AWS Shield

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About

AWS Shield is ranked #2 of 22 in DDoS protection software on Inferse. It runs on API, Web. There is a free plan. Paid plans start at $3,000/mo.

Compared on DDoS protection software

Free plan: Yesaws.amazon.com
Paid from: $3,000/moaws.amazon.com
Attack layers: bothaws.amazon.com
Mitigation mode: always-onaws.amazon.com
Deployment model: cloudaws.amazon.com
Managed mitigation: Yesaws.amazon.com
WAF included: Yesaws.amazon.com

Facts

Purpose: AWS Shield identifies network security configuration issues and defends applications against active web exploitation and distributed denial of service events.aws.amazon.com · 29 Sept 2026
Network security analysis: Network security director, which is in preview, analyzes AWS resources, visualizes network topology, identifies configuration issues, and offers remediation recommendations.aws.amazon.com · 29 Sept 2026
Automatic mitigation: Shield Advanced detects and blocks sophisticated DDoS events across network, transport, and application layers with automatic inline mitigation.aws.amazon.com · 29 Sept 2026
Traffic monitoring: Shield Advanced baselines application traffic patterns to detect anomalies such as HTTP floods and DNS query floods.aws.amazon.com · 29 Sept 2026
Protected services: Shield Advanced supports protected resources including EC2, Elastic Load Balancing, CloudFront, Global Accelerator, and Route 53.aws.amazon.com · 29 Sept 2026
Integrations: Shield Advanced integrates with AWS WAF and AWS Firewall Manager, and provides event visibility through Amazon CloudWatch.aws.amazon.com · 29 Sept 2026
Incident support: Shield Advanced provides 24/7 access to the Shield Response Team for Business or Enterprise support customers.aws.amazon.com · 29 Sept 2026
Support limitation: Custom mitigations from the Shield Response Team during events require Business or Enterprise support.aws.amazon.com · 29 Sept 2026
Cost protection: Shield Advanced includes DDoS cost protection for qualifying usage spikes on protected EC2, ELB, CloudFront, Global Accelerator, and Route 53 resources.aws.amazon.com · 29 Sept 2026
WAF allowance: The Shield Advanced subscription includes up to 50 billion AWS WAF requests per subscribed payer account in a calendar month for protected resources.aws.amazon.com · 29 Sept 2026
Subscription commitment: Shield Advanced requires a one-year subscription commitment and renews annually.aws.amazon.com · 29 Sept 2026
Intended users: Shield is for AWS customers protecting websites and applications, with Shield Advanced covering internet-facing applications on eligible AWS resources.aws.amazon.com · 29 Sept 2026
AWS launch: Amazon Web Services says it launched in 2006.aws.amazon.com · 29 Sept 2026