and define responses.
  • GLB: 20 origin servers, as low as 5 second health checks, geo routing and health probes from all Cloudflare regions.
  • Bot Management: Advanced Bot Engine with analytics
  • Caching with Page Rules.
  • $11,330.00 USD/Instance
  • $309.00 USD/Domain
  • $1.751 USD/GB (Protected Traffic)
  • $0.1751 USD/Million Request Event
  • $1.545 USD/Million Edge Function Requests
  • $123.60 USD/Advanced Certificate Manager Custom Certificates
  • $123.60 USD/Load Balancing Origin
Enterprise Usage
  • Enterprise Usage Paygo plan of Cloud Internet Services, using Cloudflare, for the following Services:
  • DDoS Protection: On (with Proxy) or Off (no Proxy).
  • WAF: Configurable to protect against common threats with custom WAF policies.
  • IP Firewall: Allow, block, and challenge visitors by IP address, country, or AS number.
  • TLS: Dedicated Cert (2 per domain), Dedicated-Custom Certs (10 per domain), Cert Upload (1 per domain).
  • DNS: 3500 records supported per Domain.
  • Smart Routing: Optimize Edge to Origin traffic.
  • Rate Limiting: Configure and manage traffic thresholds and define responses.
  • GLB: 100 origin servers, as low as 5 second health checks, geo routing and health probes from all Cloudflare regions.
  • Caching with Page Rules.
  • Consumption-based billing
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Summary

Cloud Internet Services (CIS) is an FS Validated service (see terms: https://www.ibm.com/support/customer/csol/terms/?id=i126-8065). It provides reliability, performance, and security for Internet facing applications, websites, and services using Cloudflare's 300+ Global Points of Presence (PoPs). It includes Domain Name Service (DNS), Global Load Balancer (GLB), Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection, Web Application Firewall (WAF), Transport Layer Security (TLS), and Caching.

Pricing API reference

Service ID: internet-svcs

For more information about pricing, use the Global Catalog API. Learn more. The included_quantities for each metric provide the free included quantities for that metric and should be taken into consideration when determining the price estimate.

Plan IDs

Plan name ID
Standard Next 58d7216c-af92-4e7d-baec-ce13a4dd61c0
Enterprise Essential 6c8777ee-c73f-4860-8451-cc48e0af6f12
Enterprise Advanced 224b9979-fd81-42a4-99a1-5172948a8c6b
Enterprise Premier 87a3e981-1b6d-4819-96ae-6bf253249f38
Enterprise Usage f0fe7fbb-a516-412d-bdbb-e8cecb1b85a1

Features and capabilities

DDoS Protection

Scalable, easy-to-use, and high-performant DDoS protection to address availability challenges.

Web Application Firewall (WAF)

Layered defense to protect data against sophisticated attackers and malicious bots using Web Application Firewall (WAF).

Transport Layer Security (TLS)

Secure data transfer with the latest encryption standards.

Domain Name Server (DNS)

Fast resolution of hostnames to their corresponding IP addresses or aliases.

Global Load Balancer (GLB)

Reduce latency and increase availability by routing traffic across servers based on their availability and service health.

Caching

Provide visitors with location-based access, removing latency, improving performance and fine tuning website behavior with page rules.

Free Trial

Try Cloud Internet Services free for 30 days. Only one free instance per account allowed.

Smart Routing (Enterprise Plans Only)

Ensure content is delivered on the fastest path from end user to application, website or API.

Rate Limiting (Enterprise Plans Only)

Protect applications and websites against volumetric application and brute force attacks.

Range (Enterprise Plans Only)

Enhances CIS network security by extending protection to TCP applications and API endpoints on non-HTTP/HTTPS ports.

Edge Functions

Provides customers with powerful customization of the edge proxy that offers flexibility to filter their internet traffic more efficiently.

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Summary

Internet Services

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  • Plan: Free Trial
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