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SiteOS vs Cloudflare.
One Project, any host.
Cloudflare serves and protects websites and adds free tools around them: cookieless analytics, a consent manager in Zaraz, AI Search, speed tests and an early AI answer visibility dashboard. SiteOS works with any website, including one behind Cloudflare, and keeps SEO, AI visibility, analytics, consent, forms, site search, browser checks, error tracking and tracking checks in one Project. This page compares SiteOS and Cloudflare on hosting and delivery, SEO and AI visibility, analytics, consent, forms, site search, checks and tracking checks, including where Cloudflare goes further.
At a glance
Where SiteOS goes further10
- Works with websites on any hostAny framework, CMS or host, with nothing to migrate
- Technical SEO auditsSite crawls, Lighthouse checks and Search Console reports
- Keyword, rank and backlink researchKeywords, SERPs, rankings, domains and backlinks
- AI answer visibilityChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity, against up to five competitors
- Cookie consent bannerRegional rules, Google Consent Mode and scheduled scans
- Forms with an inboxShared inbox, contacts, spam controls and Mailchimp
- Site searchCrawled indices, relevance controls and search analytics
- Browser checks on key journeysPage checks without code, and Playwright journeys on a schedule and in pull requests
- Error trackingBrowser and server errors, grouped, with source maps
- Tracking checks for GA4, GTM and consentFailed requests, duplicates, missing events and tag changes, plus personal data, consent and pull request checks
Where Cloudflare goes further2
- Website hosting and deploymentCloudflare Workers hosts websites and full-stack apps; requests to static assets are free and unlimited.
- CDN, firewall and DDoS protectionUnmetered DDoS protection, the CDN and the WAF are on every plan; Free includes the Free Managed Ruleset and 5 custom rules.
Both cover4
- Web analytics
- Several websites in one workspace
- MCP for coding agents
- Free plan
Side by side
SiteOS vs Cloudflare
| Capability | SiteOS | Cloudflare |
|---|---|---|
| Works with websites on any hostAny framework, CMS or host, with nothing to migrate | Yes | Partly |
| Website hosting and deploymentNot offered: SiteOS works with your website where it is hosted | No | Yes |
| CDN, firewall and DDoS protectionNot offered: SiteOS does not serve or protect website traffic | No | Yes |
| Technical SEO auditsSite crawls, Lighthouse checks and Search Console reports | Yes | Partly |
| Keyword, rank and backlink researchKeywords, SERPs, rankings, domains and backlinks | Yes | No |
| AI answer visibilityChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity, against up to five competitors | Yes | Partly |
| Web analyticsCookieless, with goals, funnels, several domains and GA4 | Yes | Yes |
| Cookie consent bannerRegional rules, Google Consent Mode and scheduled scans | Yes | Partly |
| Forms with an inboxShared inbox, contacts, spam controls and Mailchimp | Yes | No |
| Site searchCrawled indices, relevance controls and search analytics | Yes | Partly |
| Browser checks on key journeysPage checks without code, and Playwright journeys on a schedule and in pull requests | Yes | Partly |
| Error trackingBrowser and server errors, grouped, with source maps | Yes | Partly |
| Tracking checks for GA4, GTM and consentFailed requests, duplicates, missing events and tag changes, plus personal data, consent and pull request checks | Yes | Partly |
| Several websites in one workspaceA Project per website, with separate environments | Yes | Yes |
| MCP for coding agentsYour agent reads the same evidence and works through fixes | Yes | Yes |
| Free planMonthly credits for research and checks; accounts by invitation during early access | Yes | Yes |
| Price of the compared plan | Free | Free + usage |
YesPartly, with the condition in the notesNot offered
SiteOS is free, with monthly credits for research and checks. Cloudflare's website tools start free: Zaraz includes 1 million events a month and then costs $5 per million, AI Search bills usage from 1 November 2026, and recurring Observatory tests follow the zone plan. AEO Visibility pricing is not published.
Works with websites on any host: Web Analytics works anywhere with its script; Zaraz, Observatory and AI Search need your domain on Cloudflare.
Website hosting and deployment: Cloudflare Workers hosts websites and full-stack apps; requests to static assets are free and unlimited.
CDN, firewall and DDoS protection: Unmetered DDoS protection, the CDN and the WAF are on every plan; Free includes the Free Managed Ruleset and 5 custom rules.
Technical SEO audits: Agent Readiness checks robots.txt, sitemaps and agent files, and Observatory runs Lighthouse; a full SEO audit is not described.
AI answer visibility: AEO Visibility entered early access in August 2026 and probes Claude and GPT.
Cookie consent banner: The consent modal is part of Zaraz and needs a proxied domain or subdomain.
Forms with an inbox: Cloudflare's docs build forms with Pages Functions or Formspree.
Site search: AI Search crawls a domain on your Cloudflare account.
Browser checks on key journeys: Observatory runs scheduled Lighthouse tests on Pro plans and above; scripted journeys are not described.
Error tracking: Workers Observability covers errors in Workers code; tracking errors in visitors' browsers is not described.
Tracking checks for GA4, GTM and consent: Zaraz Monitoring covers tools managed in Zaraz, not GTM or other tags.
Sources · reviewed 12 Oct 2026
- Cloudflare Web Analytics
- Web Analytics FAQ
- AEO Visibility announcement
- AEO Suite blog post
- Zaraz consent management
- Zaraz pricing
- Zaraz on non-proxied domains
- Observatory speed tests
- AI Search limits and pricing
- Cloudflare MCP servers
- Workers Observability
- DDoS protection · reviewed 13 Oct 2026
- WAF · reviewed 13 Oct 2026
- Workers static assets · reviewed 13 Oct 2026
- Workers pricing · reviewed 13 Oct 2026
Together
Use them
together.
If your website runs behind Cloudflare, keep it for delivery, security and its edge analytics, and use SiteOS for technical SEO, AI visibility against competitors, consent, forms, browser checks and tracking checks, across every website and host in one workspace.
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