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Free website protection, DNS and CDN, plus Project Galileo for at-risk groups.

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Top pickFree DNS, CDN and website protection that is the sensible default for most nonprofits.

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Price

Free plan available

Nonprofit offer

Yes

Available in

🌍Anywhere

Suits

Volunteer-run · Small · Medium · Large

Project Galileo provides free Business-plan protection (DDoS, WAF, CDN, Zero Trust access and more) to at-risk human rights, civil society, journalism and democracy organisations.

Apply directly via the Galileo contact form (live domain, mission, nonprofit status, public-interest role, why you are vulnerable) or ask a Cloudflare civil-society partner to sponsor you.

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Great for

Any nonprofit with a website wanting free baseline protection
Human rights, civil society and journalism groups at risk of cyberattack
Strong free tier
Free Business-level help for at-risk groups
Easy to cut DDoS and bot risk

Watch out for

Organisations with no one comfortable changing DNS settings
Charities wanting an all-in-one website builder
Galileo only suits at-risk public-interest groups
Needs DNS changes that can confuse non-technical staff
Plan pricing beyond free not confirmed

Problems it solves

“Our website keeps going down when we're attacked”“We're a human rights group and our site is being targeted”“I don't understand our domain and DNS settings”“Our website is slow and has no security certificate”“How can we protect our site for free?”“We need to give staff secure access without a VPN”

About Cloudflare+

Cloudflare sits in front of your website to block attacks, speed up pages and manage your domain name settings. Its free plan includes SSL, a CDN, DDoS protection and unmetered DNS. Project Galileo gives free Business-level protection to human rights, civil society, journalism and democracy groups at risk of attack.

Pricing: Free plan with SSL, CDN, DDoS protection and unmetered DNS. Pro and Business prices were not confirmed on the pages fetched. Zero Trust is reported by third parties as free for up to 50 users and about US$7 per user per month after.

Key features+

Free SSL and CDNDDoS protectionWeb application firewall (Galileo and paid)DNS managementZero Trust access

Works with (5)+

WordPressBackblaze B2

Google Workspace for Nonprofits

OktaTerraform

AI features+

Project Galileo includes tools to control AI crawlers for eligible journalism and local news groups.

Data & privacy+

Cloudflare says it does not sell user data and treats privacy as a fundamental human right. Detailed regional data options were not checked.

How sure are we?+

Partly confirmed on the vendor's pages; some details from reputable secondary sources. Prices and nonprofit programs change often, so check with Cloudflare before you commit. Rankings on Nonprofit Tools are never for sale.

Sources · last checked 2026-10-02