Cloudflare Zero Trust secures internal employee access — PageGuard monitors your public website for accessibility, Core Web Vitals, and SEO compliance.
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PageGuard vs Cloudflare Zero Trust — what each tool actually does
| Feature | PageGuard | Cloudflare Zero Trust |
|---|---|---|
| What is it? | External website health monitor — scans any deployed URL for performance, accessibility, SEO, and best practices | Cloudflare Zero Trust (formerly Cloudflare for Teams) is a SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) platform that replaces legacy VPNs with identity-aware, policy-based access controls; Cloudflare Zero Trust includes Cloudflare Access (zero trust network access / ZTNA — authenticates users before granting access to internal applications using identity providers like Okta, Azure AD, Google Workspace), Cloudflare Gateway (secure web gateway — DNS filtering, HTTP filtering, threat intelligence, malware scanning for outbound employee traffic), Cloudflare Browser Isolation (remote browser isolation — runs web pages in Cloudflare's cloud to prevent malware from reaching employee devices), Cloudflare CASB (cloud access security broker — scans SaaS application configurations for data leakage and misconfigurations), Cloudflare DLP (data loss prevention), and Cloudflare Email Security (phishing and malware email filtering); Cloudflare Zero Trust has no WCAG accessibility auditing, Core Web Vitals measurement, or SEO checking capabilities |
| Free tier | Yes — unlimited one-off scans, no signup required | Free tier available — Cloudflare Zero Trust offers a free plan for up to 50 users, including Cloudflare Access (ZTNA for internal apps), Cloudflare Gateway (DNS filtering, basic threat intelligence), and basic Browser Isolation; paid plans start at $7/user/month (Zero Trust Plus) and scale to custom enterprise pricing for large organizations; none of Cloudflare Zero Trust's features include WCAG accessibility auditing, Core Web Vitals measurement, Lighthouse performance scoring, or technical SEO analysis |
| Accessibility audit (WCAG / ADA) | Yes — WCAG 2.1 AA scored 0–100 with specific issue list | No — Cloudflare Zero Trust is a corporate network security platform with no WCAG compliance checking capability; Cloudflare Zero Trust controls who can access internal applications and protects employee devices from malicious web content — it does not analyze public-facing website HTML for accessibility compliance; an organization fully protected by Cloudflare Zero Trust can still have public websites that fail WCAG 2.1 AA requirements with missing alt text (WCAG 1.1.1), insufficient color contrast (WCAG 1.4.3), broken keyboard navigation (WCAG 2.1.1), missing form labels (WCAG 1.3.1), and improperly implemented ARIA roles — none of these are addressed by Zero Trust's network security controls |
| Core Web Vitals | Yes — LCP, CLS, FCP, TBT, Speed Index, TTI measured per scan | No — Cloudflare Zero Trust does not expose Core Web Vitals measurements; Cloudflare Zero Trust's analytics cover security telemetry: blocked DNS queries, blocked HTTP requests, browser isolation sessions, access policy evaluation logs, and CASB SaaS findings — there is no LCP, CLS, FCP, or Lighthouse performance score; Cloudflare Browser Isolation may introduce additional latency for employee browsing sessions but there is no corresponding performance measurement for external visitors to your public website |
| SEO audit | Yes — meta tags, Open Graph, canonical URLs, structured data, hreflang, robots.txt compliance checked | No — Cloudflare Zero Trust does not perform SEO audits; Cloudflare Zero Trust is focused on securing internal corporate access and outbound employee traffic — it does not audit the SEO health of public-facing websites; PageGuard checks meta title length, duplicate canonical tags, missing Open Graph images, structured data validity, hreflang correctness, and robots.txt compliance on every scan |
| Performance score (0–100) | Yes — Lighthouse-powered composite score updated on every scan | No — Cloudflare Zero Trust does not provide a Lighthouse-style performance score for public websites; Cloudflare Zero Trust analytics track security events, device posture compliance, and identity-based access logs — not frontend performance metrics for external visitors |
| Best practices check | Yes — HTTPS, HTTP/2, deprecated APIs, console errors, safe browsing flagged | Partial — Cloudflare Zero Trust enforces HTTPS for internal application access and provides malware scanning for employee-facing web traffic via Gateway; however Cloudflare Zero Trust does not report on deprecated JavaScript APIs, browser console errors on public websites, mixed content warnings in HTML, or any Lighthouse Best Practices audit items for public-facing pages |
| Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) | No — PageGuard is a monitoring tool, not a network security layer | Yes — Cloudflare Access (ZTNA) is the flagship feature of Cloudflare Zero Trust; Cloudflare Access replaces VPN by placing Cloudflare's network in front of internal applications (SSH, RDP, web apps, SaaS) and enforcing identity-based policies using Okta, Azure AD, Google Workspace, GitHub, or any SAML/OIDC-compatible provider; device posture checks verify that connecting devices have required software installed and security policies enforced before allowing access; Cloudflare Access eliminates broad network access granted by traditional VPNs in favor of per-application, per-user, per-session policies |
| Secure Web Gateway (SWG) | No | Yes — Cloudflare Gateway is a full Secure Web Gateway that inspects and filters outbound employee internet traffic; DNS filtering blocks known malicious domains and C2 infrastructure; HTTP filtering applies URL-category policies (block social media, gambling, adult content), scans downloads for malware (using VirusTotal and Cloudflare's own threat intelligence), and can decrypt and inspect HTTPS traffic; Gateway integrates with CASB to prevent data exfiltration to unauthorized SaaS applications; Gateway generates detailed activity logs for compliance and SIEM ingestion |
| Browser Isolation | No | Yes — Cloudflare Browser Isolation executes web pages in Cloudflare's cloud datacenters and streams a safe rendering to the employee's browser; malware, drive-by downloads, and malicious JavaScript never reach the endpoint device; Cloudflare uses Network Vector Rendering (NVR) for lower-latency remote browsing compared to traditional pixel-pushing RBI solutions; Browser Isolation can be applied selectively to risky domains identified by Gateway or to all employee web traffic |
| CASB & DLP | No | Yes — Cloudflare CASB scans connected SaaS applications (Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, GitHub, Salesforce, Slack) for misconfigurations, overshared files, inactive admin accounts, and unapproved OAuth app connections; Cloudflare DLP inspects outbound HTTP traffic and email for sensitive data patterns (credit card numbers, Social Security Numbers, custom regex patterns) to prevent data exfiltration through corporate-managed devices and browsers |
| ADA compliance alerts | Yes — automated alerts when accessibility score drops below threshold; ADA Title II urgency tracking | No — Cloudflare Zero Trust has no capability to monitor or alert on WCAG accessibility score changes for public-facing websites; Cloudflare Zero Trust alerting covers security events such as access policy violations, Gateway threat detections, CASB misconfigurations, and DLP policy triggers — it cannot detect ADA compliance degradation caused by CMS plugin updates, theme changes, or new content that introduces accessibility regressions on your public website |
| Primary use case | Monitor and improve website quality — accessibility compliance, performance, SEO health, best practices for public-facing websites | Secure corporate network access and protect employees — replace VPNs with identity-aware ZTNA, filter outbound internet traffic via SWG, isolate risky browsing with RBI, prevent data loss via CASB and DLP |
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