3proxy vs Cloudflare Gateway
3proxy
3proxy.org
Cloudflare Gateway
cloudflare.comSide by side
| Figure | 3proxy | Cloudflare Gateway |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $7/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 6 |
| Spec score · Forward Proxy Software | 9.0 (#2) | 9.3 (#1) |
| Documentation depth | The documentation index lists security guidance, high-load optimization, a developer reference and man pages for the major services. | Cloudflare One documentation covers implementation guides, reference architecture, account limits, troubleshooting, API and Terraform, changelogs and client deployment. |
| Integrations | The documentation lists optional build support for OpenSSL, PCRE2, PAM and ODBC. | Cloudflare One documentation lists identity-provider integrations including Google, Google Workspace, GitHub, Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, OneLogin, PingOne, Keycloak and custom SAML or OIDC providers. |
| What it does | 3proxy is a universal application-level proxy server for controlling access between internal users and external resources or vice versa. | Cloudflare Gateway is a cloud-native secure web gateway that filters DNS, HTTP and network traffic for office and remote users. |
Plans
Cloudflare Gateway
- FreeFree
- Pay-as-you-go$7 a month
- ContractPriced on request
- Free PlanFree
- Pay-as-you-go$7 a month
- Contract PlanPrice not published
In their own words
3proxy
3proxy is a free proxy server for controlling access between internal users and external resources, or between external users and internal resources. It supports HTTP and HTTPS proxying, SOCKS v4, v4.5 and v5, and FTP over HTTP. Other services include POP3 proxying, TCP and UDP port mapping, and a caching DNS proxy. Access controls can set bandwidth and traffic limits, chain proxies, and rotate logs. Logging can use files, Unix syslog, or an ODBC database, with configurable formats. When compiled with OpenSSL, 3proxy offers HTTPS proxy connections, upstream TLS with certificate authentication, and mutual TLS. Its security guidance recommends limiting access with ACLs and notes that its documented strong authentication method currently uses cleartext authentication. It runs on Linux, macOS, Windows, and self-hosted setups; Docker images are available, and Windows system-service installation is described. Release binaries are published with checksums, an OpenPGP signature, and a build provenance attestation; Docker images are signed and attested. The listed plan is free.
Cloudflare Gateway
Cloudflare Gateway has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.